Monday, January 28, 2008

Museo de Bellas Artes

The Museo de Bellas Artes, or the Museum of Fine Arts, is literally a stone's throw away from our apartment here in Seville. On Sunday, January 13th, we finally decided to take the time to walk through it and look at all of the art. According to their brochure, it is the second most important art museum in Spain, behind the Prado in Madrid.

Although it is not quite the same as a visit in person, here is a link to a virtual tour of the museum:
http://www.museosdeandalucia.es/cultura/museos/MBASE/visitavirtual/container.htm

After we had been in each of the museum's rooms, we took the time to walk through the market that always takes place in the plaza every Sunday morning. Each week local artists set up their wares directly in front of the museum in hopes of selling their pieces to someone in the crowd.

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