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Sevilla's famous bullring |
And maybe not so famous bulls |
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Here is an example of an Arabic-influenced
building. I was not expecting this when I came to Spain. |
Just so you can compare it to Castillian...What
do you think? |
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Here's Dale by the Rio Guadalquivir. |
Part of the river walk...I love the palm trees. |
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This was originally the minaret of mosque
where Sevilla's Cathedral now sits. The tower was made wide enough
so you can ride horses up to the top! Wouldn't that be fun? You
can see the bottom part, which is moorish, and the top part that
was "improved upon" by the Catholics. |
Here's inside of the bell tower. It was quite
loud in there when we suddenly realized that it was noon! |
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as a fort, then became a palace of Sevilla's Moorish and Spanish
rulers. I liked this pictures because it shows the differences
in architectures of the two different cultures. |
The gardens of the Alcazar. I took a lot of
pictures of this area that I won't bore you with. I will say that
I'd choose an Arabic palace over an Italian one any day (see the
Venice page when I get it done). |
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Inside of the palace...Quite interesting |
Whoo hoo...This is one of the largest pipe
organs in the world. Dale and I went to a concert there - OK I
drug him in there - thinking it would be one of those once in
a lifetime experiences. It was, as I'll never do that again. |
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This is an example of the culture
of Sevilla. It's sometime around 2 in the afternoon and crowds
from the bodeguita have taken over the street. |
Looking up at the Cathedral facade from the
Patio de los Naranjos |
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Seville oranges of course. |
They are so ubiquitous that most markets sell
incense that wafts the smell of oranges all throughout town. Its
amazingly pleasant. |
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This is me on a day when I was
being a particularly stubborn Taurus. I fit in quite well with
the other bull... |
Check out those shoes! Like I said, dancing
is very big here in Sevilla |
