{"id":5053,"date":"2021-02-02T10:44:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T09:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.toursevilla.com\/?p=5053"},"modified":"2021-05-04T10:27:49","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T08:27:49","slug":"history-of-seville-in-the-18th-century","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toursevilla.com\/en\/history-of-seville-in-the-18th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Seville 7. The age of Enlightment in Seville. 18th century"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Seville in the 18th century is a very interesting time in several respects. The period is also called the Age of Enlightment. It has French influences which is the European cultural and political focus at that time but also Seville maintains its personality, its traditions and a strong presence of the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The baroque period was a brilliance without equal in art. The 17th century in which Seville was lavishly decorated as never before has left us unparalleled works. Seville in the 18th century will mean the continuation of this baroque style that has so well penetrated our city. This is how some of the most famous churches in Seville such as El Salvador or the Magdalene are finished. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The increasingly ornate decoration will end up being called Rococo art and in Sevillian architecture the greatest exponents are the Figueroa family. To Leonardo de Figueroa we owe the facades of the archiepiscopal palace, the palace of San Telmo and the mentioned Church of the Magdalene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n