Seville
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Seville (/səˈvɪl/ sə-VIL; Spanish: Sevilla, pronounced [seˈβiʎa] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
Seville has a municipal population of about 701,000 as of 2022[update], and a
Seville was founded as the
The 20th century in Seville saw the tribulations of the
Name
Other names
Hisbaal is the oldest name for Seville. It appears to have originated during the
In the meantime, the city's official name had been changed to Ḥimṣ al-Andalus (حمص الأندلس), in reference to the city of Homs in modern Syria, the jund of which Seville had been assigned to upon the Umayyad conquest;[11][12][9][13] "Ḥimṣ al-Andalus" remained a customary and affectionate name for the city during the whole period throughout the Muslim Arab world,[9][14][15] being referred to for example in the encyclopedia of Yaqut al-Hamawi[16] or in Abu al-Baqa ar-Rundi's Ritha' al-Andalus.[17]
The city is sometimes referred to as the "Pearl of Andalusia".
The inhabitants of the city are known as sevillanos (feminine form: sevillanas) or hispalenses, after the Roman name of the city.
Motto
NO8DO is the official motto of Seville, popularly believed to be a rebus signifying the Spanish No me ha dejado, meaning "She [Seville] has not abandoned me". The phrase, pronounced with synalepha as [no ma ðeˈxaðo] no-madeja-do, is written with an eight in the middle representing the word madeja [maˈðexa] "skein [of wool]". Legend states that the title was given by King Alfonso X, who was resident in the city's Alcázar and supported by the citizens when his son, later Sancho IV of Castile, tried to usurp the throne from him.
The emblem is present on Seville's municipal flag, and features on city property such as manhole covers, and Christopher Columbus's tomb in the cathedral.
History
Seville is approximately 2,200 years old. The passage of the various civilizations instrumental in its growth has left the city with a distinct personality, and a large and well-preserved historical centre.
Early periods
The mythological founder of the city is Hercules (Heracles), commonly identified with the Phoenician god Melqart, who the myth says sailed through the Strait of Gibraltar to the Atlantic, and founded trading posts at the current sites of Cádiz and of Seville.[18] The original core of the city, in the neighbourhood of the present-day street, Cuesta del Rosario, dates to the 8th century BC,[19] when Seville was on an island in the Guadalquivir.[20] Archaeological excavations in 1999 found anthropic remains under the north wall of the Real Alcázar dating to the 8th–7th century BC.[21] The town was called Hisbaal by the Phoenicians and by the Tartessians, the indigenous pre-Roman Iberian people of Tartessos, who controlled the Guadalquivir Valley at the time.
The city was known from Roman times as Hispal and later as Hispalis. Hispalis developed into one of the great market and industrial centres of Hispania, while the nearby Roman city of Italica (present-day Santiponce, birthplace of the Roman emperors Trajan and Hadrian)[22] remained a typically Roman residential city. Large-scale Roman archaeological remains can be seen there and at the nearby town of Carmona as well.
Existing Roman features in Seville itself include the remains exposed in situ in the underground Antiquarium of the
Following Roman rule, there were successive conquests of the Roman province of Hispania Baetica by the Germanic Vandals, Suebi and Visigoths during the 5th and 6th centuries.
Middle Ages
In the wake of the
Seville (Ishbīliya)
A
The city fell to the Almohads on 17 January 1147 (12
In the wider context of the Castilian–Leonese conquest of the Guadalquivir Valley that ensued in the 13th century,
The city's development continued after the Castilian conquest in 1248. Public buildings were constructed including churches—many of which were built in the Mudéjar and Gothic styles—such as the Seville Cathedral, built during the 15th century with Gothic architecture.[42] Other Moorish buildings were converted into Catholic edifices, as was customary of the Catholic Church during the Reconquista. The Moors' Palace became the Castilian royal residence, and during Pedro I's rule it was replaced by the Alcázar (the upper levels are still used by the Spanish royal family as the official Seville residence).
