The Schindler Building along the waterfront. Kinda ugly in my opinion. Question to ponder...why do you have to go to pretty much the top of the building to get into it???
Hallway in the Real Alcazar. This palace was originally a fortress which was later expanded for King Pedro of Castile. Moorish workers were used for the construction and thus explains the reason for the Islamic architecture.
One of the many great halls that are located within the complex.
One of the many intricate, moorish, domes.
Only one of the various mosaic tile patterns that cover the walls of the complex. As stated in earlier blogs, mosaic tile works is a very distinct characteristic of Islamic architecture.
A threshold from a great hall to one of the multiple garden, courtyard areas outside. This is another characteristic of Islamic architectue; an obvious threshold area that acts as a metaphorical cleansing as one passes from one type of area to another. This is extremely visible in mosques.
One of the many courtyards in the Alcazar
The same courtyard, just trying to show the entire composition of it.
One of the walls in the Alcazar that is extensively decorated with mosaics.
A close up of that same wall to show how detailed Islamic mosaics truly are.
Another wall with mosaic tile patterns.
In the gardens of the Alcazar. As you can see these gardens are full of life, wildlife that is.
The animals are not afraid to come right up to your feet...(It also may be becuase we were feeding them, apparently ducks like cheetos)
The peacocks that run around the gardens. These are truly stupid animals. The way we were able to get them to come out from hiding was to take a handful of pebbles, throw them up into the air, and then when the peacocks heard them hit the ground, they came a runnin' for all the "food". They even went as far as trying to eat them before they realized that the rocks were not food.
Another shot of a peacock
Seville Cathedral. This is the largest church in the world for the amount of square feet of land it owns/ occupies with its cathedral and garden spaces.
The tomb of Christopher Columbus, or so they say that this is where he rests.
One of the extremely ornate altars located within.
Cool picture of us (from left to right: myself, Irene, Lauren, Doster, and Bnay)
One of the many large stained glass windows that line the perimeter of the church.
Looking at the city of Seville from the belltower.
A close up shot of a rooftop within the city. As you can see, since there is no room for a pool in a backyard, they are all located on rooftops. There were a bunch of rooftops with pools like this one.
The rooftop of the Seville Cathedral. This picture was taken as we decended from the belltower.
Another view of the church. Same corner as above but just different context included.
Looking at the cathedral from the garden space.
