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Spain |
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Language(s) | Spanish |
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Currency | Euro () |
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Phone Code | +34 |
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Population | 45,200,737 |
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Area | 504,030 sq km |
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Capital | Madrid |
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GDP | $1.44 trillion |
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Spain |
|
|
Language(s) | Spanish |
|
Currency | Euro () |
|
Phone Code | +34 |
|
Population | 45,200,737 |
|
Area | 504,030 sq km |
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Capital | Madrid |
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GDP | $1.44 trillion |
Sevilla (Seville)
Sevilla - or Seville - is the quietest big city in Spain, aloof, melancholy outside of festivals. She – for there is a subtle femininity to this city – is the leading lady in a country of swooning gentlemen and knows it; self-assured, imbued with a legacy of artists that found inspiration in glorifying her, Jews and Moors who shaped her graceful ambiance through custom and architecture, and Semana Santa, the Christian world’s preeminent religious spectacle. “Sevilla is the most romantic Spanish city” is the bold, probably misguided, but nevertheless common refrain, to which is often added mention of Madrid or Barcelona by contrast. One falls prey after having walked along the Guadalquivir River at 10 in the evening and looked on the city twinkling at night or danced in the cool shadows of the Barrio de Santa Cruz, shared tapas at La Triana with strangers and carried on like old friends, been hypnotized by the flamenco, shocked by the bullfight.
Sevilla spawns flattery like the nearby Concha y Torro ranch does fighting bulls. It is one of a handful of cities people love to love and, if they don’t, can’t help but wonder why. To urban Madrid, Sevilla is but a sleepy village; to euro-trashed Barcelona, it is an entirely different country.
More on Sevilla below:
Sevilla Weather
