BARTOLOME’ ESTEBAN MURILLO 1/3 – He was born into a family of artists, because its uncle (Antonio Pérez) was a painter, who was married to the daughter of another Sevillian artist (Vasco de Pereira). He was the most popular Baroque religious Spanish painter, and the rich colors and broad brushwork of his later paintings were influenced by 16-century Flemish painters. …

http://www.hotelabanico.com/ Enjoy your breakfast in the Andalusian Patio, and start the day with coffee or tea, cocoa or chocolate, assorted breads and pastries, using free Wi-Fi in the Patio Sevillano. Monumental free city visit? Enjoy a free guided tour of the main monuments of Seville,with departures from the hotel (every day at 10.00 h. / Duration 2.5 hours / Available …

You love Sevilla? You know the excellent gastronomic experiences in this lovely city? Do not forget “Taberna El Panduro Banos” where you can find the best price-quality rapport of your town trip. Maybe you too have spent 30 euros (in two) amazed by the quality of the tapas you ordered: tuna tataki and salmon tartar. You too know the genuine …

Welcome in Seville, where waiting for you something about Pedro de Campaña (Pieter de Kempeneer). He was born in Brussels and was trained in Italy, but he is known to have been employed in the Cathedral of Seville, where he received the order from the monastery of Santa Maria de Gracia for this Descent from the Cross. His style includes …

Like Water for Chocolate, it is a novel by Laura Esquivel, a woman who devoted herself to teaching, writing works of children’s theater and film scripts. In her novels, she uses magic realism, ie a combination of the supernatural with the everyday. In the novel, the writer proclaims the importance of the kitchen as the most important place of the …

EL SUENO – Una vez, tuve un sueño, ¡un sueño muy bonito! Pudo haber sido grande, pero se quedó chiquito. Llegó como flor de primavera, como rosa principesca. Y encendió como la yesca, hasta la más yerma quimera. En el puño muy cerrado, lo guardé celosamente. Ni tan siquiera la mente, podía abrir el candado. Quise que conociera a la …

CUERPO DE MUJER – Cuerpo de mujer, blancas colinas, muslos blancos, te pareces al mundo en tu actitud de entrega. Mi cuerpo de labriego salvaje te socava, y hace saltar el hijo del fondo de la tierra. Fui solo como un túnel. De mí huían los pájaros, y en mí la noche entraba su invasión poderosa. Para sobrevivirme te forjé …

VERDADES – No me preguntes si te amo, porque esa pregunta me ofende, si pudiera colocar moneda sobre moneda para hacer una torre de todo lo que siento, créeme llegaría hasta el cielo. Te amo mujer, amo tu historia, amo tu vida, y amo tu paz, me gusta verte estornudar, tu manía de tocarte el cabello, tu nerviosismo cuando beso …

First published in 1921, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”, became Hughes’s signature poem, collected in his first book of poetry “The Weary Blues”. James Mercer Langston Hughes was an American poet, one of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry. He is known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance in New York City. DREAM DEFERRED …