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| Part of the museum is in this former church |
This morning we visited the Museo de Bellas Artes, an art museum in a beautiful building that was once a church and convent. It has Andalucia's top paintings, by Spanish masters Murillo and Zurbaran. It's a perfect setting for religious art; Murillo (1617 - 1682) was a very popular painter, and his art adorned churches both in Spain and in the Americas.
We walked down to the river and along the walking / cycling path, then up to the city centre again. Yesterday we saw street performers "levitating" - today we saw two really dressed for the part. When he heard you drop coins in the metal container, he gave the thumbs up sign.
In the afternoon we walked through the Alcazar, or Royal Palace, re-built by King Pedro I in the 14th Century. It's a fusion of Islamic and Christian styles. One cube-shaped room called the Hall of the Ambassadors had a domed ceiling that was incredible. Another impressive room was the Hall of Tapestries upstairs - one giant tapestry, of wool and silk, was an upside down map, with Africa at the top and Italy at the bottom!
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| Yarn bombing in Plaza Nueva |
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| Part of the garden behind the Alcazar palace |
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