Science Center, Seville
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The Science Center in the city of Seville
, Spain is a center for popularizing science.
The Science Center is housed in the old Pavilion of Peru (Pabellón de Perú), a building of great beauty that was built in the Maria Luisa Park
for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929
.
For twenty years the building housed the headquarters of the Biological Station of Doñana and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas en Sevilla (CSIC).
In April 2008 the city council of Seville provided a grant to renovate the building to create the Science Center.
A part of the building holds the Consulate General of Peru in Seville.
In July 2008 the Peruvian ambassador to Spain signed a 75-year renewal of the assignment by the City of Seville of the Pavilion of Peru to the Republic of Peru and to the CSIC. The CSIC had undertaken to provide a 3000 square metres (32,291.7 sq ft) exhibition space open to the public dedicated to the extension of science in Andalusia.
The building lies on the Avenida Maria Luisa, noted for the Queen's sewing box
(Costurero de la Reina), a unique building that takes the form of a small hexagonal castle with turrets at the corners, and the oldest building in Seville in the neomudéjar style.
It is between the Seville Public Library
, inaugurated in 1999 by the Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, and the Teatro Lope de Vega Sevilla, a small baroque-style theatre that was also built for the exhibition.
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
, Spain is a center for popularizing science.
The Science Center is housed in the old Pavilion of Peru (Pabellón de Perú), a building of great beauty that was built in the Maria Luisa Park
Maria Luisa Park
The Maria Luisa Park is a public park that stretches along the Guadalquivir River in Seville, Spain. It is Seville's principal green area.-History:...
for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929
Ibero-American Exposition of 1929
The Ibero-American Exposition of 1929 was a world's fair held in Seville, Spain, from the 9th of May 1929 until the 21st of June 1930. Countries in attendance of the exposition included: Portugal, The United States, Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, Chile, the Republic of Colombia, Cuba,...
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For twenty years the building housed the headquarters of the Biological Station of Doñana and the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas en Sevilla (CSIC).
In April 2008 the city council of Seville provided a grant to renovate the building to create the Science Center.
A part of the building holds the Consulate General of Peru in Seville.
In July 2008 the Peruvian ambassador to Spain signed a 75-year renewal of the assignment by the City of Seville of the Pavilion of Peru to the Republic of Peru and to the CSIC. The CSIC had undertaken to provide a 3000 square metres (32,291.7 sq ft) exhibition space open to the public dedicated to the extension of science in Andalusia.
The building lies on the Avenida Maria Luisa, noted for the Queen's sewing box
Queen's sewing box
The Queen's sewing box is a building constructed in the late nineteenth century in the gardens of the Palace of San Telmo, now the Maria Luisa Park in Seville, Spain....
(Costurero de la Reina), a unique building that takes the form of a small hexagonal castle with turrets at the corners, and the oldest building in Seville in the neomudéjar style.
It is between the Seville Public Library
Seville Public Library
The Seville Public Library is a public library located in Seville, Spain....
, inaugurated in 1999 by the Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, and the Teatro Lope de Vega Sevilla, a small baroque-style theatre that was also built for the exhibition.