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Seville


 

:For other meanings, see Seville (disambiguation).

Seville in fiction

  • Seville is the setting for the legend of Don Juan.
  • Seville is the primary setting of many operas, the best known of which are Bizet's "Carmen," Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," Verdi's "La Forza del Destino," Beethoven's "Fidelio," Mozart's "Don Giovanni" and "The Marriage of Figaro," and Prokofiev's "Betrothal in a Monastery."
  • The episode "The Grand Inquisitor" in Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov is set with Christ's return to Seville.
  • Seville is the setting of the novel and film Nadie conoce a nadie, which incorporates the elaborate Sevillian processions during Holy Week.
  • Seville is the setting of the novel "The Seville Communion" by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.
  • The Plaza de España in the Parque de María Luisa appears in George Lucas' .
  • Part of Lawrence of Arabia was filmed here (Plaza de España).
  • Seville appears in the first chapter of science fiction novel Ringworld by Larry Niven.
  • Seville is both the location and setting for much of the 1985 Doctor Who television serial The Two Doctors.

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Introduction
History
Sights
Festivals
Sweets from Seville
Education
Trivia
Renowned people born in Seville
Sports
Motto
Seville in fiction
See also
External links

 

 

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