Seville is the unofficial capital of that Spain you have in your head. Flamenco Spain, bullfights, tapas . Seville is the solar Spain, the land of the Figaro barber, the conqueror Don Juan, the gypsy Carmen (the Bizet). Lately, Seville has been painting even in Game of Thrones, in the role of Dorne. The non-fiction Seville is equally fantastic. Sevilla in Spanien was Hispalis to the Romans and Isbilya to the Moors. Their gypsies (I mean, gypsies) came from India, and also contributed to shaping the Andalusian culture. During the Great Navigations, its (river) port was one of the most important in the world, a kind of customs between Spain and the New World. Now the conqueror is you. Explore Seville to its fullest, then go on to discover the other treasures of Andalusia. next door, in neighboring Spain, is one of the most interesting cities of the Iberian Peninsula: Seville. Full of history, Seville gained regional importance even before the formation of Spain, when it was under Moslem rule and became one of the main commercial and cultural centers of Iberia. Later, under Spanish rule, it had a crucial role in the conquest of the Americas, from which the ships sailed to America dominated by the Spaniards, and here they returned loaded with gold and other riches. With all this, Seville has grown and flourished and is today an imposing city, full of monuments from various eras, from Muslims to modern constructions of the 21st century.
The Alcazar Palace was built by the Moors in the 8th century and has since undergone various alterations and reforms carried out by its illustrious occupants, including the kings of Spain, such as Fernando and Isabel, who built the Salon del Embajadores, where the royal couple received Christopher Columbus returned to Spain after the discovery of the Americas. The palace has several gardens and inside its walls is part of the neighborhood of Santa Cruz. The architecture of the place is phenomenal, as are its walls and gardens, and part of the tour is free.