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400: 388: 491: 376: 352: 364: 33: 467: 90: 211: 207:, who directed the works between 1527 and his death in 1534. He was commissioned to construct a durable stone building, with a façade facing the Plaza Mayor in front of the convent of San Francisco. He executed what is now the southern section of the City Hall, including the arch that had communicated with the Franciscan monastery and two wings covered with Plateresque reliefs with representations of historical and mythical characters, heraldic symbols and emblems alluding to the founders of the city. 479: 223: 250:. On the opposite side, facing the Plaza de San Francisco, the north wing of the old building became the south wing of symmetrical tripartite façade as the building was expanded to the north. Plateresque carving was extended partway across the new façade in an attempt to match the style of the old building, but it was never completed. Given its status as a 191:
of Seville, like almost all of the civil and ecclesiastical ministries of the city, had its seat in houses of the Corral de los Olmos, today occupied by the Plaza de la Virgen de los Reyes, behind the cathedral. The new building was located on the Plaza de San Francisco, a central commercial square,
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The façade is developed with marked horizontality articulated by a precise architectural composition, distributed in five modules. The structure has two floors, surmounted in places by a third, covered with Plateresque reliefs. These vibrant sculptural carvings include Florentine
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Apeadero (access to the building), a rectangular room parallel to the façade on the Plaza de San Francisco, with hybrid elements between the Gothic and the Plateresque Renaissance.
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Reliefs in the lower chapter house. Shield of Carlos V flanked by Hercules and Julius Caesar. On one side is the cross of Burgundy and on the other the columns of Hercules.
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Antecabildo, with the staircase, which is divided into two sections, one with an almost flat vault and the other covered by a dome, both executed by Juan Sánchez.
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Columbus Hall, also known as the Bourbon hall, where a series of royal portraits can be found. Here the municipal plenaries have been celebrated since 2008.
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with coffers in which are sculpted images of kings. The hall is covered by a double row of benches; the walls have a frieze with medallions and grotesques.
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Reliefs in the lower chapter house of the Seville City Hall, where the virtues that should govern the public are represented. Justice is in the center.
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The arcade that at the time gave way to the convent of San Francisco, and that currently communicates with the
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In the 19th century, after the demolition of the convent of San Francisco, an important expansion, executed by
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Roof of the lower chapter house, which shows the monarchs of the Hispanic kingdoms up to Carlos V.
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Chamber of the Court, next to the arch; it does not communicate with the aforementioned sections.
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The staircase leads to the lobby on the top floor, where the following are located:
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Alfredo Morales, María Jesus Sanz, Juan Miguel Serrera, and Enrique Valdivieso,
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Gala dining room, with a gallery of portraits of characters related to the city.
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The main façade facing Plaza Nueva was completed in 1867, executed by
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La catedral gótica de Sevilla: fundación y fábrica de la obra nueva
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Apeadero, formerly where those who entered dismounted their horses.
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and depictions of mythological or historical characters such as
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Arquitectura renacentista. Historia de la Arquitectura Española
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Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Province of Seville
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reliefs; these include grotesque motifs inspired by Italian
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Library, from which one can access the upper chapter house.
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In 1526, following the wedding in Seville of the emperor
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Cabildo bajo or lower chapter house, with a magnificent
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Plateresque façade of the city hall in Seville, on the
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Buildings and structures completed in the 19th century
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Casa consistorial de Sevilla
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Plateresque
Spanish
Plateresque
Plaza Nueva
Seville
Andalusia
Spain
City Council of Seville
façade
Plateresque
Florentine architecture
Hercules
Julius Caesar
Charles V
Carlos V, Holy Roman Emperor
Isabella of Portugal
Convent of San Francisco
Real Audiencia de los Grados
Diego de Riaño

Plaza de San Francisco

Plaza Nueva

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