Plaza de España, Seville

The centre of it is Parque de María Luisa, designed in a "Moorish paradisical style", with a half mile of tiled fountains, pavilions, walls, ponds, benches, and exhedras; lush plantings of palms, orange trees, Mediterranean pines, and stylized flower beds.

[2] 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; the buildings are accessible by four bridges over the moat, which represent the ancient kingdoms of Spain.

Today the buildings of the Plaza de España have been renovated and adapted for use as offices for government agencies.

From 2007 to 2010, the Seville City Council invested 9 million euros in the restoration of the Plaza de España.

Cefoarte and Diaz Cubero were some of the experts who worked in multidisciplinary teams to restore this complex to lively use.

Aerial view from 1932 by Walter Mittelholzer , ETH-Bibliothek .