Palacio de San Telmo Facade
by Joan Carroll
Title
Palacio de San Telmo Facade
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
While many aspects of European history seem convoluted and distant to many Americans, history in southern Spain seems much more immediate, with the many ties to Christopher Columbus and "new world" exploration. This is some detail of the facade of the Palacio de San Telmo, showing beautiful repeating lines and symmetry. Palacio San Telmo was built in 1682 as the Colegio Seminario de la Universidad de Mareantes, a home for orphaned children of sailors. Then it was used to train those who sailed the ships of the Flota de las Indias, the Indies Fleet. These vessels brought back the riches from Spain's New World colonies, thereby building up Seville's wealth, and global power and influence. So Spain was building palaces while architecture in the colonies was relatively rudimentary! The palace is named after St Telmo, the patron saint of navigators. The academy then became a royal palace, whose gardens stretched as far as the Parque Maria Luisa, and after that a seminary. The palace fell into disrepair in the mid-20th century, being damaged by a fire in 1952. It was taken over by the the Junta de Andalucia (the regional government) in 1989 and refurbished. Today is the presidential headquarters of the Junta de Andalucia and the President received the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall here on their visit to Seville in April 2011.
FEATURED PHOTO, Out of The Ordinary group, 5/28/15
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May 27th, 2015
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