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32-526: Most of the grounds that were used for the park were formerly the gardens of the Palace of San Telmo . They were donated to the city of Seville in 1893 by the Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier , for use as a public park. Starting in 1911, Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier redesigned the gardens into their present shapes. In 1914 the architect Aníbal Gonzalez began construction for

64-399: A man); twelve allegorical female figures represent the nautical arts and sciences. Finally, there is a sculptural grouping with columns and a figure of Peter González , Saint Telmo (or Elmo), patron saint of sailors, flanked by the patron saints of the city: Saint Ferdinand ( Ferdinand III of Castile ) and Saint Hermenegild . Atop the façade facing Calle Palos de la Frontera, across from

96-593: A popular tradition that Mercedes of Orléans , the future wife of King Alfonso XII of Spain, retired to the pavilion where she passed her time sewing. The reality is more prosaic. The formal name is the "Pavilion of San Telmo". Mercedes died of typhus about fifteen years before the building was erected in 1893. Nowadays the Costurero de la Reina lodges the tourist information office on the ground floor. The opening times are 9-2 pm and 3.30 to 7.30 pm, on weekdays and 10-2pm during weekends and bank holidays. The building

128-462: A tree, which is built on a pedestal, the bust of the poet. To his right is Cupid as a child throwing arrows at three young women. To the left of the bust is Cupid as an adult, stabbed and dying. The two angels are in bronze, the rest of the work is in marble white. This scene is inspired by Becquer's poetry collection Rimas . The monument to Miguel de Cervantes is located on the Plaza de America, near

160-583: A unique building that takes the form of a small hexagonal castle with turrets at the corners. It is the oldest building in Seville in the Neo-Mudéjar style. Numerous other buildings were constructed in and around the park for the exhibition in a mix of 1920's Art Deco and mock Mudejar . Some of them were extravagant in their decor, built just before the Wall Street crash. The Guatemala building, off

192-404: Is Parque de María Luisa , a 'Moorish paradisical style' with a half mile of tiled fountains, pavilions, walls, ponds, benches, and exhedras . There are lush plantings of palms, orange trees, Mediterranean pines, and stylized flower beds with bowers hidden by vines. The park serves as a botanical garden. Many plant species, native or exotic, are represented, along with educational panels to inform

224-786: Is a historical edifice in Seville , southern Spain , formerly the Universidad de Mareantes (a university for navigators), now is the seat of the presidency of the Andalusian Autonomous Government . Construction of the building began in 1682 outside the walls of the city, on property belonging to the Tribunal of the Holy Office , the institution responsible for the Spanish Inquisition . It

256-751: The Hotel Alfonso XIII , are sculptures of twelve illustrious Sevillians, sculpted in 1895 by Antonio Susillo . The twelve figures are: Three of these were Sevillians "by adoption", born elsewhere, but who lived and died in Seville: Benito Arias Montano was born in Fregenal de la Sierra ( province of Badajoz ), Rodrigo Ponce de León in Cádiz , and Juan Martínez Montañés in Alcalá la Real ( province of Jaén ). The gardens included

288-622: The Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 , which was held partly within the park. The new buildings of the Plaza de España , a semi-circle on a plaza, were used as the offices of the fair. They have been used as settings for filmed scenes, including in Lawrence of Arabia (1962). In preparation for the exhibition, the entire southern end of the city was redeveloped into an expanse of gardens and grand boulevards. The centre of it

320-568: The Junta of Andalusia ). The enormous gardens of the Palace would be adapted according to the romantic tastes. In 1893 is built in the area of the gardens near the Guadalquivir river a small tower for the guard, being the architect Juan Talavera and de la Vega (father of the regional architect Juan Talavera y Heredia ). It is the first Neo-Mudéjar building in Seville, being able to appreciate

352-650: The Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture in 2001. Beside the modern library is the Science Center ( Casa de la Ciencia Seville ), housed in the original Pavilion of Peru. Adjoining the Science Center is the Teatro Lope de Vega , a small baroque-style theatre that was also built for the exhibition. Palace of San Telmo The Palace of San Telmo ( Spanish : Palacio de San Telmo )

