page_title: Parque de María Luisa
section_title: Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Parque de María Luisa / Buildings
caption_attribution_description: Pavillon mudéjar de l'Expo ibéro-américaine de Séville (1929). Actuel musée des coutumes et arts populaires
context_page_description: The Parque de María Luisa is a public park that stretches along the Guadalquivir River in Seville, Spain. It is Seville's principal green area.
context_section_description: The Plaza de España was a principal building built on the park's edge to showcase Spain's industry and technology exhibits.  The complex is a huge half-circle with buildings continually running around the edge accessible over the moat by numerous beautiful bridges. In the centre is a large fountain. By the walls of the plaza are many tiled alcoves, each representing a different province of Spain. Today, the plaza buildings are mainly used for government offices.
  The Queen's sewing box (Costurero de la Reina) was built in 1893 in the gardens of the Palace of San Telmo, as a retreat. It is a unique building that takes the form of a small hexagonal castle with turrets at the corners.
  It is the oldest building in Seville in the Neo-Mudéjar style.
  Numerous other buildings were constructed in and around the park for the exhibition in a mix of 1920's Art Deco and mock Mudejar. 
  Some of them were extravagant in their decor, built just before the Wall Street crash.
  The Guatemala building, off the Paseo de la Palmera, is an example of this elaborate style.
  The largest mansions from the fair, near the south end of the park, now serve as museums, including the Archeological Museum of Seville.
  Some of the original buildings have been replaced by more modern structures.
  For example, the Seville Public Library was inaugurated in 1999 by the Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo.
  It was nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award for European Architecture in 2001.
  Beside the modern library is the Science Center (Casa de la Ciencia Seville), housed in the original Pavilion of Peru.  
  Adjoining the Science Center is the Teatro Lope de Vega, a small baroque-style theatre that was also built for the exhibition.
caption: The Mudejar Pavilion, now the Museum of Arts and Traditions of Sevilla
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