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Museum of Beautiful Arts

The Museum of Beautiful Arts of Seville is located, from 1839, in the building that was Convent Great House of the Favor. The construction was made with plans of the architect Juan of Oviedo, according to testimony of the painter Pacheco. Barroca emphasizes its facade, builds of century XVIII, transferred to the place that today occupies as a result of the reconversion of the building in museum. Claustro was reformed in 1724 by Leonardo de Figueroa.
The one that it is second pinacoteca of Spain, after the Museum of the Prado, it has been put under an integral rehabilitation, that includes/understands the restoration of the own building and the modernization of its rooms and facilities. Account with 15 rooms, in which, with criterion of chronological order, the visitor will be able to recreate in unique pieces of the painting Andalusian in general, and sevillana in individual, from the Average Age to century XX. In the museum paintings of the Greco can be admired, Vela'zquez, Zurbarán and Loyal Valdés, although the painter better represented is doubtlessly the Murillo Sevillian, of who San Francisco embracing to Christ ", "Saints Justa and Rufina" conserve themselves diverse "Immaculate", ", etc. Other European teachers, whose works tie to the city and the own history of the Museum, complement this vision. Sculptures, furniture and sumptuary arts, are exposed by their intrinsic value, to obtain the perfect ambientación of the rooms. The system of air conditioning and illumination of the same ones is pioneering in the set of Spanish museums.
The Museum of Beautiful Arts of Seville counts, also, with temporary factories of restoration, exhibition halls, bookstore, library, room of investigation and file.
A peculiar data: in this historical convent Tirso de Molina lived, creator of the universal personage Don Juan.

Archaeological Museum

The Provincial Archaeological Museum, is in the Seat of America of the Park of Maria Luisa from 1946, in the building raised by Aníbal González like Pavilion of Beautiful Arts for the Latin American Exhibition of 1929.
Of the abundant pieces that appear in the rooms, it is necessary to emphasize the originating ones of the Roman ruins of Itálica, between which they emphasize "Venus", discovered in 1940; the "Morning call hunting", Roman copy of the Greek Artemis; "Mercury", marble reproduction of a considered bronze of Leocares, and a valuable series of imperial busts of which it excels, by its colossal plastic elegant size and, one of Trajano. The Museum has also become rich with the tartésico Treasure of the Carambolo.

Popular museum of Arts and Customs

The Museum of Arts and Popular Customs is, from its creation in 1973, in the Mudéjar Pavilion , constructed by Anibal González for the Latin American Exhibition of 1929. Great improvements in their exhibition halls, visionado and library have been introduced.

Museum of Contemporary Art

The Museum of Contemporary Art was integrated in 1994 in the Center Andalusian of Contemporary Art, located in the interior of the Monastery of the Cartuja . Their bottoms include/understand paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, carpets and seriada work of Spanish artists of century XX, emphasizing the works of the Andalusians, like Bacarisas.

Bullfighting Museum

Created in 1989 by initiative of the Real Arsenal of Cavalry. There lodged between the walls of the bullfighting enclosure for bullfighting, the visitor can cross the history of the National Celebration through a splendid pictorial collection, bronzes, tiles and sculptures that allude to as colorista as artistic spectacle. They emphasize works of Mariano Benlliure and busts of legendary bullfigthers like Curro Cúchares, Pepe-Hillo or Espartero.

Naval Museum

Located in the popular Tower of Gold . This beautiful construction almohade was constructed in 1220 like extreme tower of a wall that lowered from the Palace and defended the port, that it was closed with an obstinate chain to the border opposed in another tower that has disappeared. Its plant is dodecagonal and the lantern was added in century XVIII. Of the same linen cloth of wall another intermediate tower subsists, call of the Silver, octogonal plant.

General archives of Indians

The General archives of Indians are located in the old House of the Market. The planes of the monument, finished by the end of century XVI, are of Juan of Herrera, the architect of the Dump. There documentary bottoms related to the conquest and colonization of Spanish America lodge, in 35.793 legajos, as well as maps, letters, executory, autographs and other multiple curiosities. Reopened from the 27 of June 2005.

Museum of Vehicles

The Museum, located in the old convent of the Remedies it is divided in four thematic dependencies. In the entrance the visitor will be able to find a three cars of field and job. The second room is dedicated to the urban car and lodges stroll vehicles and travels. In the third space they occupy depotivos vehicles and of hunting, as well as a collection of harnesses and lances to hook the cars, whereas the fourth room deals with! it hooks and e! horse.

Between the valuable vehicles that can be contemplated emphasizes, by its antiquity and value, the berlina of luxury of the Brotherhood of! Shrine, before located in the stables of the Real Palaces. The museum also has formativos contents through audio-visual, that narrate history and different aspects from the vehicles. It is also the seat of the Real Club of Enlistments of Andalusia. In its interior we will be able to see a selection of all types of vehicles thrown by horses, from the "Spider" to the "Tilbury".

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