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What to do in Sevilla
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A painting of a Sevillian typical dress, at the MBA
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Tour Seville on a Horse Carriage
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The easiest and most pleasant way to enjoy the town and see most of its various gardens and historic monuments is on a horse carriage, of which there are many. It's the normal thing to do.
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Visit the Cathedral and Giralda
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The largest cathedral in the world, built in XIVthC. "so that our descendents would think that we were mad". Walk up the Giralda, an arab tower with a renaissance topping, to see all of Seville.
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Visit the Real Alcazar de Sevilla
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Built in the XIIIth C. by a Christian King with Arab workers. Grand lslamic detailing and tilework. Extensive renaissance gardens. Seville's N°1 Monument is visited by 2 to 4,000 people each day
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Visit the Museo de Bellas Artes
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After the Prado, Spain's best museum of Fine Arts. The best Zurbaranes and Murillos in the world by far, and a representative collection from the XVth to the XIXth Century.
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Visit the Casa de Pilatos
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The XVIth Century Casa de Pilatos is the home of the Duchess of Medinaceli, and one of the world's finest private residences. Tiles like nowhere-else, courtyards, loggias, gardens, roman sculptures ...
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Visit the Archaeological Museum
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With 60,000 pieces from XIXth C. excavations of Italica and other sites, contains some tour-de-force scultptures of Marcus Ulpius Traianus (Trajan) and Hadrien, roman emperors of Sevillian origin
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Visit the Archivo de Indias
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Believe it or not, this is Cristobal Colon's signature. The world's most important collection of documents pertaining to the colonisation of America are kept and shown here.Beautiful building for History lovers.
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Visit the Maestranza Museum
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The bullring of Seville is one of the most beautiful in the world, owned by the aristocratic society "Real Maestranza de Caballería", now offers a succesful museum of bullfighting paintings and artifacts.
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