After the 1391
The first tribunal of the Spanish Inquisition was instituted in Seville in 1478. Its primary charge was to ensure that all nominal Christians were really behaving like Christians, and not practicing what Judaism they could in secret. At first, the activity of the Inquisition was limited to the dioceses of Seville and Córdoba, where the Dominican friar, Alonso de Ojeda, had detected converso activity.[43] The first Auto de Fé took place in Seville on 6 February 1481, when six people were burned alive. Alonso de Ojeda himself gave the sermon. The Inquisition then grew rapidly. The Plaza de San Francisco was the site of the 'autos de fé'. By 1492, tribunals existed in eight Castilian cities: Ávila, Córdoba, Jaén, Medina del Campo, Segovia, Sigüenza, Toledo, and Valladolid;[44] and by the Alhambra Decree all Jews were forced to convert to Catholicism or be exiled (expelled) from Spain.[45]
Early modern period
Following the Columbian exploration of the New World, Seville was chosen as headquarters of the Casa de Contratación in 1503, which was the decisive development for Seville becoming the port and gateway to the Indies.[46] Unlike other harbours, reaching the port of Seville required sailing about 80 kilometres (50 mi) up the River Guadalquivir. The choice of Seville was made in spite of the difficulties for navigation in the Guadalquivir stemming from the increasing tonnage of ships as a result of the relentless drive to make maritime transport cheaper during the late Middle Ages.[47] Nevertheless, technical suitability issues notwithstanding, the choice was still reasonable in the sense that Seville had become the largest demographic, economic and financial centre of Christian Andalusia in the late Middle Ages.[48] In addition, factors favouring the choice of Seville include the Andalusian coastline being largely under the seigneurial control of the House of Medina Sidonia, Seville enjoying an important hinterland and administrative expertise, and its inland location also providing conditions for military security and enforcement of tax control.[49]
A 'golden age of development' commenced in Seville, due to its being the only port awarded the royal monopoly for trade with the growing Spanish colonies in the Americas and the influx of riches from them.
Since only sailing ships leaving from and returning to the inland port of Seville could engage in trade with the Spanish Americas, merchants from Europe and other trade centres needed to go to Seville to acquire New World trade goods. The city's population grew to more than a hundred thousand people.[50]
In the late 16th century the monopoly was broken, with the port of Cádiz also authorised as a port of trade. Throughout the 17th century, colonial trade declined. Spain's American Colonies improved their production of basic goods, reducing their need to import. Compounded with these tribulations was the silting of the Guadalquivir river in the 1620s, which made Seville's harbors harder to use, and ceased upriver shipping.[51][52] The Great Plague of Seville in 1649, exacerbated by excessive flooding of the Guadalquivir, reduced the population by almost half, and it would not recover until the early 19th century.[53][54] By the 18th century, Seville's international importance was in decline. After the silting up of the harbour by the River Guadalquivir, upriver shipping ceased and the city went into relative economic decline.[citation needed]
The writer Miguel de Cervantes lived primarily in Seville between 1596 and 1600. Because of financial problems, Cervantes worked as a purveyor for the Spanish Armada, and later as a tax collector. In 1597, discrepancies in his accounts of the three years previous landed him in the Royal Prison of Seville for a short time. His short story Rinconete y Cortadillo, since the 19th century one of his most-read pieces, includes much description of Sevillian society; it features two young vagabonds who come to Seville, attracted by the riches and disorder that the 16th-century commerce with the Americas had brought to the city.
During the 18th century Charles III of Spain promoted Seville's industries. Construction of the Real Fábrica de Tabacos (Royal Tobacco Factory) began in 1728. It was the second-largest building in Spain, after the royal residence El Escorial. Since the 1950s it has been the seat of the rectorate (administration) of the University of Seville, as well as its Schools of Law, Philology (language/letters), Geography, and History.[55]
More operas have been set in Seville than in any other city of Europe. In 2012, a study of experts concluded the total number of operas set in Seville is 153. Among the composers who fell in love with the city are
The first newspaper in Spain outside of Madrid was Seville's Hebdomario útil de Seville, which began publication in 1758.
