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What Sevilla, Spain looked like in the 1960s

Sevilla is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. The city has a long history of cultural significance as a Muslim Spain’s capital and a center for Spanish exploration of the New World. Spain’s discovery of the Americas left a lasting impression on the city. Seville became the center of exploration and exploitation of America through the Casa de Contratación (“House of Trade”), founded there in 1503 to regulate commerce between Spain and the New World. For two centuries, Sevilla dominated Spain’s New World commerce as the site of the principal mint for gold and silver from the Americas, and it was the port of call for many Spanish emigrants. In 1588, Sevilla was Spain’s richest and most populous city, with about 150,000 inhabitants.

Spanish Bourbon rulers fostered a limited economic revival in the city during the 18th century, but the French invasion, revolutions, and civil war halted progress. In 1847 the April Fair was an annual gala following Easter. In 1929, Sevilla experienced a new renaissance thanks to the Iberoamerican Exposition. During the 20th century, the port was enlarged, and the city was transformed into an industrial and commercial center.

Some historical photos will take you back to the 1960s in Sevilla. Trade unionism started in Seville during the 1960s with the underground organization of the Workers’ Commissions or Commissions Obreras (CCOO) in factories such as Hytasa, the Astilleros shipyard, Hispano Aviación, etc.

#1 CASA 2.111 bombers, in Luftwaffe livery, ready for location filming on ‘Battle Of Britain’, directed by Guy Hamilton, Seville, Spain, 1968.

#6 Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Cayetana Fitz-james Stuart at the Bulls to attend a bullfight during Seville’s celebration of the April Fair

#7 American actor and director Orson Welles in the “Feria de Sevilla” with his daughter Beatrice, Sevilla, Spain, 1966.

#8 A paso or float surmounted with an effigy of the Virgin Mary during Semana Santa or Holy Week in Seville, Spain, circa 1960.

#9 La Giralda is an Andalusian regionalist style building in the city of Badajoz, in the Plaza de la Soledad , in the Old Town, next to the homonymous church, where is located the patron saint of Badajoz, Extremadura, 1964. It is an almost exact scale replica of the popular Giralda in Seville, Spain.

#10 A paso or float surmounted with an effigy of the Virgin Mary during Semana Santa or Holy Week in Spain, probably Seville, 1960.

#11 Maria Luisa Park, 1962, Seville, Andalusia, Spain.

#12 Maria Luisa Park, 1962, Seville, Andalusia, Spain.

#13 A high angle view of the General Archive of the Indies (Archivo General de Indias), Seville, Spain, 1960.

#14 CASA 2.111 bombers, in Luftwaffe livery, ready for location filming on ‘Battle Of Britain’, Seville, Spain, 1968.

#15 Queen Fabiola of Belgium with a student tuna during her visit to Seville on the occasion of Holy Week, 1965

#16 Former First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy wearing a picador style jacket and brimmed hat whilst riding a white horse at the Seville Fair in Spain in April 1966.

#17 Princess Grace of Monaco at the Seville Fair, Seville, Spain, 1966.

#18 American actor and director Orson Welles in the “Feria de Sevilla” with his daughter Beatrice, Sevilla, Spain, 1966.

#19 Spanish “rejoneador” Rafael Peralta, 1966, Sevilla, Spain.

#20 Spanish “rejoneador” Rafael Peralta, 1966, Sevilla, Spain.

#21 Jackie Onassis and the Duchess of Alba in ‘La Fiesta de Pilatos’, 1966, Seville, Andalusia .

#22 La Giralda is an Andalusian regionalist style building in the city of Badajoz, in the Plaza de la Soledad , in the Old Town, next to the homonymous church, where is located the patron saint of Badajoz, Extremadura, 1964. It is an almost exact scale replica of the popular Giralda in Seville, Spain.

#23 English actor Sir Alec Guinness is seen at the Atocha train station during a stop on his way to Seville for the filming of the movie “Lawrence of Arabia”

#24 American film director and actor Orson Welles enjoys a bullfight in Seville during the Feria de Abril.

#25 Actor and director Orson Welles sitting on the front row watching the traditional Spring Festival in Seville, April 24th 1961.

#26 The Spanish brothers bullfighters Rafael (L) and Angel Peralta, 1960, Sevilla, Spain.

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