Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: View Video
• VHS Release Date: July 30, 1996
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6303205682
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #532,327 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Sound & Image- by William Livingstone

attractive,well-photographed,and interesting to watch...learned a lot about new developments in modern Seville...BRINGS HIGH CULTURE TO THE COUCH

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Seville's ancient streets bear the imprint of the multitude of peoples and cultures that have called the city home: Romans, Visigoths, Muslims, Jews and Christians.

Explore the Roman ruins of Italica, the lush Moorish palace of the Alcazar, the delicate beauty of Santa Cruz- one-time center of Seville's Jewish population- and the city landmark, La Giralda.

Marvel at Seville's breathtaking Cathedral (the biggest Gothic building in the world) whose century of construction was launched with the cry, "Let's build a church that will make the people think it is the work of madmen!"

Examine the stunning detail of the Cathedral's enormous altarpiece, the tomb of Christopher Columbus and the artistic masterpiece of painter Bartolome Murillo.

V.I.E.W. Video is proud to present this MUSEUM SERIES VIDEO. Seville is unending history, the breath of many cultures that lived, fought and flourished together. Religion is art here, and the art dazzles…Watch it shine in Seville: Jewel of Andalusia.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars a cacophony of music & images, August 9, 2002

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William Thomas Hill "wthp" (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seville: Jewel of Andalusia [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I was deeply disappointed with this video. I purchased it to learn about Seville. The video cover reads "Museum City Videos: Seville, Jewel of Andalusia: A Tour of the city seen through the eyes of its artists, architects and poets." This is NOT what the purchaser receives! The video does have the usual lovely, even breathtaking shots of Seville, accompanied over 90% by the most annoying background music you've ever heard. This is not a documentary. There is a narrator who comes in very very occasionally and has a vague word to say. But this is not an educational video by any stretch of the imagination. You see numerous pictures without ANY explanation of what you are viewing AT ALL. The average American high school Western Civ student gets more than this from her textbook.