Late modern history
Between 1825 and 1833, Melchor Cano acted as chief architect in Seville; most of the urban planning policy and architectural modifications of the city were made by him and his collaborator Jose Manuel Arjona y Cuba.[57]
Industrial architecture surviving today from the first half of the 19th century includes the ceramics factory installed in the Carthusian monastery at La Cartuja in 1841 by the Pickman family, and now home to the El Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC),[58] which manages the collections of the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla.[59] It also houses the rectory of the UNIA.[60]
In the years that Queen
By the second half of the 19th century, Seville had begun an expansion supported by railway construction and the demolition of part of its ancient walls, allowing the urban space of the city to grow eastward and southward. The Sevillana de Electricidad Company was created in 1894 to provide electric power throughout the municipality,[62] and in 1901 the Plaza de Armas railway station was inaugurated.
The Museum of Fine Arts (Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla) opened in 1904.
In 1929 the city hosted the Ibero-American Exposition, which accelerated the southern expansion of the city and created new public spaces such as the Parque de María Luisa (Maria Luisa Park) and the adjoining Plaza de España. Not long before the opening, the Spanish government began a modernisation of the city in order to prepare for the expected crowds by erecting new hotels and widening the mediaeval streets to allow for the movement of automobiles.[63]
Seville fell very quickly at the beginning of the
Under Francisco Franco's rule Spain was officially neutral in World War II (although it did collaborate with the Axis powers),[66][67][68] and like the rest of the country, Seville remained largely economically and culturally isolated from the outside world. In 1953 the shipyard of Seville was opened, eventually employing more than 2,000 workers in the 1970s. Before the existence of wetlands regulation in the Guadalquivir basin, Seville suffered regular heavy flooding; perhaps worst of all were the floods that occurred in November 1961 when the River Tamarguillo, a tributary of the Guadalquivir, overflowed as a result of a prodigious downpour of rain, and Seville was consequently declared a disaster zone.[69]
Trade unionism in Seville began during the 1960s with the underground organisational activities of the Workers' Commissions or Comisiones Obreras (CCOO), in factories such as Hytasa, the Astilleros shipyards, Hispano Aviación, etc. Several of the movement's leaders were imprisoned in November 1973. [citation needed]
Recent developments
On 3 April 1979 Spain held its first democratic municipal elections after the end of Franco's dictatorship; councillors representing four different political parties were elected in Seville. On 5 November 1982, Pope John Paul II arrived in Seville to officiate at a Mass before more than half a million people at the fairgrounds. He visited the city again on 13 June 1993, for the International Eucharistic Congress.
In 1992, coinciding with the fifth centenary of the
In 2004 the Metropol Parasol project, commonly known as Las Setas ('The Mushrooms'), due to the appearance of the structure, was launched to revitalise the Plaza de la Encarnación, for years used as a car park and seen as a dead spot between more popular tourist destinations in the city. The Metropol Parasol was completed in March 2011,[71] costing just over €102 million in total, more than twice as much as originally planned.[72] Constructed from crossed wooden beams, Las Setas is said to be the largest timber-framed structure in the world.[73]
Geography and climate
Location
Seville has an area of 141 km2 (54 sq mi), according to the National Topographic Map (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional – Centro Nacional de Información Geográfica, the country's civilian survey organisation (pages 984, 985 and 1002). The city is situated in the fertile valley of the River Guadalquivir. The average height
Seville is on the same parallel as United States west coast city San Jose in central California. São Miguel, the main island of the Azores archipelago, lies on the same latitude. Further east from Seville in the Mediterranean Basin, it is on the same latitude as Catania in Sicily, Italy and just south of Athens, the capital of Greece. Beyond that, it is located on the same parallel as South Korean capital, Seoul. Seville is located inland, not very far from the Andalusian coast, but still sees a much more continental climate than the nearest port cities, Cádiz and Huelva. Its distance from the sea makes summers in Sevilla much hotter than along the coastline.
