Tag: Sevilla
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Real Alcazar – Arches, Tiles, Ceilings
The delicacy of the decoration at the Real Alcazar in Sevilla is a breath of poetry, the colours of god….
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La Giralda, Sevilla
Seville Cathedral stands on the site of a great mosque, built by the Almohads in the 12th century. It is the largest cathedral in Europe. Its bell-tower, La Giralda, was in its original incarnation a minaret, on top of which were erected a Christian belfry and Christian symbols. You climb La Giralda not by stairs […]
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Real Alcazar, Sevilla
The Real Alcazar, the royal residence built in 1364 by Pedro the First within the Almohad palaces of Spain’s former Moorish rulers, is a place of breathtaking beauty, the subtlety, the delicacy, the perfection of its spaces a song for the soul. A long outer wall curves along the boundary of Santa Cruz, the Juderia […]
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Sangria, Limonada, Sevilla
When you have friends visiting from Germany, as we do – friends my wife hasn’t seen for twenty years, friends I have never met – you will understand, perhaps, why my series of posts on our trip to Spain has come to a (temporary) standstill. Throw in the pressures of work and business travel, plus […]
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