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384-576: The Queen's sewing box ( Costurero de la Reina ), built in 1893 and now in the Parque de María Luisa . This unique building takes the form of a small hexagonal castle with turrets at the corners. It is the oldest building in Seville in the neomudéjar style. On 10 March 1682 construction began on the building, dedicated to the University of Navigators ( Universidad de Mareantes ), an institution that later

416-473: The Queen's sewing box ) is a building constructed in the late nineteenth century in the gardens of the Palace of San Telmo , now the Maria Luisa Park in Seville , Spain. This unique building takes the form of a small hexagonal castle with turrets at the corners. The building was the guard house or garden retreat. It is the oldest building in Seville in the neomudéjar style. The name comes from

448-628: The Arabic style in the large windows. In 1890 the Duke of Montpensier dies and in 1893 his wife, Luisa Fernanda of Bourbon , cedes the gardens of the Palace to the city of Seville. After this, there is a small extension to the north that will continue to be the private garden of the Palacio de San Telmo, most of the gardens would become the María Luisa Park and the castle and a small extension of

480-594: The King Alfonso XII of Spain , becoming queen consort of Spain. However, it enters into its legends that the queen María de las Mercedes, due to her delicate health, spent long periods in the chambers of the castle basking in the sun while sewing with her ladies and also that, in those moments, she received visits from Alfonso XII, who came on horseback from the Alcázar of Seville after attending to his state affairs. This, however, would be impossible, because

512-537: The Lions ( Fuente de los Leones ), based on a concept by the park designer Jean Claude Nicolas Forestier , was sculpted by Manuel Delgado Brackembury in 1913. It consists of four stone lions, each carrying a shield, placed on four of the eight sides of the octagonal fountain into which they spit water. The fountain is decorated with tiles from the workshop of Ramos Rejano. The lions were installed in 1928. Badly damaged by vandals, in 1957 they were replaced by copies made by

544-668: The Paseo de la Palmera, is an example of this elaborate style. The largest mansions from the fair, near the south end of the park, now serve as museums, including the Archeological Museum of Seville . Some of the original buildings have been replaced by more modern structures. For example, the Seville Public Library was inaugurated in 1999 by the Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo . It was nominated for

576-600: The Royal Pavilion. It was created in 1913 by the architect responsible for the Ibero-American Exposition, Aníbal González, in collaboration with Manuel Ramos Rejano and Eduardo Muñoz. The monument is a polygonal space decorated with tiles depicting scenes from the works of Cervantes. Two statuettes, representing Don Quixote on his horse and Sancho Panza on his donkey, were found here for a long time. They have now disappeared. The Fountain of

608-526: The Sevillian sculptor Juan Abascal Fuentes . The fountain was restored in 1992. The Plaza de España was a principal building built on the park's edge to showcase Spain's industry and technology exhibits in 1929, being built over a period of 19 years. It happened to be that the US stock market crashed when the complex was being completed. The complex is a huge half-circle with buildings continually running around

640-401: The courtyards, is the work of architect Leonardo de Figueroa ; among those involved in its decoration were sculptor Pedro Duque y Cornejo , stonecutter Miguel de Quintana, painter Domingo Martínez , and carpenter Juan Tomás Díaz. Presiding over the chapel is an early 17th-century statue of Nuestra Señora del Buen Aire ("Our Lady of Good Air"). The main façade of the palace is distinguished by

672-399: The edge accessible over the moat by numerous beautiful bridges. In the centre is a large fountain. By the walls of the plaza are many tiled alcoves, each representing a different province of Spain. Today, the plaza buildings are mainly used for government offices. The Queen's sewing box ( Costurero de la Reina ) was built in 1893 in the gardens of the Palace of San Telmo, as a retreat. It is

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704-458: The magnificent Churrigueresque entrance completed in 1754, the work of other members of the Figueroa family, specifically Matías and Antonio Matías , son and grandson of Leonardo de Figueroa, at a cost of 50,000 pesos . The entryway consists of several parts. The door is flanked by three columns on each side. Over the door is a balcony supported by Atlantes (supports sculpted in the form of

