EXCHANGE OF STUDENTS BETWEEN THE HET AMSTERDAM LYCEUM AND  LLANES HIGH SCHOOL FROM  SEVILLA.
october 2012

SPAIN SQUARE , AY, AY QUÉ CALÓ!! on PhotoPeach

The Plaza de España (Spanish Square) is a massive semicircular plaza built in the Maria Luisa Park, right in the middle of Andalusia’s capital city. The square was constructed in 1928 for the Ibero-Amrican Exposition that the city hosted in 1929, and was used to showcase Spain´s technology and industry exhibits.

Plaza de España has impressed several Hollywood movie teams and has been used for location shooting for scenes in Lawrence of Arabia, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, and now for Sasha Cohen (also known as Borat) latest film, Finchley Dreams.

In the movie Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Plaza de España was used to portray the entry of the General Allenby in alleged Damascus, where the square itself portrayed the headquarters of the British Officers; it was also the scene of the ‘Cairo’ officers club.

In the Star Wars saga Attack of the Clones (2002), Padme (Natalie Portman) and Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christiansen) had a couple of scenes on the planet Naboo, which indeed is Plaza de España.

And last but not least Paramount Pictures used the famous square in august 2011 to film a scene in Sasha Baron Cohen’s upcoming movie “Finchley Dreams” which is also starring Megan Fox and Ben Kingsley.

 

THE CATHEDRAL AND SANTA CRUZ QUARTER IMPRESSIVE!! on PhotoPeac

The Cathedral of Seville is the largest gothic cathedral in the world, and the third temple in size after St. Peter's Basilica of the Vatican in Rome, and St. Paul in London. In 1987 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

OLÉ AND OLÉ on PhotoPeach



The Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla is the oldest bullring in Spain. During the annual Feria de Abril in Seville, it is the site of one of the most well-known bullfighting festivals in the world.
The ring itself is considered one of the city's most enjoyable tourist attractions and is certainly one of the most visited.

WHERE ARE THE ROMANS? on PhotoPeach

The Roman city of Itálica was founded in the year 206 B.C. on the initiative of Publius Cornelius Scipio, known as “the African”. Under the Emperor Augustus, Itálica became a town and was granted the privilege of minting its own money. It is the birthplace of the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Italica was the birthplace of the Roman emperor Trajan. Hadrian was generous to his settled town, which he made a colonia; he added temples, including a Trajaneum venerating Trajan, and rebuilt public buildings. Italica’s amphitheater seated 25,000 spectators—half as many as the Flavian Amphitheatre in Rome— and was the third largest in the Roman Empire. The city's Roman population at the time is estimated to have been only 8000. The games and theatrical performances funded by the local aristocracy, who filled the positions of magistrate, were a means of establishing status: the size of the amphitheater shows that the local elite was maintaining status that extended far beyond Italica itself.

HASTA PRONTO!! on PhotoPeach