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A relaxed and authentic bar. Flamenco shows tend to happen on Monday and Thursday nights.
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From its hilltop, this massive Spanish Renaissance church dominates the town. Its austere façade is relieved by a fine Plateresque portal, the Puerta del Sol. Inside, treasures include five masterpieces by José de Ribera, a Crucifixion sculpture by Juan de Mesa, beautiful Renaissance ornamentation and a wonderfully high-spirited Baroque altarpiece.
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This spectacular mosque may have been savagely reconsecrated but visitors can still see its Byzantine mosaics and other exquisite marvels.
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This vast mosque marked the beginning of the Arab-Hispanic style known as Caliphal.
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One of Spain’s oldest peñas .
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Flamboyant shows.
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Modern Spanish is full of everyday terms that come from Moorish heritage – the word for “left” (izquierda ) is almost pure Arabic and any word beginning with the prefix al- (the) comes from Arabic too.
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The villages on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada retain distinctive Moorish architecture (see The Sierra Nevada).
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Figueroa (1650–1730) was a highly accomplished Baroque architect. His commissions in Seville included the Hospital de los Venerables (see Seville), the Palacio de San Telmo and the Museo de Bellas Artes).
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The English Romantic poet’s fascination with Andalucía is chronicled in his mock-epic poem Don Juan (1819).
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