736-635: The most famous are the Fountain of Lions ( Fuente de los Leones ) and the Water-lily Pool ( Estanque de los Lotos ). The monument to Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer is located in the north of the park, along the Avenida de Gustavo Adolfo Becquer. It was constructed in 1911 by Lorenzo Coullaut-Valera , in collaboration with the architect Juan Talavera Heredia and Catalan sculptor Federico Bechini . The monument consists of an octagonal base, surrounding

768-812: The new seat of the presidency. Work began in 1991 to convert the building for use as the official seat of the presidency of the Andalusian Autonomous Government. In 2005, a second phase of restoration took place. It focused on restoring the parts of the 18th and 19th centuries and reforming elements of low architectural value and poor quality of materials made in the 20th century by Basterra y Sagastizábal. 37°22′48.54″N 5°59′37.44″W  /  37.3801500°N 5.9937333°W  / 37.3801500; -5.9937333 Queen%27s sewing box 37°22′34″N 5°59′29″W  /  37.37604°N 5.991518°W  / 37.37604; -5.991518 The Costurero de la Reina (literally,

800-479: The page of [Turismo de Sevilla, visitasevilla.es] In addition to its functions as Municipal Tourist Information Office on the ground floor, the first floor has been set up as tourism administrative units. The Costurero de la Reina inspired the portal of the Seville Fair of the year 2008. It is a historical fact that in 1878 the daughter of the Duke of Montpensier, Maria de las Mercedes of Orléans , married

832-500: The palace was willed to the Archdiocese of Seville ; its gardens, which now constitute the Parque de María Luisa , a park site of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 , were willed to the city of Seville. In 1901, while Marcelo Spínola was Archbishop of Seville, the palace was converted into a seminary. It remained so until 1989, when the arch-episcopate of Seville ceded the building to the Andalusian Autonomous Government to be

864-571: The surrounding garden would be enclosed. The area is populated with other neomudéjars buildings, such as the Plaza de España , on the occasion of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 . It is currently used as the Tourist Information Office of the Seville City Council . Seville Tourism Office Hours: 9 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. Weekends and holidays attend visitors to the city from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. More information on

896-482: The upkeep. In 1849 it was bought by Antoine, Duke of Montpensier a son of King Louis Philippe of France , exiled from France after the revolutions of 1848 , who converted it into their official residence. The dukedom were not well received in the Spanish Court because Duke claimed for his wife part of the inheritance of Ferdinand VII . Upon the death in 1897 of Infanta Luisa Fernanda, Duchess of Montpensier ,

928-404: The visitors to the park. Many birds make their home in the park, which is known for its large population of doves (for which a part of the Plaza de América is called the Parque de las Palomas , or Dove Park). There are also many parakeets living in the centre of the park, and ducks and swans in the fountains and lakes. The park is home to many monuments and to numerous ponds and fountains. Among

960-555: Was called Colegio de Marina and then Colegio de Naútica, a role in which it continued until 1847. Thereafter, the building had a number of uses. First, briefly, it was the headquarters of the Railway Society ( Sociedad del Ferrocarril , dedicated to the development of Spain's then nascent railways) and site of the Literary University ( Universidad Literaria ), but was underutilized and these groups could not afford

992-456: Was originally constructed as the seat of the University of Navigators ( Universidad de Mareantes ), a school to educate orphaned children and train them as sailors. The palace is one of the emblematic buildings of Sevillian Baroque architecture . It is built on a rectangular plan, with several interior courtyards, including a central courtyard, towers on the four corners, a chapel, and gardens. The exuberantly baroque chapel, accessed from one of

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1024-515: Was restored in the spring of 2007 to repair the main structure and to arrange the interior in order to make it more functional. The first floor was refurbished recently and it is used as meetings and events room of the local government. In the 19th century Antoine of Orléans , Duke of Montpensier , he settled to live in the Palacio de San Telmo of Seville (today the seat of the Government of

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