Editing Seville Square

{{Infobox Park
|park=Seville Square
|image=SevilleGazebo.jpg
|caption=The gazebo at Seville Square receives a ramp upgrade in 2007 for handicap access.
|type=historic site
|size=1.7 acres
|facilities=gazebo, playground equipment, electricity panels
|operator=[[City of Pensacola]]
|visitors=
|opened=[[1814]]
|location=[[Government Street]] (north)<br/>[[Zaragoza Street]] (south)<br/>[[Alcaniz Street]] (east)<br/>[[Adams Street]] (west)
|mapcode=<googlemap lat="30.409227" type="map" lon="-87.209698" zoom="16" width="288" height="180">
30.409477, -87.209795, Seville Square
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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]].

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.

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]].

==Features==
===Gazebo===
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]].

===Childhood Reunion Group monument===
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."

[[Image:SevilleTreeBraces.jpg|thumb|right|Tree braces]]
===Tree braces===
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>

===Other amenities===
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.

==Selected Festivals==
*[[JazzFest]] (April)
*[[Earth Day Pensacola]] in April
*[[Fiesta Run]] (May)
*[[Evenings in Old Seville Square]] (May through August)
*[[Sertoma 4th of July Celebration]]
*[[Pensacola Seafood Festival]] (September)
*[[Greater Gulf Coast Arts Festival]] (November)
*[[Pensacola Christmas Market at Seville Square]] (December)

==See also==
[[:Category:Events held at Seville Square]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.ci.pensacola.fl.us/live/pages.asp?pageID=1696&deptID=1245 City of Pensacola page with utility and rental information]

==References==
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[[Category:City of Pensacola parks]]