Seville, Spain

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Seville, Spain

LOCATION

Official Website:
http://www.sevilla.org/

Population:
710,000 (2003 estimate)

SCHOOLS

School Founded

University of Seville

BIRTHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Avenzoar Doctor c. 1090 1162 Prominent Arab physician

Luis Cernuda Poet 21-Sep-1902 5-Nov-1963 Generation of '27

Antonio Machado Poet 26-Jul-1875 22-Feb-1939 Generation of '98

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Painter 1618 3-Apr-1682 17th c. Spanish Baroque painter

Paz Vega Actor 2-Jan-1976 Spanglish

Diego Velázquez Painter 6-Jun-1599 6-Aug-1660 Las Meninas

DEATHS

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Avenzoar Doctor c. 1090 1162 Prominent Arab physician

Adolph Bandelier Anthropologist 6-Aug-1840 18-Mar-1914 Native cultures of the American southwest

Hernando Cortes Explorer 1485 2-Dec-1547 Spanish Conquistador, conquered Mexico

Isidore of Seville Encyclopaedist c. 560 AD 4-Apr-636 AD Originum sive Etymologiarum

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Painter 1618 3-Apr-1682 17th c. Spanish Baroque painter

Amerigo Vespucci Explorer 9-Mar-1454 22-Feb-1512 American eponym

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