Seville Alive And Eternal

Seville alive and eternal. Capital of Andalusia, Seville is one of the most visited monumental cities of Spain, being one of the most important since ancient times. Its origins go back to the Tartessian culture, and the Romans were the founders of the ancient city called by them Hispalis. Since then, Sevilla has been an important political centre which have passed and at times Kings and courts of all ages have been established. Especially important was his role as an economic hub of the Spanish Empire after the discovery of America. In this city flourished thanks arts to become one of the most important multicultural centers in the world, reaching its culmination with the Baroque.

Since then, the dramatic and passionate spirit full of contrasts of the Baroque, has become the soul of this motley city rooted in its most profound traditions and constant modernization process. In his long and intense history, its various inhabitants have left an extensive legacy of monuments. The monuments important in the city, the Cathedral, Indias file and the Alcazar of Seville, declared world heritage by UNESCO in 1987, they form a magnificent architectural in its dimensions and in its artistic richness. Another great attraction of the city are its two large festivals known throughout the world and which take place in the spring: Easter week and fairs. Holy week procession every day several brotherhoods images representing the passion of Christ throughout the city. It is a party with great repercussion in the Catholic World and also in the artistic, since the images are of an extraordinary quality. Several weeks later he is the Festival known throughout the world as April fair of Seville, in which hundreds of thousands of people gather to give free rein to the fun, sing and dance the typical dance sevillanas, give rides on horseback or in horse-drawn carriage and enjoy the spring weather.

Other places that you can not visit in the center of the city are the Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza, the Museum of fine arts, the Park of Maria Luisa, the archaeological museum, the ancient tobacco factory where today is located the Seville University, and a long etcetera. Seville is connected to the main Spanish and Andalusian cities through an infrastructure of expressways and high-grade highways, has an airport with connections to the main Spanish and European cities and also has the high speed Madrid train. It is a perfect city to get lost and enjoy an extraordinary cuisine, shops, markets and shopping malls for all tastes and pockets, a cultural life intense with lots of theater, music and art rooms, or follow various routes of nightlife.