Tagged With "Seville"
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day: June 19, 2014: Seville Oranges
Seville oranges remind me more of lemons than usual oranges in that they attack your taste buds. You'd have thought the folks would have learned to plant mandarin or naval or valencia oranges!?
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Re: Gumbo's Pic of the Day: June 19, 2014: Seville Oranges
But they're hardy, have a long season...and make wonderful marmalade! __________________________________________________________________________________
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Re: Belles lettres et de belles choses: A wanderer's gallery
An apology...I mixed my files and misidentified the girl reading her stack of bronze books; we met her in Seville, not Lisbon!
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Re: Belles lettres et de belles choses: A wanderer's gallery
Another find for the Belles Lettres category: The 19th-c sign atop the older part of Madrid's Atocha rail station.
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Jerez Cathedral and Neighbors: Where Gumbo Was (#75)
Frequent-solver Roderick Simpson identified Gumbo's locale as the Cathedral of Jerez, in Spain. Another frequent contributor to the solutions spotted lots of clues: Spanish garb of non-angel statues, size not huge and cathedral not wealthy...
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October 9, 2017: Views from the Giralda, Seville
Originally built as a minaret to a mosque, the belltower of Seville's Cathedral has long been used as an observatory. Thousands of tourists walk up its ramps every day to enjoy the wonderful views of the city.
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An evening stroll in Barrio Santa Cruz, Seville
We explore the narrow lanes and alleys of Barrio Santa Cruz, the old Jewish section of Seville, and discover a treasure of plazas, gardens and tapas bars.
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June 2, 2018: Metropol Parasol, Seville
Our Pic of the Day features this large mushroom-like wooden structure, said to the largest wooden construct in the world.
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Walking Through Seville and the Centuries
Seville, the largest city of southern Spain’s Andalucia region, is as full of contrasts as you might imagine of a city that was important in the Roman era, was ruled by the Moors for centuries, and then became not only the seat of Spanish...
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day: June 19, 2014: Seville Oranges
Seville, Spain is the namesake of one of the most famous oranges, and the oranges are everywhere. Orange trees are common in parks and along streets, and there are often fallen oranges underfoot. Walking the streets and seeing all these...
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BLOGS Sept. 5, 2013 PHeymont Barcelona's "Other Architect" Feb. 18, 2014 PHeymont The Alcazar of Jerez: A Window into History Feb. 20, 2014 PHeymont Six...
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The Alcazar of Seville and the Puzzling Palace of Peter I
Throughout Andalucia, in Southern Spain, every tour and every site tells some part of a story of conquest and reconquest, of Moors driving out Visigoths, and falling in turn over centuries to Christian kingdoms. And yet, when one of those Christian...
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The Alcazar of Jerez: A Window into History
Jerez is known to most people for its namesake wine—sherry—or as a center for Flamenco, but it has another less well-known attraction, its alcazar, originally a Moorish fort and military residence, then the seat of Christian mayors,...
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Six Tapas Bars in Seville, Spain
We just spent five days in Seville, walking the city, seeing the sights, taking a day trip to Jerez—and eating tapas. If ever there were a city with a tapas bar on every corner, Seville is it. In fact, maybe two on every corner! Five...
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Hotel Alcazar-City Hall St. Augustine
Modeled on the Alcazar of Seville, Spain, the former Hotel Alcazar serves as Saint Augustine's City Hall and the home of the Lightner Museum, with its fascinating collections.
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Re: Hotel Alcazar-City Hall St. Augustine
Fantastic post! And Casa Monica is across the street and it's still being used as a hotel
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Re: Hotel Alcazar-City Hall St. Augustine
What a fascinating old building. Another thing to add to the list of things I need to see.
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Re: Hotel Alcazar-City Hall St. Augustine
One thing I left out of the article. The Hotel Alcazar had a huge indoor pool. Today that pool is a shopping arcade and restaurant. I has a separate entrance around the back of the building. You have to go looking for it. The stairs were the how you walked into the pool, the restaurant is on what was the floor of the pool.
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Re: An evening stroll in Barrio Santa Cruz, Seville
Your photos bring back my own visit to Seville, DrF, including my hotel! Thanks for the memories.
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Re: An evening stroll in Barrio Santa Cruz, Seville
From today's Guardian, something fascinating & historic to see next time we're in Seville, called ' the world's first search engine '.
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August 25, 2020: Torre del Oro, Seville
DrFumblefinger shares the story of the Torre del Oro, a popular landmark tower on Seville's riverfront.
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Plaza de Toros, Seville
DrFumblefinger stops by Seville's famous bullfighting arena, one of the oldest in Spain. While losing popularity with the younger generation, the sport remains popular in this region.
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Belles lettres et de belles choses: A wanderer's gallery
Beautiful letters and beautiful things...This is another shoebox selection, focusing on well-made signs and well-wrought details that just don't really fit somewhere else.
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Seville's Cathedral: Vast Spaces, Long History
The Cathedral of Seville is the largest Gothic cathedral in the world and third-largest church—not only verifiable, it’s the first thing that strikes you on entering.