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Plaza de America

The Plaza de America in Seville, is in the Maria Luisa Park, flanked by the Museum of Popular Arts and Customs (Mudejar style) on one side and the Archaeological Museum (Renaissance style) on the other, the Royal Pavilion (Gothic style, its owner is the City Council of Seville, used as offices) is part of the other side and finally and the busiest is the other wing, popularly known as the park of the pigeons.

The "Las Palomas" Square

The three named buildings in the square were built by Aníbal González between 1913 and 1916 for the future Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, each one has a different architectural style.

 

They are also part of the square.

Also forming part of the square are the Glorieta de Miguel de Cervantes, adorned with ceramics recalling his most famous works, as well as that of Rodríguez Marín. Surrounding the set is a series of columns linked by chains with globes of light, and holding winged victories due to the gouges of Manuel Delgado Brackembury and Lorenzo Coullaut Valera. On April 7, 1926, after a dinner in the Royal Pavilion, a party was held in the Plaza where King Alfonso XIII gave a moving speech on the importance of Seville as the economic center of southern Spain and the need to turn to the Seville Exposition.

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