LEARN SPANISH 🇪🇸 with this VLOG - An abandoned city in Sevilla

What was Expo '92? In Seville, in 1992, the Universal Exposition, Expo '92, took place. It was held in an area of Seville where there was nothing and all the pavilions were built here by the different countries that participated in the exposition and it lasted six months. They built an entire city, but now, more than 30 years later, this area is a bit sad because many of the buildings are abandoned and the majority were destroyed. Still, there are a lot of buildings that were bought by companies so they are still being used. The University of Sevilla is also here. During the Expo everything was full of people, of bars, of joy, a lot of activities, but now it is a very empty place. Let's explore this abandoned city. Today we'll start with this pabillion. It seems we are in a Moroccan palace, right? In Morocco. Well, we are in Sevilla and this was Morocco's pabillion. So you see this is Arab architecture. It has those arcs typical from the Arab architecture that is seen over there, in Morocco, and it is incredible. I think this fountain here is beautiful and it really is amazing, it's incredible that this is in Sevilla. And it's very sad that there are no people ever around here. There's almost no one. They have more fountains there. It is very big. If you look at this building from above, It is shaped like an eight-pointed star. An eight-pointed star. It is beautiful. And there are other arcs there too. I don't know why they are apart, pero supongo que tendría sentido en la época de la Exposición del 92. The arches are there, very lonely. Oh look! This is another eight-pointed star. That's the shape of that building. So we've been some minutes in Morocco. Let's go to another country. This here was one of the most famous of all pabillions of the Expo '92. This was Kuwait's pabillion. and it was very famous because it was designed by Calatrava, who is a Spanish architect from Valencia very famous. And the interesting thing about this building was that all, all these blades, all these arms moved. I guess they still can move but it is the whole roof, which is all these arms, they opened and closed, they moved. So it was something very distinctive, different from the pabillions that there were at the Expo. Now these buildings belong to the Junta de Andalucía, which is the Government of Andalucía, of the Autonomous Community of Southern Spain. Look at that over there, it makes me so sad because it is an auditorium for concerts, but they don't use it. It is obsolete. When you don't use something, you say it is in "desuso." But they could do a lot of events, festivals, big concerts, because you hear everything very good there. In the past I know that they used it for concerts, but it is really sad that they don't anymore. And look, here in the middle, in Seville, there is a rocket. It is a replica, not an original rocket. This can't take off to go to outer space. But it is incredible, right? It seems totally real. This is the "Pabilion of the Future" Well, it was the Pabilion of the Future. There we have a satellite from outer space. I don't know if it's real, it could be. And now they do use it for research. There is a company that uses this pabilion But it seems to be totally abandoned. It is all very dirty. I don't know... I don't really know if they're using it. Well this is a replica of the Ariane 4 rocket. In the video It doesn't look very big, but it is very big. When you get closer it's huge. But look so sad hoy everything is... with graffiti paintings, with garbage... it's a shame. This one here was the Chilean pavilion. And here, In this pavilion, the most impressive thing, The most distinctive thing was that they brought an iceberg from the Chilean Antarctica. They did it to raise awareness about climate change but in reality it wasn't ecologist, because to bring the iceberg from Antarctica to here in Spain, that consumes a lot of oil, gasoline, resources... That idea was not very efficient, I wasn't very ecologist but well. It's huge and very beautiful, made of wood. It looks like a boat, doesn't it? This one here was the Monaco pavilion. It is a very large building, very large. Behind It looks very bulky, very big. And here inside in the hallway there is an aquarium. You passed through the hallway and you were inside an aquarium, there were a lot of fish and the aquarium is still there and that's why it's now the aquatic ecology station This one here was the Canadian pavilion. There, instead of "EOI", it said "Canada". And this building was very famous because they put a high quality cinema inside for 500 persons. And there were a lot of lines of people, people lining waiting to enter the Canadian cinema. And they were showing a movie of Canadian landscapes, Canadian landscapes in high definition and people liked it a lot. And now it is an auditorium, the Nissan Cartuja Auditorium. This here was like the symbol of Expo 92. It was called Bioclimatic Sphere and it was very famous because inside, you see? there are a lot of cables But this ball, I've always called it "the ball", the ball of La Cartuja. Well, it was pouring water into steam, was giving off cool water vapor. Because it is very hot here in Seville. And here then you passed under or near and cool water vapor fell on you. Look, there is a cafeteria open here. and I'm glad to see that there are a lot of people and in fact, it's called La Bola. This here for me it's the most beautiful pabilion. This was the Hungarian pavilion. It is inspired by Hungarian churches. But it looks like a modern palace. It is very beautiful. This pabilion now isn't used for anything, but in principle they were going to destroy it. Because in the Expo each country made its own pavilion, built its pabilion, but the majority had just a permit to stay during the exposition, but later they destroyed the buildings. And this one I think they were going to destroy it, it was so beautiful that they have left it here. And I'm very glad of that because it is very pretty