This year 2017 Christmas in Seville has started on December the first with the swicht on of the Christmas Lights that will last until the 6th. of January, the Three Wise Men day, a very special day for the Seville children, being the day they get their Christmas presents. (more…)
999 PAINTINGS STOLEN BY NAPOLEON´S TROOPS IN SEVILLE
In 1809 Mr. Mariano Luis De Urquijo, Prime Minister of Spain during the reing of Jose Bonaparte (Napoleon´s brother), organized a Museum in honor of Napoleon with the best paintings of all Spain. They put their eyes in Seville, a city with an extraordinary heritage.
EXHIBITION “THE LAST TRIP OF THE FRAGATA MERCEDES”
Vey interesting Exhibition about the Fragata Mercedes
THE PALACE OF LAS DUEÑAS
The Palace of Las Dueñas , Cayetana de Alba favorite residence will open to the public, for the first time in its History, before Holy Week this year.
ORANGE BLOSSOM ANNOUNCES THE SPRING
The first Orange Blossoms in Seville announce the arrival of the Spring and its Festivals. there are in the city, about 31.000 bitter orange trees.
APRIL FAIR
Once again ,as every year ,next monday April the 11th. at 12 o´clock at night the April Fair from Seville will start with the so call “prueba del alumbrado” (lighting test)
600 kilos of Roman coins discovered near Seville
During a routine work on water pipes in a park in Tomares, a small town near Seville, 19 Roman amphoras have been uncoverde containing 600 kilos of roman conis dating back to the late third and early forth centuries a.d.
“THE BARBER OF SEVILLE”
The premiére of the opera buffa “The Barber of Seville” took place in Rome in 1816. So in Seville we are celebrating the Bicentenary.
THE BIENNIAL. SEVILLE FLAMENCO FESTIVAL
Once again begins the Biennial Flamenco Festival in Seville. World´s most important .
ITÁLICA ROMAN RUINS LOCATION FOR “GAME OF THRONES”
The magnificent Roman Ruins of Itálica , with its Anphitheatre, one of the biggest in the Roman Empire, will be closed until november the 12th.