Plaza de Espana, Seville

The Plaza de Espana was constructed to host the Ibero-American Exposition in Seville of 1929. Stimulating a renaissance revival in Spanish architecture, it is of a scale and complexity that makes Kelvingrove Museum & Art Gallery look quiet and unassuming.

The picture here shows one half of the 180-degree symmetrical sweep of buildings, with canals and fountains in the centre. The facades include hand-painted tiles representing each of Spain's provinces, which visitors to the Exposition used as backdrops of their home regions for family portraits.

The complex now houses government buildings, and sits in the city's Parque de Maria Luisa. Other villas in the Parque have been converted to museums and galleries.