Sevilla Travel and Holiday Guide

The Museum of  Fine arts in Seville is said to be the most important painting gallery in Spain after the Prado Museum. The building of the said Art Museum in Seville was a Mercy convent renewed in 17^th century. Inside the Museum were the fifteenth exhibition rooms shows the “comprehensive pictures of the Sevillanos from the Gothic period to the early trends of the 20^th century.

Those extensive complex intertwining halls and beautiful gardens inspired from the 13^th century was a work of the most famous painter in Spain. The great El Greco, Zurbaran, Velazquez, Valdez, Leal and Esteban Murillo the pride of Seville city were those people who work for the master piece of arts shown in fifteenth exhibit rooms of the Fine arts Museum in Seville.

Aside from the work of those great painters in Spain were pieces from the middle ages to the 20^th century that Sevillanos have kept and treasured. 

The fine arts Museum of Seville begun in the year 1839 where it is located at Merced Calzada at the Plaza del Museo in Seville city Spain. The said building was is an example of Andalusian mannerism of the 17^th century. The fine arts Museum of Seville has three patios inside with a gallant spacious stairway.

The first time that the Museum had open its door for the public was in the year 1841. When this was first open, only the artworks from the monasteries and convent were those of the arts displayed in this Museum. But after several years past until the present years, this has become the best Museum in Spain.

Those impressive collections from the Spanish heritage of ancient great artist were the arts compiled from the medieval to the modern style of arts.

Portrait of Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli by El Greco (circa, 1605); and Saint Ildefonsus Receiving the Chasuble by Velázquez (circa, 1623), a painting filled with great emotions. The Apotheosis of St Thomas Aquinas by Zurbarán is a hallmark is a chronological account of events of Spanish baroque painting; also by Zurbarán is the series from the monastery of Santa María de las Cuevas.

The finely painted Madonna, by Murillo is in the fine arts museum of Seville. The Cigar Makers, by Gonzalo Bilbao (1915) reflects the late 19th century trend for impressionism and social realism. Valdés Leal’s “Hieroglyphs towards the End of Life” (1671-72) are an impressive allegory on life and death in two remarkable paintings found in the Hospital de la Caridad.

The Casa de Pilatos is home to the ceiling fresco “Apotheosis of Hercules” by Pacheco (1640), various paintings by Sebastiano del Piombo, Pantoja de la Cruz, Carreño de Miranda, Van Loo, Lucas Jordan, and an exquisite bullfighting scene by Goya.

The said museo a formerly old convent of la Merced was built in the 18^th century by Juan de Oviedo.

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The building was built during the 16^th century and a mixture of Italian Renaissance and Spanish Mudejar style. The Casa de Pilatos is said to be the concrete example of the Andalusian’s palace. The Marquis of Tarifa was said to be the first owner of the Casa de Pilatos.  He used to visits different places and explore the culture, traditions and architectural designs of those places he used to visit. After he had come back from journey from Jerusalem to the city of Seville, he was inspired to renovate his palace into a a replica of the house of Pontius Pilate.

Since then, his building is more well known of the so called “house of Pilate” or the Casa de Pilatos. The owner of the said Palace in Seville contributes most of the glamorous designs where this has become the house of the Dukes of Medinaceli and still one of the stunning palaces in Seville.

The marble tiles used for renovating furnishing the palace in 1529 was made by the Genoan craftsmen. The courtyard were made influenced by the Mudejar style elaborated with plasterwork decorative. The arches that surrounds the building are commonly decorated  designed with Gothic style. Those stone Balustrades that can be seen inside the palace were also influenced by a Gothic style.

There were three Roman statues that can be found at the palace, these were the replica of Minerva- the dancing muse and Ceres. A Greek goddess of warfare, wisdom and useful crafts-  15^th century B.C statue of Athena.

