The Plaza de España is an architectural complex located in the María Luisa park in the city of Seville.

It was made by the architect Aníbal González. It was built between 1914 and 1929 as the main building, and the largest, of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.

It is the largest of all those that were built in the city throughout the 20th century, comparable to the other two outstanding historical buildings outside the city, which are the Hospital de las Cinco Llagas (16th century) and the Royal Factory. de Tabacos (18th century).

The Plaza de España is the final result of several projects that took place during the gestation of the Ibero-American Exhibition.

In 1911, the architect Aníbal González, who was appointed the lead architect of the exhibition, presented his preliminary project for the Exhibition, which already showed the land on which the future square would be located, although not with its current design.

After several intermediate projects that included a large sports stadium, on July 14, 1914, the first one in which the Plaza de España was identified was presented. To fill the void left by the planned stadium, a semicircular space was planned open to the María Luisa park in which the Industry and Agriculture pavilions and the Palace of Events and Festivities had to be built on the outside, a walk, then an estuary , covered by eight bridges and in the center a large open space to celebrate solemnities or festivals, at whose feet a monumental fountain would be located.

In the same year 1914, after the approval of the project, the ceremony of laying the first stone was carried out by King Alfonso XIII, and the earthworks and earthworks began.

On May 9, 1929, the opening ceremony of the exhibition was held in the Plaza de España with the presence of the highest authorities of the country.

During execution, some aspects of the project elicited some rejection. The Academy of Fine Arts objected to the planned height of the two towers that could rival the Giralda, and the French architect Jean-Claude Nicolas Forestier, who collaborated in the design of the María Luisa park, rejected the construction of the estuary for be Seville a city with a shortage of water.