CULTURE: THE SEVILLE FAIR.

Apr 22, 2010 Capital, Capitals, Culture, Leisure, Tourism, Tourism, Cultured Tourism


 

Sevilla

For those of you who enjoy fairs and festivities, you might like to visit the The Seville Fair which ends on the 25th of April.

The fair is inaugurated with the alumbrao (lighting) ceremony. The mayor of the city presses a button that gradually switches on a series of bulbs. This year, 370,000 bulbs were lit.

The Seville Fair is one of the best Spanish fairs; it has a long history and is of high cultural interest.

Lastly and for those of you who do not know how or why the Seville Fair came about, here are a few pointers:

The Seville Fair dates from 1846 and its aim was to turn the city of Seville into a merchant trade centre and into an important agricultural market in Spain.

Today, the fair is set in the Barrio de los Remedios, with some 1047 participating stalls which you can enjoy visiting during this fair.

 

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