Andalusia, whose capital is Seville, is the most populous and the second largest autonomous community in Spain and the only European region with both Mediterranean and Atlantic coastlines.
Our wanderings were around Seville's Centro district through narrow backstreets and covering Barrio de Santa Cruz- the Jewish Quarter and the big ticket must-sees.
With elements of the Renaissance Revival and Moorish Revival styles, the The Plaza was built for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 to showcase Spain's industry and technology exhibits.
The grand/grandiose Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Sea better known as Seville Cathedral is the third-largest church in the world as well as the largest Gothic church. After its completion in the early 16th century Seville Cathedral supplanted Istanbul's Hagia Sophia as the largest cathedral in the world.
You can't top the Catholics or the Muslims when it comes to ostentatious displays of godly humility and Spain has both of these versions of the deity complex well covered. That said you've got to admire the skills and effort that went into constructing what are massive works of art - particularly from a modern perspective of pre-fab, "cost-effective" blandness.
Parts of Christopher Columbus are the most famous inhabitants of the Cathedral, residing in a catafalque borne by four allegorical figures representing the four kingdoms of Spain during Columbus's life - Castille, Aragon, Navara and Leon.
Very Moorish-looking in its flamboyance the palace was built by Castilian Christians on the site of an Abbadid Muslim residential fortress that was destroyed after the Christian reconquest of Seville. The upper levels of the Alcazar are still used by the royal family as their official residence in Seville.
Contributions to its construction and various reconstructions over a thousand years have come from the Visigoths, Moors through to the Renaissance, Baroque and the 19th century.