Climate
Seville has a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa), featuring very hot, dry summers and mild winters with moderate rainfall.[74] Seville has an annual average of 19.2 °C (67 °F). The annual average temperature is 25.4 °C (78 °F) during the day and 13.0 °C (55 °F) at night.[75] Seville is located in the Guadalquivir Valley, which is often referred to as "the frying pan of Spain", as it features the hottest cities in the country.[76][77][78]
Seville is the warmest city in
Temperatures above 40 °C (104 °F) are not uncommon in summer. In fact, it became the first city in the world to name a
The average sunshine hours in Seville are approximately 3000 per year. Snowfall is virtually unknown. Since the year 1500, only 10 snowfalls have been recorded/reported in Seville. During the 20th century, Seville registered just 2 snowfalls, the last one on 2 February 1954.[88][89]
- Winters are mild: December and January are the coolest months, with average maximum temperatures around 16 to 17 °C (61 to 63 °F) and minimums of 6 to 7 °C (43 to 45 °F).
- Summers are very hot: July and August are the hottest months, with average maximum temperatures around 35 to 36 °C (95 to 97 °F) and minimums of 20 to 21 °C (68 to 70 °F).
- torrential rain. December is the wettest month, with an average rainfall of 99 millimetres (3.9 in).
Climate data for Seville Airport (1991–2020) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) |
18.2 (64.8) |
21.5 (70.7) |
23.7 (74.7) |
27.8 (82.0) |
32.4 (90.3) |
35.7 (96.3) |
35.6 (96.1) |
31.1 (88.0) |
26.0 (78.8) |
20.1 (68.2) |
16.8 (62.2) |
25.4 (77.8) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.2 (52.2) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.5 (59.9) |
17.6 (63.7) |
21.3 (70.3) |
25.3 (77.5) |
28.0 (82.4) |
28.1 (82.6) |
24.7 (76.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
15.1 (59.2) |
12.1 (53.8) |
19.3 (66.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
7.0 (44.6) |
9.5 (49.1) |
11.5 (52.7) |
14.7 (58.5) |
18.2 (64.8) |
20.4 (68.7) |
20.6 (69.1) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
10.0 (50.0) |
7.4 (45.3) |
13.2 (55.8) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 56.3 (2.22) |
46.2 (1.82) |
46.9 (1.85) |
54.0 (2.13) |
33.9 (1.33) |
5.8 (0.23) |
0.6 (0.02) |
2.5 (0.10) |
33.1 (1.30) |
75.4 (2.97) |
72.2 (2.84) |
77.2 (3.04) |
504.1 (19.85) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 5.9 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 50.1 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
74.8 | 67.8 | 62.0 | 57.8 | 51.1 | 45.5 | 42.4 | 45.6 | 54.1 | 63.5 | 71.5 | 76.5 | 59.4 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 202.0 | 212.2 | 246.3 | 270.2 | 324.9 | 357.3 | 388.1 | 364.3 | 278.4 | 244.4 | 205.3 | 185.9 | 3,279.3 |
Source: World Meteorological Organization Normals (NOAA) [90] |
Climate data for Seville Airport (1981–2010), extremes (1941–present) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 24.2 (75.6) |
28.0 (82.4) |
32.9 (91.2) |
36.9 (98.4) |
41.0 (105.8) |
45.2 (113.4) |
46.6 (115.9) |
45.9 (114.6) |
44.8 (112.6) |
37.4 (99.3) |
31.2 (88.2) |
24.5 (76.1) |
46.6 (115.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 16.2 (61.2) |
18.1 (64.6) |
21.9 (71.4) |
23.4 (74.1) |
27.2 (81.0) |
32.2 (90.0) |
36.0 (96.8) |
35.5 (95.9) |
31.7 (89.1) |
26.0 (78.8) |
20.2 (68.4) |
16.6 (61.9) |
25.4 (77.7) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 11.0 (51.8) |
12.5 (54.5) |
15.6 (60.1) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.7 (69.3) |
25.1 (77.2) |
28.2 (82.8) |
27.9 (82.2) |
25.0 (77.0) |
20.2 (68.4) |
15.1 (59.2) |
11.9 (53.4) |
19.2 (66.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.7 (42.3) |
7.0 (44.6) |
9.2 (48.6) |
11.1 (52.0) |
14.2 (57.6) |
18.0 (64.4) |
20.3 (68.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
18.2 (64.8) |
14.4 (57.9) |
10.0 (50.0) |
7.3 (45.1) |
13.0 (55.4) |
Record low °C (°F) | −4.4 (24.1) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
