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Exposition by Teruhiro Ando in Seville

The Hospital de los Venerables in Seville will host until June 8 the exhibition by Japanese artist  Teruhiro Ando, winner of the International Prize for Painting Focus-Abengoa. Teruhiro Ando is in love with Sevilla since he arrived in the city in 1992. He started with installations and performances, but he discovered Zurbarán´s painting and his life changed. His works combine classic and contemporary, and for this he has been the winner of the International Prize for Painting F

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Ceramic Centre of Triana in Seville

The Ceramic Center of Triana in Seville will be inaugurated next April because the restoration work of the last pieces  has finished. Some politicians of Seville, as the mayor Juan Ignacio Zoido, have visited the facilities and have approved the opening of the center. It is the third attempt to open the museum, after two failed attempts. The date of the opening will be agreed between the City Council of Seville and the Andalusian Regional Government, who have worked together to make this pr

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Biogeography Congress in Seville 2014

The University of Seville (former Mexico Pavilion, Paseo de las Delicias with Avenue Eritaña) will host from 23 to 26 September, the VIII Biogeography Congress in Seville 2014. The motto of the VIII Biogeography Congress will be plant Systems and wildlife in coastal environments: Advances in characterization, dynamics and criteria for the conservation. This motto encompasses a wide range of possibilities as herbaceous, vegetation formations, shrubs, trees, wildlife and natural processes of f

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Night visits to the Alcazar of Seville

The Royal Alcazar of Seville opens its doors again at night. This weekend begins the guided visits. Previously, this initiative was a great success: 12,292 visits in 72 days. During the tour through the palaces, rooms and gardens of Alcazar, the company Classical Theatre of Seville will perform theatrical performances with the characters that have walked among these walls, as Almutamid, Don Pedro I, Maria de Padilla, Isabella, Isabel II, or a knight of the Golden Century, among others. Th

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Holy Week 2014

Holy Week 2014 will be held from 13th to 20th April, is a tradition that goes back centuries in this city. Nothing had to do the old Holy Week and the current; processions were made with the parish cross and a banner depicting a mystery of the Passion, today the processions that run throughout Seville are truly different. Each of the steps represent scenes from the life of Jesus of Nazareth since its entry into Jerusalem until his crucifixion, death and resurrection. They are authentic works