Answer the following about Santiago Calatrava’s architectural projects in Spain, for 10 points each.
[10m] Calatrava built the strikingly asymmetric Alamillo Bridge to provide access to the Isla de la Cartuja for a World’s Fair in this city themed around “the Age of Discoveries”. For the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, this city built the semicircular Moorish Revival Plaza de España.
ANSWER: Seville [or Sevilla]
[10h] For his hometown of Valencia, Calatrava constructed this complex of buildings that sits at the end of the sunken park located in the former bed of Turia river. This complex includes an opera house named for Queen Sofia.
ANSWER: City of Arts and Sciences [or Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències or Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias]
[10e] A communications tower built by Calatrava on the Montjuïc hill for this event doubles as a sundial. This 1992 event, whose venues included Camp Nou, was credited with revitalizing neighborhoods like its city’s historic port.
ANSWER: 1992 Summer Olympics [accept Barcelona Summer Olympics; prompt on Olympics]
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