DAY 7 - LAST DAY TO LOOK AROUND SEVILLE

Our last day we walked South passing the long queues to the Alkazar and the Cathedral and along the tram track.  There is only one short section of tram but we used quite it a lot.  These are electric trams and for half the route they collect their current from overhead wires, quite standard.  However for half the route there are no wires and then tram relies on battery power.  At a stop it raises its pantograph to a short section of overhead wire and charges the battery.  Very ingenious.

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The ancient and modern


 
The regular queue to the Alkazar 


And the queue to the Cathedral

We were heading to the Parque de Maria Luisa. Prominent in the Park is an impressive building built at the time of the 1929 Exposition Iberoamericas.  It forms a semi circle around a series of lakes and promenades.

Just half of the building



Around the semi-circle is a series of ceramic tile panels representing all the regions of Spain
This is the panel for Almeria, on the South Coast

Fans for sale
The panel for Cordoba, where we stayed in our second week

 
And this is the panel for Granada which we visited on a day trip from Cordoba

The Eastern Tower
A panoramic view of the Plaza de Espana - this looks really good if you enlarge it

The park is large and contains many other buildings built at the time of the Exposition.  It is a quite and restful place, the ducks liked it a lot.








A leafy tunnel
 
Orange trees are to be found all over Seville


Many of the buildings built for the exposition have found new uses and the Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares focuses on ceramic tiles.  Unfortunately much of the museum was not open because of shortage of staff - so no tiles!  However, one small section was available and it featured lace in many styles and colours.





 
Back outside the birds were active.

Flamenco is special to Andalusia and many opportunities are provided to see and hear it.  There are a number of clubs that feature stamping feet, boisterous song and energetic guitar playing.  For our last evening in Seville we visited one of the clubs.  This is a very popular thing to do and we had to book a day on advance.
 
The introduction
A haughty Flamenco look
The stamping feet

A fantastic guitar player - perhaps the star of the show

The full ensemble
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