A short jaunt across the river from the narrow medieval streets of Seville is a neighborhood dotted by decaying remnants of its futuristic world’s fair. Interspersed with science and tech company headquarters and the odd government building, the rusting reminders of the exposition provide a poignant juxtaposition between the old and new.
Organized 500 years after Columbus landed on the shores of the New World, the Universal Exposition of Seville (known as Expo ‘92) was themed “The Age of Discovery.” More than 100 nations participated in the event, which drew more than 40 million visitors to the 215-hectare site.
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| Name | Since | Distance | |||
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| Yemas de San Leandro | 2019 | 2.4km | site_ao | ||
| Urbirun Seville – HIghlights en fr | 3.1km | site_izi | |||
| Sevilla World Heritage Sites en | 2.6km | site_izi | |||
| Sevilla en | 2.8km | site_izi | |||
| Hospital de las Cinco Llagas (Hospital of the Five Holy Wounds) | 2020 | 1.6km | site_ao | ||
| Royal Shipyards of Seville | 2019 | 2.6km | site_ao | ||
| A Trove of Treasured Paintings, Housed In a 17th-Century Hospital | 2017 | 2.8km | site_ao | ||
| Iglesia Virgen de los Remedios | 3.4km | site_brutalism | |||
| Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville | 1987 | 2.8km | site_whs |
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