−2.0 (28.4) |
1.0 (33.8) |
3.8 (38.8) |
8.4 (47.1) |
11.4 (52.5) |
12.0 (53.6) |
8.6 (47.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−1.4 (29.5) |
−4.8 (23.4) |
−5.5 (22.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 66 (2.6) |
50 (2.0) |
36 (1.4) |
54 (2.1) |
31 (1.2) |
10 (0.4) |
2 (0.1) |
5 (0.2) |
27 (1.1) |
68 (2.7) |
91 (3.6) |
99 (3.9) |
539 (21.2) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 1 mm) | 6.1 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 50.5 |
Average relative humidity (%)
|
71 | 67 | 59 | 57 | 53 | 48 | 44 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 59 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 183 | 189 | 220 | 238 | 293 | 317 | 354 | 328 | 244 | 217 | 181 | 154 | 2,918 |
Source: |
Government
Municipal government and administration
Seville is a municipality, the basic level of local government in Spain. The Ayuntamiento is the body charged with the municipal government and administration. The Plenary of the ayuntamiento is formed by 31 elected municipal councillors, who in turn invest the mayor. The last municipal election took place on 28 May 2023. The current mayor is José Luis Sanz (People's Party), who has held the post since 17 June 2023.
Regional and provincial capital
Seville is the capital of the autonomous community of
Districts and neighbourhoods
The municipal administration is decentralized into 11 districts, further divided into 108 neighbourhoods.
- Casco Antiguo
- Distrito Sur
- Triana
- Macarena
- Nervión
- Los Remedios
- Este-Alcosa-Torreblanca
- Cerro-Amate
- Bellavista-La Palmera
- San Pablo-Santa Justa
Main sights
Seville is a big tourist centre in Spain. In 2018, there were over 2.5 million travellers and tourists who stayed at a tourist accommodation, placing it third in Spain after Madrid and Barcelona. The city has an overall low level of seasonality, so there are tourists year-round.[93] There are many landmarks, museums, parks, gardens and other kinds of tourist spots around the city so there is something for everyone. The Alcázar, the Cathedral, and the General Archive of the Indies are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Many of the city's most important sights and monuments are located in the historic centre (Casco Antiguo). To the north of the centre is the Macarena neighbourhood, which contains some important monuments and religious buildings, such as the Museum and Catholic Church of La Macarena or the Hospital de las Cinco Llagas. Across the river, on the west bank of the Guadalquivir, the neighbourhood of Triana had an important role in the history of the city.
Churches
The Seville Cathedral, officially the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, is considered the largest Gothic cathedral in the world and one of the largest cathedrals in the world.
One of the city's most prominent landmarks is the cathedral's bell tower, the Giralda, formerly the minaret of the Almohad mosque. The minaret's main shaft is a little over 50 meters tall. The tower was further heightened in the 16th century by the addition of a large Renaissance-style belfry, which brings its total height to around 95 or 96 meters.[99][100] The top of the tower is crowned by the Giraldillo, a cast bronze weather vane sculpture, from which the name "Giralda" is derived.[100]
The Church of San Salvador, located at Plaza de San Salvador, is the second largest church in the city after the cathedral. Originally converted from the city's oldest mosque, it was rebuilt in Baroque form in the 17th century and was the city's only collegiate church.[101] The Church of Saint Louis of France, built between 1699 and 1731 and designed by Leonardo de Figueroa, represents another example of Baroque architecture.[101][102]
Palaces and mansions
To the south of the cathedral, the Alcázar is a sprawling palace and garden complex which served as the city's center of power. The site was occupied since ancient times but was located outside the Roman city walls.
