I’m going to try once again to write / share photos through a post on the blog! My fingers are crossed that it will work.
Saturday’s are busy days in the city .., weddings, families out and about shopping, spending time together.
We saw several couples in the throws of tying the knot or actually already with the knot tied!
Plaza del Salvador
It was a longer than anticipated stroll through many plazas.
What is a Plaza?
When in Canada I think of it as a strip mall/ shopping centre. Many, many years ago (if my memory is correct I think it was the late 1960s) my parents owned and operated a delicatessen in a small plaza on Hamilton Road, London, Ontario.
Definition from vocabulary.com
A plaza is an urban park or square, or another public space where people can walk, sit, and congregate. You might, for example, tell your friend to meet you in the plaza downtown with the big horse statue.
The plazas here in Spain are mainly open spaces for pedestrians (they seem to be located in every neighbourhood) ... you most likely will find benches, sometimes fountains and statues. Most are have trees and green plants. Some are beautifully landscaped with flower gardens.
Our stroll lead us to new areas of discovery (more in-depth than our tour on the bus the other day).
We wandered in and around the SAN TELMO Palace, built in 1682 as the seminary for the University of Navigators. Named after the Patron Saint of Navigators San Telmo. It once was a royal palace since 1989 it has belonged to the Andalusian government. An amazing piece of architecture ... baroque facade with statues of historical figures lining the one side of the building.
The Plaza de España is the most elaborate of plazas I’ve seen. It’s a semicircular brick building with a tower on each end designed by the architect Anibal Gonzalez for the Ibero-American Exhibit in 1929 (Expo 29).
It is surrounded by a 500 meter canal with four bridges and here you can rent boats.
It is located in the beautiful, lush and tropical Maria Luisa Park where you can stroll in the shade of the many different trees.
Can you see the oranges?
We’re finally here ...
Ceramic lamp posts and balustrades ...
There is so much more to this day ... I’ll share pics and stories in another post soon!
We ended our day in our local “Plaza” for an aperitif before heading back to the comforts of our apartment.
Seville Orange Trees line the walkways in the María Luisa Park ...
