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| − | |park=Seville Square
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| − | |image=SevilleSquareFisheye.jpg
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| − | |type=historic site
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| − | |size=1.7 acres
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| − | |facilities=gazebo, playground equipment, electricity panels
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| − | |operator=[[City of Pensacola]]
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| − | |opened=[[1814]]
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| − | |location=[[Government Street]] (north)<br/>[[Zaragoza Street]] (south)<br/>[[Alcaniz Street]] (east)<br/>[[Adams Street]] (west)
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| − | |mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.409227" type="map" lon="-87.209698" zoom="16" width="288" height="180">
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| − | 30.409477, -87.209795, Seville Square
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| − | </googlemap>
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| − | [[Seville Square]] is a park in historic [[downtown Pensacola]] that was the location of a [[1752]] Spanish outpost known as [[San Miguel]]. Under British occupation, it was laid out as a public square in the new city plan by [[Elias Durnford]] in [[1764]].
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| − | Seville Square was designated as a public plaza by the Spanish in [[1813]]. Over time, the square experienced the same deterioration suffered by the surrounding neighborhood, but in the last thirty years, has become the community center. The park is a frequent host to concerts and festivals.
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| − | A number of historic Pensacola buildings, like [[Old Christ Church]] and the [[Dorr House]], face onto Seville Square. It is immediate north of [[Fountain Park]] and accessible to [[Bartram Park]] across [[Main Street]].
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| − | ==Features==
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| − | ===Gazebo===
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| − | A gazebo at the center of the square is the main feature. It was constructed for the [[1981]] [[Galvez]] Bicentennial Celebration and dedicated on [[May 9]] of that year to the memory of [[Mary Turner Rule Reed]], who helped establish the [[Seville Square Historic District]].
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| − | ===Childhood Reunion Group monument===
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| − | A stone marker sponsored by the [[Seville Square Childhood Reunion Group]] sits in front of the gazebo. It was erected on [[June 3]], [[1990]] and is "dedicated to all those who spent their youth in and around Seville Square."
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| − | ===Tree braces===
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| − | Three "limb braces" carved by sculptors [[Mario Parra]] and [[Elizabeth Thompson]] (residents of Pensacola's [[sister city]] [[Escazu, Costa Rica]]) are used to support the large branches of the park's live oak trees. The braces were carved from the trunk of the massive Christmas cedar, formerly at the intersection of [[Palafox Street|Palafox]] and [[Garden Street]]s, that had to be taken down after sustaining damage in [[Hurricane Ivan]].<ref>[http://cityofpensacola.com/live/ART.ASP?PAGEID=6554 City of Pensacola website]</ref>
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| − | ===Other amenities===
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| − | A swing set with two child seats is located near the southwest corner of the square. In addition, there are a number of electrical terminals located throughout the park, used by vendors and craft booths during the various festivals that are held there.
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| − | ==Selected Festivals==
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| − | *[[JazzFest]] (April)
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| − | *[[Earth Day Pensacola]] in April
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| − | *[[Fiesta Run]] (May)
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| − | *[[Evenings in Old Seville Square]] (May through August)
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| − | *[[Sertoma 4th of July Celebration]]
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| − | *[[Pensacola Seafood Festival]] (September)
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| − | *[[Greater Gulf Coast Arts Festival]] (November)
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| − | *[[Pensacola Christmas Market at Seville Square]] (December)
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| − | ==See also==
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| − | [[:Category:Events held at Seville Square]]
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| − | ==Images==
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| − | <gallery widths="180">
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| − | Image:SevilleGazebo.jpg|The gazebo receives a ramp upgrade in 2007 for handicap access.
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| − | Image:SevilleTreeBraces.jpg|Tree braces
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | ==External links & references==
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| − | *[http://www.ci.pensacola.fl.us/live/pages.asp?pageID=1696&deptID=1245 City of Pensacola page with utility and rental information]
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| − | {{reflist}}
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| − | [[Category:City of Pensacola parks]]
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