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   The Plaza de España  

Seville hosted the Spanish-American Exhibition in 1929 and numerous buildings were constructed. One of these is the Plaza de España designed by Aníbal González, is easily one of Seville's most recognised and dramatic buildings. The building was constructed on the edge of Maria Luisa Park.
The Plaza laid out as a semicircle with a diameter of 200 meters, it is flanked by two spectacular towers and a bordering lake. Buildings surround the edge with an internal mote. The various buildings can be accessed over the moat by any of 4 highly decorative bridges, these represent the 4 kingdoms that constitute the Spanish crown, Castile, Leon, Aragon and Navarre.
The Kingdoms merged in the 18th century to form the Kingdom of Spain. In the center of the plaza is a large fountain and at the walls are a number of tiled alcoves. Each of the 48 tiled alcove represents one of the 50 different provinces of Spain.