A number of other houses and wealthy mansions have been preserved across the city since the 16th century.[107] Among the most famous is the Casa de Pilatos ('House of Pilate'), an aristocratic mansion blending multiple architectural styles. The house, bought by the Enriquez de Ribera family in 1483,[108] has a typical courtyard plan but mixes older Isabelline and Mudéjar decoration with later Renaissance elements.[109] After Don Fadrique Enriquez de Ribera returned from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1520, he commissioned a stone portal at the entrance of the family mansion. The portal became the starting point for the Via Crucis to the Cruz del Campo, and later writers claimed it was modeled on the doorway of the house of Pontius Pilate in the Holy Land, thus earning the house its current name.[109][108]
Other historic mansions include the Palace of the Countess of Lebrija, the Palacio de las Dueñas, and the Casa de los Pinelos. The Casa del Rey Moro is considered the oldest in Seville, with its origins dated to the 15th century.[110]
Fortifications
The city walls of Seville were first built in ancient times on the orders of Julius Caesar.[111] After the Viking attack on the city in 844, the walls were rebuilt on the orders of Abd ar-Rahman II. They were expanded under the Almoravids in 1126 and in 1221 the Almohads added a moat and a second outer line of walls. Most of the walls were demolished after 1861 to reduce restrictions on urban development, but a significant portion of the northern walls can still be seen today.[111]
The Torre del Oro is an Almohad defensive tower dating to 1220–1221. The tower was integrated into the city's defensive system and protected the city's harbour, along with another tower across the river. Between the bases of the two towers a chain could be raised to block ships and prevent entry into the port.[112]
Civic buildings and other monuments
The
The General Archive of the Indies (Archivo General de Indias), located between the Cathedral and the Alcázar, is the repository of valuable archival documents relating to the Spanish Empire in the Americas and the Philippines up to 1760.[116] The building itself was designed in a Spanish Renaissance style in 1572 by Juan de Herrera to house the merchants' guild. Construction began in the 1580s and was not finished until 1646. The building was converted into the new Archive of the Indies in 1785.[117]
The
The Royal Tobacco Factory (Real Fábrica de Tabacos), located near the Palacio de San Telmo, was built between 1728 and 1771. It was designed in a Baroque style by Sebastian van der Borcht.[102] It replaced an earlier tobacco factory built in 1687, which in turn had replaced Seville's first tobacco factory, San Pedro, which opened in a former women's penitentiary in 1620.[119] Upon completion, the new factory was the largest industrial building in the world and included its own chapel and its own prison, and operated under its own laws.[119]
The city's bullring, the Real Maestranza, was designed in 1761 by Vicente San Martin. Its Baroque façade was completed in 1787 but the rest of the building was only completed in 1881.[120] The venue can accommodate 14,000 spectators.[121]
The Metropol Parasol, in La Encarnación square, is the world's largest wooden structure.
Parque de María Luisa
The sprawling Parque de María Luisa (María Luisa Park) was designed by architect Aníbal González for the 1929 Ibero-American Exposition. The park includes two major plazas, the Plaza de España and the Plaza de América, and several monuments and museums. They include outstanding examples of regionalist
At the park's north end, the semi-circular Plaza de España is marked by tall towers and a series of benches covered in painted tiles dedicated to each of the 48 provinces of Spain.[124] The location has been used in the filming of several movies.[126]
At the southern end of the park, the Plaza de América is flanked by three structures emulating different historical styles: the Royal Pavilion has Gothic features, the Mudéjar Pavilion has a Mudéjar style, and the Bellas Artes Pavilion has a Renaissance style. The two latter pavilions are each used as museums today.[127][124]
Museums
The most important art collection of Seville is the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville. It was established in 1835 in the former Convent of La Merced. It holds many masterworks by
Other museums in Seville are:
- The Archeological Museum of Seville, which contains collections from the Tartessian, Roman, Almohad, and Christian periods. It is located at Plaza América in Parque de María Luisa.
- The Museum of Arts and Popular Customs of Seville, also in Plaza América, across from the Archaeological Museum.
- The La Cartuja.
- The Naval Museum, housed in the Torre del Oro, next to the River Guadalquivir.
- The Carriages Museum, in the Los Remedios neighbourhood.
