Spain Series - Real Alcazar

A jewel box of Mudejar patios and halls, the Real Alcazar at Seville, built in the 14th century and with later monarchs adding their own distinguishing marks, is grandiose, richly decorated, and awe inspiring.

Patio del Yeso, a garden with flower beds and a water channel,

retaining features of the earlier 12th century Almobad Alcazar

Intricate plasterwork by top craftsmen of Granada

Dome made up of carved and gilded interlaced wood

Spain Series - Plaza de Espana

The dazzling Plaza de Espana at Parque Maria Luisa, Seville. Built for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition, it is a theatrical extravaganza.

Brightly painted Sevillian ceramics from Triana decorated the park in the form of tiled benches, floral urns, and even playful frogs and ducks placed around fountains.

Fantasies

A beautifully restored Jaguar E type, gleaming in luscious red amongst a bevvy of vintage cars.  On the ground floor shown room are TVRs galore, patiently waiting for the boy/girl racers to put their feet down on the gas pedal.

Hmm, lurid fantasy....  But what are they selling exactly?

Unashamedly kitsch.