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Housed in a stately Renaissance building beside the cathedral in the heart of Seville, the Archivo General de Indias holds the documentary record of the Spanish empire in the Americas and the Philippines, one of the most important historical archives in the world and an inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site. The building itself, the Casa Lonja de Mercaderes, was constructed in the late sixteenth century to designs associated with Juan de Herrera, the architect of El Escorial, originally as a merc.....

Designed for the 1992 Universal Exposition as the principal gateway to the Isla de la Cartuja, this steel tied-arch bridge spans 168 metres across the Guadalquivir river in a single soaring leap. Engineers Juan Jose Arenas and Marcos Pantaleon won the design competition with a concept that turned structural necessity into urban theatre: two triangular end frames rise at each bank, their inclined legs converging to meet the arch and framing the roadway like a pair of ceremonial portals. Construc.....

A historic aristocratic residence in the central streets of Madrid, the Bucarelli Palace is one of the city's old noble houses, reflecting the era when the Spanish capital was filled with the town palaces of the aristocracy who attended the royal court. Such palaces, built from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries, formed an important part of the urban fabric of old Madrid, their dignified facades lining the streets of the historic centre and their interiors furnished to reflect the wealt.....

Regarded as the finest example of an Andalusian aristocratic palace in Seville, the Casa de Pilatos is a sixteenth-century mansion that blends Mudejar, Gothic and Renaissance styles in a harmonious whole, set among the streets of the old city. The palace was built by the powerful Enriquez de Ribera family, and according to tradition it takes its name from a comparison drawn between the house and the praetorium of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem, after one of its owners returned from a pilgrimage to .....

Hidden behind an unassuming doorway in the old quarter of Seville near the cathedral, the Casa de Salinas is a sixteenth-century Renaissance palace that remains a private family home, offering visitors an intimate glimpse into the domestic life and decorative traditions of an Andalusian noble residence. Less famous and far less crowded than the grander palaces of the city, the house provides a more personal and atmospheric experience, with guided visits leading small groups through its rooms and.....

Trading physical sets for fully digital worlds, ECLIPSO Seville is a virtual-reality experience centre on the Avenida de Kansas City that transports visitors into immersive, narrative-driven recreations of historical places and events. Part of a wider European network of immersive expedition venues, the centre equips guests with virtual-reality headsets and allows them to move freely through large physical spaces while the technology overlays detailed digital environments synchronised to their m.....

Situated in the Triana neighbourhood, the historic heartland of Seville's flamenco tradition, this intimate performance venue presents nightly shows of authentic flamenco dance, guitar, and cante in a setting designed to evoke the atmosphere of a traditional tablao. Triana, separated from the city centre by the Guadalquivir River, has been home to generations of flamenco dynasties and is where many of the art form's most celebrated practitioners were born or trained. The theatre's compact dimen.....

A seventeenth-century charitable hospital in Seville's Arenal quarter, founded in 1674 by Miguel de Manara, a reformed libertine whose conversion to pious austerity allegedly inspired the Don Juan legend. The hospital was established to provide care for the sick, the dying, and the destitute, and it continues to operate as a charitable institution today -- one of the oldest continuously functioning hospitals in Spain -- while its baroque church contains an extraordinary programme of paintings by.....

Tucked into the narrow lanes of the old Santa Cruz quarter, the Hospital de los Venerables is one of the finest baroque buildings in Seville. Behind its plain front lies a beautiful sunken courtyard and a richly painted church. The building was raised in the late 17th century as a home for elderly and infirm priests, the venerable men who give it its name. It served this charitable purpose for many years. Its central courtyard is unusual, with a sunken round basin at the centre, designed so th.....