and gorgeous. These two buildings that are connected by a little bridge, were the pavilion of Finland. And this here was the Throat of Hell, because it has the shape of a geographical phenomenon that there is in Finland which is called that and has that same shape. That there is Italy's pabilion but with so many trees you can't see it. Es gigante. Vamos a verlo. Look how big it is. It looks like they put a cafeteria here. In fact, the poster looks quite modern. Look, here, “Italy's Pabilion Cafeteria.” This is completely abandoned. I'm going to check if we can enter, because this was very big and very beautiful inside. This is the pavilion of the European Union. That sculpture in which two figures are hugging symbolizes the union of the countries of the European Union. And that tower has all the flags of the countries that were part of the EU in 1992. Because now there are a few more. But it is really cool. It has a lot of cones. Other two over there... Well, a lot of palm trees too. And on the other side, there too there are more cones. By the way, you have a guide to learn Spanish for free in the description of the video. Inside one of the cones. Look at my hat, how pretty. It is from Massimo Dutti's latest collection. That building over there was the Spanish pabilion, that now belongs to Isla Mágica (Magic Island) That hot air balloon over there might give you a clue as to what Isla Mágica is. Well, Isla Mágica is a theme park, very fun. Later I will show you the entrance to Isla Mágica. Look how cool and modern the French pabilion. They are doing some construction work today, it seems. But that is like a giant mirror. If you go walking you get the feeling that there is nothing, because it reflects the sky. And it looks like it's a park or something. And that this platform, which is the ceiling, it seems it is floating. Look at this cool visual trick. It looks like it's really floating, doesn't it? I love this pabilion, this was Mexico's pabilion. Look at the tiled floor, it still has very vivid colors. And this one is completedly abandoned. And it makes me really sad because it's really cool. The design is very avant-garde, very modern. Look at that hallway too that takes you to the building. It is very cheerful and it is so sad to see it abandoned. That can't be it. And look, this is a monument brought from Mexico. Really cool, right? We have here a very multicultural area with a lot of history, right? from so many countries. And this here it is a thousand-year-old cactus, it's more than a thousand years old and they brought it from México for the Expo '92 and here it is. But the poor cactus is very lonely. An amphitheater here, in the middle of a street. I think they're going to retrieve it. We'll see if it's true. I'm going to retrieve it myself. Oh, well! I should teach you flamenco. Well, you know that Spain's traditional dance is flamenco, so I should dance flamenco, even though I don't know how. The daisy dreams♪ with being rosemary♪ with being rosemary♪ the daisy dreams with being rosemary♪ the daisy dreams with being rosemary♪ Olé, olé, olé, olé. This building here was Korea's pabilion. And a curiosity is that it was called Korea's pabilion, even if it was only from South Korea, because North Korea was not participating. So it was called Korea's pabilion, simply. Even though it was from South Korea. If we were in the Expo there would be a line of people here waiting to enter and see the Korean performances, there would be performances over there too in the amphitheater, there would be a lot of people walking on the streets, there would be music, there would be parades, there would be lots of life. And look, here I am alone. This was Turkey's pabilion and they are doing works to remodel it, to rehabilitate it and use it for another company. But what a shame that they have thrown away quite a lot... Look how cool this pavilion is. This was the one from New Zealand. And though right now it is closed, they use it. It is now the Institute of Statistics and Cartography. Right here was the US pabilion, but it was destroyed, it was torn down and they built another building which is now the Faculty of Communication of Sevilla's University. But at least this is a building that is being used. This was a station to get on the cable car. It is also abandoned. Expo '92. This is the entrance to Isla Mágica, which is Seville's amusement park. The people are there screaming in the free fall ride. And that was Andalucía's pabilion, the region of southern Spain, which is now the headquarters, the main building of Canal Sur Radio. And look, that It was the “Children's Park of Andalusia”, they had small models of monuments of all the cities of Andalusia. But this is closed and a bit destroyed. They haven't taken care of it. This is very sad. This whole area of ​​Expo 92 is called La Cartuja. I'm going to show you why it's called "La Cartuja" this area of Sevilla. The name of La Cartuja comes because of this, this is la Cartuja. It's a charterhouse in fact. The name of “la Cartuja” comes from French, I think, and means monastery. Monastery, a religious house. A religious mansion, right? where priests, monks live, right? And this was very famous because it was the ceramic factory. And let's go in and see what we can see. I've never entered here. I'm going with you for the first time and I'm very excited about it. There is a chimney there. There is another chimney there, because ceramics are baked. Well, I'm saying "chimney" because chimney is this part long part where the smoke comes out. But what's down there in reality it is an oven. Look how scary. A head and an arm with a hand. Hey, I'm very hungry. I will go home. I hope you liked the video a lot, that you learned something new. And well, I think you should add this place to the list of places to visit when you come to Sevilla, because the truth is that nobody comes. But it is very interesting. Me, from now on I'll start to bring here all my international friends that come to see me. Well, see you in another video. Bye!