- The Flamenco Art Museum
- The Bullfighting Museum, in the Maestranza bullring.
- The Palace of the Countess of Lebrija, a private collection that contains many of the mosaic floors discovered in the nearby Roman town of Italica.
- The Centro Velázquez(Velázquez Centre) located at the Old Priests Hospital in the touristic Santa Cruz neighbourhood.
- The Antiquarium in Metropol Parasol, an underground museum which is composed of the most important archaeological site of the ancient Roman stage of Seville and remains preserved.
- The Castillo de San Jorge (Castle of St. George) is situated near the Triana market, next to the Isabel II bridge. It was the last seat for the Spanish Inquisition.
- The Museum and Treasure of La Macarena, where the collection of the Macarena brotherhood is exhibited. This exhibition gives visitors an accurate impression of Seville's Holy Week.
- La Casa de la Ciencia (The House of Science), a science centre and museum opposite the María Luisa Park.
- Museum of Pottery in Triana.
- Pabellon de la Navegación (Pavilion of Navigation).
Other parks and gardens
In addition to the large Parque de María Luisa, the city contains other parks and gardens, including:
- The Alcázar Gardens, within the grounds of the Alcázar palace, consist of several sectors developed in different historical styles.
- The Gardens of Murillo and the Gardens of Catalina de Ribera, both along and outside the south wall of the Alcázar, lie next to the Santa Cruz quarter.
- The Parque del Alamillo y San Jerónimo, the largest park in Andalusia, was originally built for Seville Expo '92 to reproduce the Andalusian native flora. It lines both Guadalquivir shores around the San Jerónimo meander. The 32-metres-high bronze sculpture, The Birth of a New Man (popularly known as Columbus's Egg, el Huevo de Colón), by the Georgian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli,[128] is located in its northwestern sector.
- The American Garden, also completed for Expo '92, is in La Cartuja. It is a public botanical garden, with a representative collection of American plants donated by different countries on the occasion of the world exposition. Despite its extraordinary botanical value, it remains a mostly abandoned place.
- The Buhaira Gardens, also historically known as the Huerta del Rey, are a public park and historic site, originally created as a garden estate during the Almohad period (12th century).[129][130]: 211
Culture
Theatres
The
It has hosted varied performances, including theater, dance, opera, jazz, and flamenco and nowadays the most outstanding of the panorama is its programming national and international, becoming one of the most important theatres in Spain.[131]
Other important theatres are Teatro de la Maestranza, Auditorio Rocío Jurado and Teatro Central.
Seville also has a corral de comedias theatre, which is the Corral del Coliseo, now used as a residential building.
Festivals
There are many entertainment options around the city of Seville and one of its biggest attractions is the numerous festivals that happen around the year. Some of the festivals concentrate on religion and culture, others focus on the folklore of the area, traditions, and entertainment.[132]
Holy Week in Seville
Semana Santa is celebrated all over Spain and Latin America, but the celebration in Seville is large and well known as a Fiesta of International Tourist Interest. 54 local brotherhoods,[133] or "cofradías", organize floats and processions throughout the week, reenacting the story of the Passion of Christ. There is traditional music and art incorporated into the processions, making Semana Santa an important source of both material and immaterial Sevillian cultural identity.[134][135][136]
Bienal de Flamenco
Seville is home to the bi-annual flamenco festival La Bienal, which claims to be "the biggest flamenco event worldwide" and lasts for nearly a month.[137]
Velá de Santiago y Santa Ana
In the district of Triana, the Velá de Santiago y Santa Ana is held every July and includes sporting events, performances, and cultural activities as the city honors St. James and St. Ana.[138]
Feria de Abril
The April Fair (Feria de Abril) is a huge celebration that takes place in Seville about two weeks after the Holy Week. It was previously associated with celebrating livestock; however, nowadays its purpose is to create a fun cheerful environment tied to the appreciation of the Spanish folklore.[139]
During the Feria, families, businesses, and organisations set up casetas (marquees) in which they spend the week dancing, drinking, and socialising. Traditionally, women wear elaborate flamenco dresses and men dress in their best suits. The marquees are set up on a permanent fairground in the district of Los Remedios,[140] in which each street is named after a famous bullfighter.
