The Plaza de Espana
is a plaza located in the Parque de Maria
Luisa (Maria Luisa Park), in Seville,
Spain built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. It is a landmark
example of the Renaissance Revival style in Spanish architecture. The Plaza de Espana, designed by Anibal
Gonzalez, was a principal building built on the Maria Luisa Park's edge to showcase
Spain's industry and technology exhibits. González combined a mix of 1920s Art
Deco and 'mock Mudejar', and Neo-Mudejar styles. The Plaza de Espana complex is a huge half-circle with buildings
continually running around the edge accessible over the moat by numerous
bridges representing the four ancient kingdoms of Spain. In the centre is the
Vicente Traver fountain. By the walls of the Plaza are many tiled alcoves, each representing a different
province of Spain. Today the Plaza de Espana mainly consists of Government
buildings. The Seville Town Hall, with sensitive adaptive redesign, is located
within it. The Plaza's tiled 'Alcoves of the Provinces' are backdrops for
visitors portrait photographs, taken in their own home province's alcove. Source
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