The Antiquarium sits five meters below street level, encased in a glass membrane beneath the massive, wooden Metropol Parasol structure in Plaza de la Encarnación. This museum displays a sprawling archaeological site that covers nearly…
Seville History Walk
This walk traces Seville's dramatic history through the physical remnants of its past, spanning from Roman ruins and Islamic fortifications to the structures of the Golden Age and the 1929 Exposition.
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1. Antiquarium
2. Iglesia Colegial del Divino Salvador
The Iglesia Colegial del Divino Salvador is marked by a tall, slender dome set on a polygonal drum that rises above the surrounding rooftops. As the second-largest church in Seville after the Cathedral, it stands on land that has supported…
3. Castillo de San Jorge
The Castillo de San Jorge sits directly beneath the modern Triana Market, located on the west bank of the Guadalquivir River. You can identify the site by the bustling market stalls above, which conceal the archaeological remains of a…
4. Torre del Oro
The Torre del Oro is a twelve-sided defensive tower standing on the left bank of the Guadalquivir River. Built between twelve-twenty and twelve-twenty-one by the Almohad governor Abu l-Ulà, it once anchored a massive chain that stretched…
5. Archivo de Indias
The Archivo de Indias is defined by a reddish brick and light stone façade, set in the historic heart of Seville. Originally commissioned by King Philip the Second and designed by architect Juan de Herrera, the building opened in fifteen…
6. Royal Alcázar of Seville
The Royal Alcázar of Seville is identifiable by its long, fortified outer walls that enclose a complex of palaces and gardens, originally commissioned by the Umayyad Caliph Abd al-Rahman the third in nine hundred thirteen AD. This site…
7. Royal Tobacco Factory of Seville
The Royal Tobacco Factory of Seville is defined by a stone moat that rings its perimeter, separating the massive eighteenth-century structure from the city around it. Built between seventeen twenty-eight and seventeen seventy-one, this…
8. Plaza de España
The Plaza de España is a sweeping, semicircular complex defined by two grand towers that stand at either end of a massive, curved building. Built for the Ibero-American Exposition of nineteen twenty-nine, it was designed by the architect…