After the building have been fully furnished. The descendants of the Marquises have decided to open its door for the public. And now, this has become one of the tourist attraction in Seville, Spain. Tourist and locals are welcome to visit their place and are open for picture taking souvenir. It has been told that the place itself is a priceless treasure of Seville. Paintings, artworks, architectures and more are those that people of Seville most proud of.

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“Alcázares Reales de Sevilla” this is how the people of Seville used to call it  “Royal Alcazars of Seville or better known as Alcazar Palace is better known nowadays. According to the history of Sevillanos this was a Moorish fort, a word Alcazar derives from an Arabic word which means “Palace”. It has been told that the Almohades were the first to build the palace called Al- Muwarak. Most of the modern alcazar “palace” was built over Moorish ruins for king Pedro of Castile (Perdo the Cruel).

The Alcazar palace is one of the most example of Mudejar architecture, a style under construction beginning in 1364. 

There were many different sections you will find inside the Alcazar Palace. The Patio de Las Doncellas “The courtyard of the Maidens”  is one of those sections inside the Alcazar palace, the courtyard was entirely paved in marble with a fountain at the center. The lower level of the patio was said to be built for Pedro 1 with a description underneath describing Pedro as a sultan. The upper level of the patio is a renovation constructed by Charles V. a Italian renaissance designed by Luis de Vega.

The Los Baños de Doña Maria del Padilla or better known “baths of lady Maria de Padilla” in this part of the Alcazar Palace a rainwater tanks is beneath Patio del Crucero. According to the history of Seville, This place was made intended for Maria del Padilla who became a mistress of Pedro the cruel. Maria became a nun after she disfigure her face by pouring a boiled oil unto her face after she wiling refuse the love of Pedro for her. She is regarded as a symbol of purity in the culture of Seville.

La Cas de Contratacion is the h”ouse of trade” in Alcazar palace. the said patio was built in  1503 by the catholic monarchs to regulate and promotes trade with the new world. The said casa represents the legal disputes ad the monopoly of the royalties on trade with the America. In the La Casa de contratacion is the hydro graphic Bureau and School of navigation for nautical research and study. In this place tourist would also be able to see the triptych display of Madonna of Seafarers made in 1535. 

Other patio also include such as the Patio de las Munecas Patio de la Monteria, Puerta de Leon, Dormitorio de los Reyes Moros, and Salon de Embajadores, 1427 by charls V.

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The Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballeria de Sevilla or the La Maestranza Bullring in Seville is the oldest bullring in Spain. Most of the time, during the Feria de Abril in Sevilla, the La Maestranza is always the venue for bullfighting festivals.

Tourist/ people from all around the world are more fascinated with and amused by the size that invites attraction to those who have seen it. They said, the Bullring itself is already and attraction to the people. In addition to what the tourists have comment after they have seen the place, they said the bullfighting ring of the La Maesrtanza is considered one of the worlds most challenging environments because of his history that flattered the Sevillanos, Characteristics and hundreds and thousands of people watching/ present during the occasions is already an attraction to the world.

The building possessed the Baroque facades of the 1762- 1881 centuries. The arena accommodates 14, thousands people watching events and in spite of these thousands of people still scattered from all over the place, still the music is able to hear wherever you are sitted.

The main entrance is the Puerta del Principe designed with a glamorous 16^th century iron gates. made by Pedro Roldan. After the event, the performer or the bullfighter passes through this same gate. It is an elevated place overlooking the arena of bullfighting.

It has been told that most famous visitor who have come to visit the La Maestra Bullring includes Hollywood actress Margarita Carmen Dolores- screened name: Rita Hayworth with her husband Orson Welles in 1960′s.

There were 20 fights held during the Easter Sunday to October 12. It has been practiced in Spain that many of the “matadors” celebrates during te Feria week at the end of April. Other schedule of their important event such as the bullfighting takes place during the fall of 10^th of June, August 15, every last weekend of September an on October 12. According to them, the fights usually takes place on Sunday evening.

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