SEVILLE is the Andalucian capital and the third most extensive Spanish city. Bathed by the Guadalquivir River, Seville has a strong identity all its own, while its popular quarters, such as Santa Cruz, are as interesting as its many monuments and old buildings.

There is the Alcazar, or Moorish fortress, La Giralda, the turret of the old 12th-century Moorish mosque that was incorporated as a belltower into the grandiose Gothic cathedral three centuries later, and the Torre del Oro (Tower of Gold), an old bastion in the Moorish walls of the city.