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Seville \u201c las setas\u201d<\/h2>\n

Seville \u201cLas Setas \u201c(Mushrooms) are one of the main attractions of the city. It is one of the most visited monuments, and according to a recent survey conducted by the Tourist Board, this space is arousing more interest than the Cathedral among tourists. As an architectural refurbishment, innovation and technological symbol, \u201cLas Setas\u201d are the world\u00b4s largest wooden made structure and they are located on the northern area of the old city, previously known as Encarnacion Square. Let\u00b4s find out a little more about this charming building.<\/p>\n

\"Mushrooms

Las setas de sevilla. Source: Jos\u00e9 L. Vega<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201c Las setas\u201d origins<\/h2>\n

Seville \u201c Las Setas\u201d were originally referred to as Metropol Parasol Space and they were designed in order to renew Encarnacion Square. It aimed to link two independent areas located either side of the road, where cars usually drive, and to shade a leisure and entertainment area rich in history in our city.
\nInitially, it was not welcomed between neighbours due to an inadequate design completely opposed to the classicism of historical monuments, but it is being slowly accepted as a first move towards modernization of the Andalusian capital.
\nThe structure was inaugurated in 2011 and due to a series of problems in its completion, the price increased from its initial budget to 86 million euros.<\/p>\n

\"Setas<\/p>\n

Its architect: j\u00fcrgen mayer-hermann<\/h2>\n

The project was assigned to J\u00fcrgen Mayer-Hermann, as a winner in the International Contest of Ideas Encarnacion de Sevilla in 2004.
\nJ\u00fcrgen is a german architect and artist, he was born in 1965 in Stutgartt. Some of his works were presented at the MOMA in New York and he was awarded for several of his works, as Mensa Moltke, University of Karlsruhe, before the building of \u201c Las Setas\u201d.<\/p>\n