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Seville, City of Absolutely Beautiful Architecture

by James Chapman on 12/09/10 at 6:53 pm

Seville is the fourth largest city in Spain and has a cultural wealth of fine monuments, museums and absolutely beautiful architecture. Seville is also a renowned gastronomic centre with a variety of excellent cuisine coming from the products produced by the local provinces. One of the main cultural attractions of Seville is the ‘tapas’ scene where people in the city go from one bar to another, trying and enjoying small dishes called ‘tapas’, which are delicious snacks served on small plates.

In the vast number of restaurants that you will discover in the city of Seville the local specialities include fried and grilled seafood, such as squid, king prawns, cuttlefish and swordfish, as well as grilled meats in sauces.

Seville is famous for its flamenco dance and there are throughout the city a countless number of bars where any visitors can join in with the flamenco dancers.

The people of Seville love to celebrate especially at night and you will find the nightlife to be intense and enduring, right through the night and into the next morning.

But what is apparent to everyone that visits Seville city is the absolutely beautiful architecture which can be seen everywhere that you go in this wonderful place.

Seville is the artistic capital of Spain. There are only a few cities in the world that can display so many architectural styles. From the arches and delicate wooden carvings that proceed Moorish architecture to the simple but daunting structures of the Renaissance period. Seville is an architectural enthusiast’s dream.

The Moorish culture had a lasting effect on Spanish architecture. You will see the Moorish elements, such as the horseshoe shaped arches, the peaceful courtyards, the ornately carved ceilings and the geometric designs, which give the buildings in Seville an exotic look.

Seville’s incredibly beautiful cathedral, the third largest in the world, has a long history dating back to the 11th century when it was the Christians who first started the construction work for the cathedral that took five centuries to complete.

The Renaissance and Baroque periods offered quite a totally different approach to architecture for Seville, with simple yet huge structures, incredible dazzling displays of twisting columns, highly stylized facades and really sensational ornamentation.

A visit to the absolutely beautiful architectural city of Seville will stay in your memory for the rest of your life.