tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post270906192473235360..comments2024-03-28T00:11:33.489-04:00Comments on bensozia: Today's Cathedral: SevilleJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-87532653738451516192014-11-23T21:39:34.534-05:002014-11-23T21:39:34.534-05:00It is far more beautiful than the pictures communi...It is far more beautiful than the pictures communicate.<br /><br />When I was there in the late 70's or early '80's, one could still rub the foot of the Columbus statue for "good luck" in returning to Seville.<br /><br />There was also, in those days, a retired matador, an American (at the time the only one to have made and confirmed his alternativa in Spain) who was an artist-- John Fulton. We did not get to meet him, but we did purchase some amazing lithographs illustrating the Garcia Lorca poem Lament on the Death of a Matador.<br /><br />Seville is one of my favorite places in the world, along with Barcelona.pootrsoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975929246429466067noreply@blogger.com