Known places: Plaza De Espana Seville Spain, desktop wallpaper nr. 21026

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Plaza De Espana Seville Spain

Plaza de Espa�a (Seville)

The Plaza de Espa�a is one of Seville's most easily recognised buildings and the epitome of the Moorish Revival in Spanish architecture. In 1929 (83 years ago) Seville hosted the Spanish-American Exhibition and numerous buildings were constructed for the exhibition in Maria Luisa Park, among them the Plaza designed by An�bal Gonz�lez. On the Park's edge was built the current Plaza de Espa�a to showcase Spain's industry and technology exhibits.

The Plaza is a huge half-circle with buildings continually running around the edge accessible over the moat by numerous beautiful bridges. In the centre is a large fountain. Today the plaza mainly consists of Government buildings, including El Ayuntamiento, but the beauty remains. A popular way to view the exhibition is by renting out a rowing boat and drifting around the moat. By the walls of the Plaza are many tiled alcoves, each representing a different province of Spain. Tourists can have their photo (wallpaper) taken by their own home province.

In Fiction

Plaza de Espa�a was used by Columbia pictures (wallpaper) as the "Cairo Great Britain Army Headquarters" for the movie Lawrence of Arabia (film)
It was also used as a setting for Naboo in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, though it was digitally modified.
In the Prologue of Dan Brown's novel Digital Fortress, the story begins with the death of a major protagonist at the Plaza.