Spaniards, those familiar with Spain -- A "grand plaza" in Seville...?

Question

I'm trying to identify "le grande place" mentioned as being in Seville, from a late 18th century French text. Grand Plaza is how I incline to translate it, so... does anyone know of a Grand Plaza that would have been in Seville circa 1760-1775?

Apparently it was a kind of place where a Count might be able to take up lodging.

Answer 1

Probably Plaza Nueva.  Let me think about it.  Before I got to the dates, I was thinking this was referring to Plaza de España, but that's far too recent.

Yeah, as near as I can figure, that has to be it, or possibly Plaza de la Encarnación, but I don't think there are any hotels there, and if you went today, it has just been renovated completely into this huge, modern complex, so nothing would be recognizable.

Oooh! or possibly the Alameda de Herculés, a little further North.  Some lodging there.  

The Hotel Inglaterra and the Ayuntamiento (town hall) are on Plaza Nueva. It's a fairly prestigious address.

Have you got any landmarks?  They might help.

*edit*  You DO realize that a count isn't necessarily terribly high in the ranks of the nobility, and didn't necessarily have a lot of money, especially by the 18th century, many of the nobility had lost much or all to debt.  Sadly, my education includes very little of the Barber of Seville, beyond knowing that Alfalfa loved to sing (?) the song in the Little Rascals movies (isn't that sad?).

The Plaza between the Alcázar (still a royal palace) and Cathedral might be considered a "gran plaza", but there isn't a whole lot else there.