Saturday, January 16, 2010

Views of Sevilla

One of the largest cathedrals in all Europe -- whose tower is the Giralda, once a minaret of a mosque. The cathedral is 320 ft. in height, and no building in the city may be higher. You can see it from way across the river by the pueblos in Aljarafe.
Tile is in abundance in Spain-- beautiful!
Gates at the museum of archeology, at the Park Maria Luisa.
The Church of the Salvador (Savior), 2nd largest church in Sevilla & a main plaza in the heart of the city.Parque Maria Luisia was named after Princess Maria Luisa (Duchess of Monpensier) who donated part of the grounds of her home, the Palacio de San Telmo, to the city in 1893 to be used as a park. The grounds are made up of half a mile of Art Deco buildings, ponds and lakes, leafy shade trees, pretty flower beds and statues.

Sometimes you gotta just enjoy the views...
what a blessing to live in this gorgeous city!
Here's the Plaza de las Americas (part of the park), just 15 minutes walk-- max--from my house
a famous author...

2 comments:

Deanna said...

Very beautiful Martha, so glad you get to live in a sunny, warm place for a while. I'd love to read a blog about whether or not the weather differences affect you. Thanks for the pics.

Anonymous said...

Martha,

The Cathedral with Christopher Columbus's bones being carried by the kings of Spain was one of the coolest sites I saw in Europe. Sevilla is an awesome city. I hear they have a great University Ministry Outreach also.

Jeff Davis