Love! It's just a common thing, and it's not unusual at all
man! It's just a pastime, nothing remarkable
What is called affection and what is meant is not everyone lying to themselves
What is obsessive what is obsessive, what is fascination, and it is not a man or a woman who is doing a play
If you fall in love with me, you're looking for mold yourself
If I fell in love with you, you would die at my hands
"Carmen" is a stunning four-way movie!
Arrived in Carmen's hometown, Seville, the capital of Andalusia! "Carmen" is the masterpiece of the French realist writer Mérime: Carmen, a female worker in the tobacco factory, is a beautiful and strong gypsy girl. She falls in love with Cobia Jose and uses her rare feminine charm to trap him in love. José not only abandoned his original lover, but also released Carmen, who was fighting with people, and was arrested and imprisoned, and later even met with his superiors, and had to leave the army and join the smugglers where Carmen was, but carmen had already made an alliance with the matador Escamirio. The duel between José and Escamirio, and Carmen's apparent protection of the matador, made Jose even more unbearable. A grand and lively bullfight ensued, and as Carmen cheered for Escamilio's victory, José found her. The stubborn Carmen categorically rejects his love and eventually dies under Jose's sword.
Sevilla, the fourth largest city in Spain, has a population of only 1.3 million, and people who shine in the afternoon sun can't open their eyes. With a map in hand, I walked along the avenue into the old town of Seville to feel the hometown of this warm and unrestrained Carmen.
There are many tourists in the old city center, originally thought about going to see the city hall, the ancient palace, the bullring, the Plaza de España, the streets of How Nai are always twisting and turning, walking and turning, holding a map to identify those strange names, and then looking at the road names on the street, the eyes are still confused. Get angry, forget it, just follow the feelings.
Seville, the capital of the Gothic Kingdom in ancient times, has always been an important place, and during the 500 years of moorish conquest, it became the stage for the prosperity of Islamic culture. The reconquest of lost ground in the mid-13th century swept away Islamic power, and Seville ushered in the era of free Catholicism. Later, Amerigo set sail from Seville to establish the hegemonic position of the deal with the New World. It is this vibrant history that makes the streets of Seville today lavishly highlight the memory of history.
The streets and alleys are very deep, and most of the houses on both sides are different shades of yellow and white, and the line of sight is the narrow blue dazzling sky. There seems to be a magic trick at the end of the street that leads you, and there is something magical waiting for you at that end. Just lost in the alleys of the old city, lingering.
When you meet beautiful girls, you always have to look at them a few more times, and wonder if there is Carmen's wild and feminine blood flowing in their bodies.
It's hot and I want to hide in a café for an ice drink. Find a very Spanish-inspired café, ask for a few Tapas and ice beers, and sit in the shade of the windy trees. Seville is the capital of gastronomy, Tapas is its specialty, tapas means "lid" in Spanish, and people walk from bar to one and taste small plates. It is said that in the past, people liked to sit outside and drink beer, but there were many flies, and they kept flying into the cup, so people came up with the idea of covering the cup with a small plate containing food to prevent flies from flying in. Slowly, this small dish evolved into the characteristic tapas of today's Spain.
We came to the cathedral in the center of the old town, bustling with tourists. In 711, the Moors (i.e. today's Arabs) occupied and left an eternal footprint in Seville. In 1184, the Arab regime began to build a "mosque" on the site of today's Seville Cathedral, and the mosque was completed in 1198. In 1248, Fernando III the "Sage" retook Seville in the War of Restoration, driving out the Moors. After the restoration of Seville, a cathedral was needed, so the original mosque was used as a Catholic church. In 1381 the Sevilleites, impatient to use the mosque as a church, decided to demolish the mosque and build the "Cathedral of Hilalda" on the original site, which is today's Cathedral of Seville.
The grandeur of Seville Cathedral is one of the five cathedrals in the world, ranking third in the world after St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican and the Cathedral in Milan, Italy. In front of the cathedral is The Triwenfo Square, behind which is the Orange Courtyard, and the interior of the church has a monument to Columbus and a painting by the famous Spanish painter Goya. The tower was connected to the cathedral, and when the mosque before the cathedral was razed to the ground, this beautiful tower was preserved, and today it is a landmark of Seville.
A sculpture of the Archbishop
The Cathedral of Seville is the largest of all the medieval Gothic cathedrals in terms of area. The interior is lavish with lots of gold.
There are a lot of waiting carriages around, so it should be a good feeling to take a carriage around the old town of Seville, right? Seville was founded in 43 BC and was occupied by the Romans, Visigoths, and Arabs. In the 11th century, the Moors from North Africa established an independent kingdom here, and most of the monuments in the city are left over from that time.
The 97-meter-high Giralda Tower is a symbol of Seville, and the bronze sculpture on top of it can even rotate when there is wind, so people also call it the Wind vane Tower. This tall tower can be seen in many parts of the Old Town.
Breaking into an unknown courtyard on the side of the road, the white walls around it are painted with beautiful patterns, and the light and shadow change into beautiful geometric patterns. In the middle of the city, this piece of clean land is particularly rare.
Walking around to the West of the Old Town, the Guadalquivir River, the river is very wide, the water surface is blue against the sky, walking on the bridge to see the scenery on both sides, is also drunk.
Seville was once an important port, and the Spanish fleet brought large quantities of gold and silver from the New World, through Seville to all parts of Europe. The 12th-sided Golden Tower on the banks of the Guadalquivir River was built in 1221 and was paved with gold bricks on the façade in ancient times, showing the prosperity of Seville at that time. Seville hosted the 1992 World's Fair, for which an Alamillo Bridge over the river was built.
The elements of Spain in the impression can be found in Seville! Get a glimpse of the bullfighting of the Spanish soul, the delicate flamenco dances, the glorious Age of Discovery, and many other elements of Spain that you don't know about.
From the river back to the cathedral, I thought I should see an authentic flamenco dance in Seville, next to a ticket office, and I only had 10 p.m. tickets. Tonight the hotel is not in town, think about leaving flamenco dance in Madrid, today is a little tired, then go back to the hotel early to wash and sleep. Across the West and Portugal, the excitement continues.