Trip to Seville 2019
The second learning trip to Seville (third mobility of the project) took place from 3rd to 10th February, 2019. The main topic was Renaissance and Barroque ages. These are the visits and activities the students and teachers did.
Sunday 3rd February
Welcoming the guests
The arrival at the airport was very exciting for the students and their parents. Italian students and teachers arrived on time and without problems.
Monday 4th February
First meeting at school
On Monday morning, they all met at school to make a presentation, prepare the activities and have a breakfast prepared by the parents. The teachers arranged and explained the treasure hunt activity to be implemented during all the stay in Seville. The students must answer questions about all the monuments and sites they are visiting during the week.
Travelling around the city
During all the week they have moved around by local public transport. They have made available to them special buses that have taken them to the different parts of the city. It is a fantastic service offered by TUSSAM to schools.
First visit in Seville: Santa María la Blanca Church
The first monument visited was a synagogue transformed in a Catholic church in Santa Cruz quarter. It is a stunning example of the Barroque ornamental style.
Visit to the Town Hall
After the church, students and teachers were received in the Town Hall where they were told part of the history of the city, its traditions and other details about the building. They had a nice guide who told us everything in English.
Visit to El Salvador Church
The next stop was El Salvador square, one of the most popular squares in Seville, to visit the second largest church in Seville. The students made some presentations here, about the church, its origins and the amazing works of art inside it, as some of the most important images made by the main sculptors of the Barroque age in Spain.
Visit of San Onofre chapel
The last visit on Monday was a small chapel in the same square where the Town Hall is, which is a remain of the old San Francisco convent which was placed here. It is always open. After that they took the bus at Torre del Oro.
Tuesday 5th February
Visit to Santa Cruz Quarter
The students of the three schools were walking around the narrow streets of the old jewish quarter following a route designed by the coordinators of the project and answering the questions of the treasure hunt.
The Royal Alcazar Palaces
Through Santa Cruz streets the students and teachers arrived at The Alcazar, one of the oldest royal palaces in use in the world. They continued the treasure hunt and the presentations prepared by the students of IES Punta del Verde inside the palace and in the wonderful gardens.
Archive of the Indies
After the Alcazar, they visited the Archive of the Indies. Both sites together with the Cathedral form a set which was declared World Heritage in 1987. Here all the documents of the American empire are kept and studied.
The Cathedral
Finally, students and teachers visited the third World Heritage site. The Cathedral of Seville is the biggest Gothic church in the world and the third Christian church after St. Paul in London and St. Peter in the Vatican.
The Giralda
It is the bell tower of the Cathedral, built by the Muslim inhabitants of Isbilyia and finished by the Christians.
They went up through its 34 ramps to see the amazing views of the city . This is the symbol of the city of Seville.
Wednesday 6th February
San Luis de los Franceses Church
The first site we visited was this amazing Barroque church in the middle of Macarena quarter, one of the most popular in Seville. It is one of the most profusely decorated churches in the city and the most surprising detail is the use of the tromp l'oeil technique.
Santa Isabel Convent
They had a little rest in this beautiful square near San Luis street, and students and teachers had breakfast before continuing our visit through La Macarena quarter.
Basilica de la Macarena
Close to the remainings of the Roman wall, they visited the church where one of the most popular images of the Holy Week processions has its venue.
San Telmo Palace
They could also visit the headquarters of the Andalusian Government. The chapel was the only place where they could take photos. As it is difficult to visit, we must be grateful to one of the students' mother through whom we could make this visit.
The project's official dinner
The teachers participating in the mobility and those helping in the host school had dinner in Modesto restaurant.
Thursday 7th February
Museum of Fine Arts
In the morning students and teachers visited the second painting museum in Spain. There they could see works by Velazquez, Murillo, Zurbarán and other famous Spanish and foreign painters.
Hopital de la Caridad
Founded by Miguel de Mañara, it has one of the most impressive Barroque churches in Seville with pictures of the best painters of the Golden Age. Its founder is a very popular character, between history and legend.
Real Maestranza Bullring
One of the most beautiful and popular bullrings in Spain. Its Renaissance style makes it one of the important civil buildings of this style in the city.
Crossing Triana Bridge
Triana is one of the most popular quarters of the city. This bridge, whose real name is Isabel II, is the oldest and most beautiful.
Ceramic Centre in Triana
A mixture of old and modern architecture, the new ceramic museum has a permanent exhibition of the best ceramic works made in Triana, the traditional quarter where this artcraft was developed, which is one of its signs of identity. Triana ceramics is well-known all over the world.
Santa Ana Church
Finally they visited the oldest church of Triana, popularly called Triana's Cathedral. It was built in the age of Fernando III The saint king, just after his conquest of the city to the Moorish. Some volunteers, retired people, work as guides showing the church to the visitors.
Friday 8th February
Rehearsing performace of "Much Ado about Nothing"
The students of 1st ESO of IES Punta del Verde together with the students of ICS Montezemolo, performed the play adapted from Shakespeare's as a rehearsal of the performance to be made in Rome. It was a very amusing experience for the actors and audience.
Prize giving to the Treasure Hunt winners
After the breakfast, the two teams winners of the treasure hunt, one formed with 1st ESO and Montezemolo students and another composed of 1st Bachillerato and Sette Chiese students, received their prizes.
Cultural contest
The students of ISS Via delle Sette Chiese participated in a cultural contest about the places they visited during the week. The winners were Francesco Brancia first and Laura Giordano second. Both got a prize.
Project lunch
After the activities which took place in the Centro Cívico Bellavista, students and teachers had lunch together in the restaurant Povea el Rey del Serranito.
The weekend
The students spent the weekend with the Spanish families doing different activities and visiting other places of the city.
Sunday 10th February
The farewell
Our Italian friends left our city on Sunday evening. We will meet again very soon.
