polytropos' photos with the keyword: azul

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Valencia – Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias. The sculpture garden and landscape walk => L'Umbracle (39.45599, -0.35466); [160°]

Valencia – Hotel Melia Valencia, Beniferri (39.49522, -0.40183); [160°]

Sevilla – Setas de la Encarnacion (37.39320, -05.99175)

The Alhambra in Granada – Patio de Arrayanes –––––––––––– The Court of the Myrtles (Patio de los Arrayanes) is part of the palace and fortress complex of the Alhambra. It is located east of the Gilded Room (Cuarto Dorado) and west of the Patio of the Lions and the Baths. Its current name is due to the myrtle bushes that surround the central pond and the bright green colour of which contrasts with the white marble of the patio. It was also called the Patio of the Pond or the Reservoir (Patio del Estanque o de la Alberca) because of the central pond, which is 34 metres long and 7,10 meters wide.[1] The patio is divided in two sides by the pond, which receives its water from two fountains. The space has chambers and porticoes around it. These porticoes rest on columns with cubic capitals, which have seven semicircular arches decorated with fretwork rhombuses and inscriptions praising God. The central arch is greater than the other six and has solid scallops decorated with stylised vegetal forms and capitals of mocarabes. The most important chambers that surround the Patio are the ones in the north side, which are part of the Comares Palace, the official residence of the King. Wikipedia (37.17708, -03.58964); [00°]

Matalascañas – Doñana Sur (36.98231, -06.52878); [200°]

Torre Sevilla The Sevilla Tower is an office skyscraper in Seville, that is being built under the masterplan of Puerto Triana. Known until 2015 as Cajasol Tower or Pelli Tower , its construction started in March 2008 and it finished in early 2016. The tower has a height of 180.5 metres (592 ft) and has 40 floors. The tower has an office usage with the entrance to the tower located off Odiel street. The tower, built as Cajasol's headquarters, is the tallest building in Andalusia and the city of Seville. The tower is being built in La Cartuja, the former zone of the Universal Exposition that took place in Seville between April and October 1992. It is located next to the river in an area being redeveloped since the early 2000s. The tower will be flanked by two four story podium buildings also designed by César Pelli . The curved edges of the podium buildings will define a plaza that opens on the north and south and narrows at the center, creating a pedestrian-scaled commercial street. Wikipedia (37.39111, -06.00923); [270°]

Sevilla – Plaza de España The Plaza de España is a plaza in the Parque de María Luisa, in Seville, Spain, built in 1928 for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. It is a landmark example of the Regionalism Architecture, mixing elements of the Renaissance Revival and Moorish Revival (Neo-Mudéjar) styles of Spanish architecture. Architect: Aníbal González The Plaza de España has been used as a filming location, including scenes for the 1962 film "Lawrence of Arabia". The building was used as a location in the Star Wars movie series "Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones" (2002) — in which it featured in exterior shots of the City of Theed on the Planet Naboo. It also featured in the 2012 film "The Dictator". The plaza was used as a set for the video of Simply Red's song " Something Got Me Started " (1991). * HBF = Happy Black Friday! ;-) (37.37651, -05.98625); [00°]