{"id":97,"date":"2020-05-27T17:44:12","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T17:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gavilansevilla.com\/en\/?p=97"},"modified":"2020-09-28T22:15:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T22:15:12","slug":"plaza-de-espana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gavilansevilla.com\/en\/plaza-de-espana\/","title":{"rendered":"Plaza de Espa\u00f1a"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I knew it was beautiful\u2026 but not this much. <\/p>Alfonso XII, king of Spain<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

These were the words of King Alfonso XII, when he opened the famous Plaza de Espa\u00f1a.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The architect of Seville<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The architect Anibal Gonzalez was commissioned to construct a square that would represent the host country of the world exhibition that would be held in 1929, the Ibero-Americana exhibition.  Organised to remember the ties between Latin America and Spain, this square was the centrepiece, becoming an allegory of the country. Anibal Gonzalez, called the \u2018architect of Seville,\u2019 applied the regionalist style<\/a> to design what would become his masterpiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Square<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The square leaves visitors marvelling by its enormity but also because of its beauty, for this it\u2019s considered to be one of the most beautiful squares in the world.  But its decoration and structure aren\u2019t down to chance, they have an explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n