Tiles of the Plaza de España in Seville

If you reside in the city of Seville, you will have been more than once, and if you have been doing tourism, it is definitely one of the places that you have been highly recommended to visit. Do you have any idea what we are talking about? Possibly more than one of you will have been right when thinking about Plaza de España , an iconic place in our city that we will always find brimming with activity, but what is the attraction of this monument?

While the boat rides and the Maria Luisa park have attracted the attention of many, the Plaza de España itself hides much of the Sevillian tile culture, and today we are going to guide you through several of its most emblematic corners.

The banks of the provinces.

Have you ever wondered why it is called "Plaza de España"? This is something that every guide in conditions should tell and many of us will already know, and that is that the square is a giant monument to Spain and its history , decorated to the brim with some of the most colorful tiles that we will find throughout Seville.

The first and best known of the square are its provincial banks, a bank dedicated to each Spanish province, with a mural of tiles representing a historical moment of each of them.

Each and every one of these murals was painted by hand, resulting in a whole range of colors that turns the interior of the Plaza into a true exhibition of crafts and tiles in the purest Sevillian style, at the same time as a good history lesson. as long as we are willing to be accompanied by a historical guide to discover all the work of Aníbal Gonzalez.

The benches are accompanied by arches, in which sculptures of great Spanish figures are located, among which we will find Velázquez, Calderón de la Barca and Cervantes among many others.

Bridges and balustrades.

The four bridges in the square represent the first four kingdoms of Spain; Castilla, León, Aragon and Navarra. Each one adorned with a unique ceramic decoration and its shield at the highest point of the bridge.

The balustrades of the bridges were made by a different author, Manuel García Montalvan.

The towers of the square also hide several works made in ceramic, and each one of the pieces in this square hides much more history of Sevillian tiles than we could tell you. We encourage you to discover it thoroughly!

Photographs via comercialyjusticiablog and miviaje