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PALENCIA PLAZA DE ESPAÑA
Reference: MUR-PZA
The Palencia bench records the founding of the studium generale by Alfonso VIII of Castile in 1208, the first university institution in Spain. The court is gathered in an arcaded interior, surrounded by a border of gilded fruit.
The Palencia bench records the founding of the studium generale by Alfonso VIII of Castile in 1208, the first university institution in Spain. The court is gathered in an arcaded interior, surrounded by a border of gilded fruit.
Souvenir tile of the Plaza de España in Seville, reproduced on glazed ceramic. The Plaza's tiled benches are one of Seville's emblems and a speciality of Sevillian ceramics ever since the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition.
Size: 28 cm wide × 14 cm high × 0.6 cm deep. Approximate weight: 590 g. Ready to hang or to stand on a shelf.
Made in our own workshop in Seville, with over twenty years of experience in handcrafted ceramics. We ship worldwide, with packaging designed for ceramic pieces.
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