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Beautiful place! I love the use of the one large photo instead of a couple of small ones - gives you a better look at the building. Think you have an extra "Plaza de Espana" at the end of the first paragraph in your description.

April 24, 2017

This looks like a fascinating place, thanks for all the journaling!

April 19, 2017

I didn't realize it was used in so many movies. Cool!

April 19, 2017

Everything about this place is stunning! Love your story on how you created the background!

April 19, 2017

so beautiful! love the big pic

April 19, 2017

The railing and spindles are gorgeous with the blue mosaic tiles. I like you used a large photo to show off the beautiful plaza. I don't do that enough and you have inspired me to do that more.

April 19, 2017

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The Plaza de España ("Spain Square", in English) is a plaza in Seville, Spain.

In 1929, Seville hosted the Ibero-American Exposition World's Fair, located in the celebrated Maria Luisa Park (Parque de María Luisa). The entire southern end of the city was redeveloped into an expanse of gardens and grand boulevards. The center of it is Parque de María Luisa, a "Moorish paradisiacal style" with a half mile of tiled fountains, pavilions, walls, ponds, and benches; lush plantings of palms, orange trees, Mediterranean pines, and stylized flower beds; and with vine hidden bowers. Numerous buildings were constructed in it for the exhibition.Plaza de España.

The Plaza de España, designed by Aníbal González, was a principal building built on the Maria Luisa Park's edge to showcase Spain's industry and technology exhibits. The Plaza de España complex is a huge half-circle with buildings continually running around the edge accessible over the moat by numerous bridges representing the four ancient kingdoms of Spain. In the center is the Vicente Traver fountain. By the walls of the Plaza are many tiled alcoves, each representing a different province of Spain.

Today the Plaza de España mainly consists of Government buildings. The central government departments, with sensitive adaptive redesign, are located within it. Towards the end of the park, the grandest mansions from the fair have been adapted as museums. The farthest contains the city's archaeology collections. The main exhibits are Roman mosaics and artefacts from nearby Italica.
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FILM LOCATION

The Plaza de España has been used as a filming location, including scenes for the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia.

The building was used as a location in the Star Wars movie series Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002), in which it featured in exterior shots of the City of Theed on the Planet Naboo.

It also featured in the 2012 film The Dictator.