Windows and doors of Seville

Wrought iron. Bright paint. Gold trimmings. Private gated patios of cool marble to fight the scorching summers. The doors and windows of Seville scream Mediterranean. Plainer windows often come adorned with flocks of pigeons and doves. Service entrances have flourishes of yellow molding around them. And I may have been so nervous that someone was going to find me snooping around their courtyard that half of my pictures are shaky…

Not all of the city looked like this of course – I have not pictured the neighborhoods of urban highrises or some of the grittier side streets. I’ve cut out the vendors trying to sell you trinkets. But its easy to escape all of that. The charming historical centre is larger than I’d expected and great efforts have clearly been made to keep its authenticity (no easy feat when you can trace its architectural history back for 1,000 years across the city.) Taken individually above, you could be looking at pictures of eight different cities. But they are one in the same. I wanted to snap everything.

Reason #2 to visit Seville: every street will lead you to different architecture.

(Read about Reason #1 here.)