Seville

Gifts inspired by Seville, on clothing, prints and mugs.

A Seville gift with Plaza de España in mind

Aníbal González designed Plaza de España for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. The plaza has a semicircular water feature and towers, with tiled benches representing Spanish provinces. María Luisa Park lies beside it, placing the exposition architecture next to another named part of Seville's landscape. The tiled provincial references belong to the square itself, while the neighbouring park provides a different setting within the same part of the city.

Seville's UNESCO World Heritage site includes the Alcázar, Cathedral and Archive of the Indies. These named buildings bring royal, religious and archival histories into the city's heritage designation. Santa Cruz is Seville's former Jewish quarter, adding the history of a district to that of the individual monumental buildings. The quarter and the World Heritage buildings are different ways of identifying the older city, rather than alternative names for the same place.

Plaza del Cabildo retains part of Seville's Almohad wall. José Palomar painted the frescoes on the plaza's arcades, so the setting includes both surviving medieval fabric and later painted work. The wall fragment, frescoed arcades and tiled benches at Plaza de España belong to separate Seville locations and periods. A gift about the city can connect with those particular details, from the exposition square beside María Luisa Park to the older districts and the remains of the Almohad wall.

Gift ideas: look through the Seville designs in the grid for a city keepsake on clothing, prints or mugs. Use the Where It Happened map print when a particular point matters more than a general image. It can mark where you stayed, met or spent time together, with the chosen location checked before you finish the print. Also explore Love from Seville, Seville - Come On Then, Spain.