On Wednesday, June 6th The students of the 6th course went on an excursion to the Sevilla´s town hall (Ayuntamiento) that is located in between Plaza San Fransisco and Plaza Nueva! The town hall is where the mayor (alcalde) and many other government people work. Sevilla´s town hall is very beautiful and has a lot of interesting history.
A guide led the students around the inside of the building and explained many things about the history, architecture, paintings and sculptures, and functions of the many rooms. The students took notes aout the history of the different parts of the building. They learned that the town hall was first built in the 16th century. Since then, there have been many changes to the building.
The students visited rooms where ceremonies take place and where government officials have meetings. The students even had the opportunity to sit in the seats of one of the grand meeting rooms where there are huge paintings of past monarchs and the current king, Filipe IV. The town hall is also very famous because it has many beautiful and important paintings inside. Most of the paintings show important Spanish leaders or show religious scenes and figures.
The most exciting part of the tour was visiting the mayor´s office! The students entered the office and could see all of the mayor´s things. They also had the opportunity to stand on the mayor´s terrace. It is very lovely and looks out onto Plaza San Fransisco and Avenida de la Constitución.
