What is the Plaza de Espana in Seville?

Question

What is the Plaza de Espana in Seville?

Answer 1

Cultural meeting place.

Painted ceramic benches representing all the provinces in Spain are arranged round the square.

It was built because of the Ibero-american Exhibition of 1929, held in Seville. Its creator was Aníbal González. He mixed a style inspired by the Renaissance with typical elements from the city: exposed brick, ceramics and wrought iron (worked by Domingo Prida). Its floor plan is semicircular. It is dominated by 2 towers, one on each side of the enclosed area, which frame the central building where the main rooms are. Between the two towers runs a network of galleries with an arcade of semicircular arches leading to exits in different parts of the square, where a fountain stands.

Answer 2

Librarylady is very very complete.

garrison, only 5 plazas in Sevilla?  Or you say only 5 nice ones.  I beg to differ, but I'd have to get out the map to be really sure...Pza de America, Encarnacion, Cuba, Ok, that's three more in about 10 seconds...I think more than 5...Pza Nueva, one more.

The Plaza de España pavilion houses part of the Guardia Civil offices, if that´s what you were going for.

And it´s also a great place to pick up cheesey touristy gifts from the gypsies.

Oh, yeah!  and it was used at the palace of Naboo in Star Wars, Episode II.

Answer 3

Besides all the info given by two of the three other answers... Plaza de España is also on the edge of the Parque de Maria Luisa, the whole area was created for the World Exposition of 1929. The park being a gift of the queen Maria Luisa.

The building was also used in another famous movie... Part of Lawrence of Arabia was filmed there too.

Answer 4

Just one of about 5 nice plazas in Seville.