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Initially beset with technical problems as well as budget and schedule overruns, the parasols are constructed of 3,500 cubic meters of micro-laminated Finnish pine [3] and are marketed as the world's largest wooden structure. [4] Since their opening, the parasols have become Seville's third-most visited urban landmark. [5]
Tholos de Montelirio is an archaeological site in Seville Province, Spain, at Valencina de la Concepción. It is a megalithic construction dated to 3,000–2,800 BC. The site was discovered in 1868, but has been abandoned for decades. [1] Its excavation was resumed in 1980 due to the urban growth of Seville. [1]
The Metropol Parasol, in La Encarnación square, is the world's largest wooden structure. [1] A monumental umbrella-like building designed by the German architect Jürgen Mayer, finished in 2011. This modern architecture structure houses the central market and an underground archaeological complex. The terrace roof is a city viewpoint. [2]
World's fair architecture in Seville (6 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Seville" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total.
Romanesque architecture in Spain is the architectural style reflective of Romanesque architecture, with peculiar influences both from architectural styles outside the Iberian Peninsula via Italy and France as well as traditional architectural patterns from within the peninsula. Romanesque architecture was developed in and propagated throughout ...
The Giralda (Spanish: La Giralda [la xiˈɾalda]) is the bell tower of Seville Cathedral in Seville, Spain. [1] It was built as the minaret for the Great Mosque of Seville in al-Andalus, during the reign of the Almohad dynasty, with a Renaissance-style belfry added by the Catholics after the expulsion of the Muslims from the area.
The structure served as the set of the 1999 film 'The Phantom Menace' of the Star Wars franchise, and is also a hot spot of cultural life in Seville, hosting concerts, plays and fashion shows.
The Costurero de la Reina (literally, the Queen's sewing box) is a building constructed in the late nineteenth century in the gardens of the Palace of San Telmo, now the Maria Luisa Park in Seville, Spain. This unique building takes the form of a small hexagonal castle with turrets at the corners. [1]