Plaza de Espana, Seville, Spain

Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
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	Not very old, it was built in 1928 for an exposition intended to revive ties between Spain and Latin America.
	It's garish, gaudy, and glorious in its visual excess. Best known to movie goers, perhaps, as the Palace of Naboo from Attack of the Clones, but also the locale for scenes from Lawrence of Arabia (British Army Headquarters), and more recently, The Dictator. If you visit Seville, do not turn up your nose at this place because some snooty guidebook disses the place, or it's 20th century. It is very much worth a visit.

The Provinces of Spain

	Left: Tile map of Seville Below: Lining the coutyard are alcoves representing the provinces of Spain. They usually include the coat of arms of the province, a representative scene, and a map of the province

Above: Albacete Below: Avila	Above: Almeria Below: Avila


Above: Alava Below: Barcelona	Above: Alicante Below: Barcelona


Above: Badajoz Below: Bergos	Above: Balearic Islands Below: Caceres


Above: Cadiz	Above; Canary Islands
	One of several alcoves celebrating Seville, for two reasons: 1. Seville was the trade port with the Americas in the heyday of Spanish rule, and ... 2. If you don't like it, host your own exposition.

Below: Ciudad Real, capital of La Mancha, thus explaining Don Quixote and Sancho	Above: Castellon Below: Cordoba

	Left: Coruna. Numerous alcoves were inaccessible because of restoration. Below: Leon


Above: Lerida Below: Lugo	Above: Legrono Below: Madrid


Above: Malaga Below: Pamplona	Above: Murcia Below: Orense


Above: Oviedo Below: Pontevedro	Above: Palencia Below: Hey, what do you know! It's Seville again!


Above: Salamanca Below: Soria	Above: Segovia Below: Tarragona


Above: Teruel Below: Valencia	Above: Toledo Below: Valladolid


Above: Vizcaya Below: Zaragoza	Above: Zamora Below: Guess what? Seville