Tourism in Seville

Tourism in Seville

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Seville or Sevilla, the capital of the region of Andalusia and Seville in southern Spain, situated on the banks of the river Guadalquivir. A population in 2007 of about 699.145 people, making it the fourth largest city in Spain in population after Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. An urban collects 141.31 km2 is also the fourth largest in the country with 1.450.214 inhabitants (INE 2007), representing 77.5% of the total 1.871.399 population of the province.

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Location and population

Sevilla is located on the plain of the river Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of 7 metres (23 ft) above sea level. The population of the city Sevilla is known as sevillanos (feminine form: sevillanas) or hispalenses. "

The population of the city of Sevilla was 699145 as of 2007 (National Statistical Institute estimates) inhabitants of the metropolitan area (urban area plus towns) 1450214 as of 2007 (estimates of the National Statistics Institute), and ranking as the fourth largest metropolitan area of Spain. Population of the city around 1.5 million inhabitants

History

Extended history of Sevilla over two thousand years. Following thepassage of the various people in the city's growth with a distinctpersonality. The Roman city known in Sevilla the early name hisbalis (hispalis). Give italika italica Roman city near the city of Sevilla an impression of how the hisbalis later in the Roman period. Roman remainsexist in the Sevilla include remnants of the Canal. After successive victories in the Western Province of walkotion llvandal hsbania in the fifth and sixth centuries, Muslims in 712 opened and became an important center of the Muslims of Al-Andalus

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Sevilla Cathedral constructed of 1401 — 1519 after recovery on the former site of the mosque in the city. Sevilla Cathedral are among the largest of all Medieval Gothic cathedrals, both in terms of area and volume. Inside is the longest in Spain, and is decorated with richly, with a large amount of gold had the Cathedral using some columns and elements of the mosque, and most famously, Geralda, originally a minaret, turned into a Bell Tower. And topped off the statue, known locally as el giraldillo, representing faith. inside the tower was built with ramps instead of stairs, to allow the muezzin and others to rise to the top. "Contemporary" rises tall above the rooftops of Sevilla, and the most important sights of the city, and has built in 1184 as the Minaret of the great mosque, Sevilla turned with its Cathedral. Tall contemporary 97.5 meters, the mobile Summit was built according to the wind direction in the sixteenth century, and since then has become a contemporary known by this name to the statue at the top.