Salón Náutico Internacional de Sevilla
The International Boat Show of Seville is an annual event that takes place in the only inland maritime port of the country, which is one of the most important in Europe.[141]
Music
Seville had a vibrant rock music scene in the 1970s and 1980s[143] with bands like Triana, Alameda and Smash, who fused Andalusia's traditional flamenco music with British-style progressive rock. The punk rock group Reincidentes and indie band Sr Chinarro, as well as singer Kiko Veneno, rose to prominence in the early 1990s. The city's music scene now features rap acts such as SFDK, Mala Rodríguez, Dareysteel, Tote King, Dogma Crew, Bisley DeMarra, Haze and Jesuly. Seville's diverse music scene is reflected in the variety of its club-centred nightlife.
The city is also home to many theatres and performance spaces where classical music is performed, including
Despite its name, the
On 19 November 2023, Seville hosted the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre, making Seville the first city outside of the United States to host the Latin Grammy Awards.[144][145]
Flamenco
The Triana district in Seville is considered a birthplace of flamenco, where it found its beginning as an expression of the poor and marginalized. Seville's Gypsy population, known as Flamencos, were instrumental in the development of the art form. While it began as and remains a representation of Andalusian culture, it has also become a national heritage symbol of Spain.[146][147][148][149] There are more flamenco artists in Seville than anywhere else in the country, supporting an entire industry surrounding it and drawing in a significant amount of tourism for the city.[150]
Gastronomy
The tapas scene is one of the main cultural attractions of the city: people go from one bar to another, enjoying small dishes called tapas (literally "lids" or "covers" in Spanish, referring to their probable origin as snacks served on small plates used to cover drinks). Local specialities include fried and grilled seafood (including squid, choco (cuttlefish), swordfish, marinated dogfish, and ortiguillas), grilled and stewed meat, spinach with chickpeas, Jamón ibérico, lamb kidneys in sherry sauce, snails, caldo de puchero, and gazpacho. A sandwich known as a serranito is the typical and popular version of fast food.
Typical desserts from Seville include pestiños, a honey-coated sweet fritter; torrijas, fried slices of bread with honey; roscos fritos, deep-fried sugar-coated ring doughnuts; magdalenas or fairy cakes; yemas de San Leandro, [citation needed] which provide the city's convents with a source of revenue; and tortas de aceite, a thin sugar-coated cake made with olive oil. Polvorones and mantecados are traditional Christmas products, whereas pestiños and torrijas are typically consumed during the Holy Week.
Bitter
In 2021, the municipal water company, Emasesa, began a pilot scheme to use the methane produced as the fruit ferments to generate clean electricity. The company plans to use 35 tonnes of fruit to generate clean energy to power one of the city's water purification plants.[154]
Economy
Seville is the most populated city in southern Spain, and has the largest GDP (gross domestic product) of any in Andalusia,[155] accounting for one-quarter of its total GDP.[155] All municipalities in the metropolitan area depend directly or indirectly on Seville's economy, while agriculture dominates the economy of the smaller villages, with some industrial activity localised in industrial parks. The Diputación de Sevilla (Deputation of Seville), with provincial headquarters in the Antiguo Cuartel de Caballería (Old Cavalry Barracks) on Avenida Menendez Pelayo, provides public services to distant villages that they can not provide themselves.[156]
The economic activity of Seville cannot be detached from the geographical and urban context of the city; the capital of Andalusia is the centre of a growing metropolitan area. Aside from traditional neighbourhoods such as Santa Cruz, Triana and others, those further away from the centre, such as Nervión, Sevilla Este, and El Porvenir have seen recent economic growth. Until the economic crisis of 2007, this urban area saw significant population growth and the development of new industrial and commercial parks.[157]
During this period, availability of infrastructure in the city contributed to the growth of an economy dominated by the service sector,[158] but in which industry still holds a considerable place.[159]
Infrastructure
The 1990s saw massive growth in investment in infrastructure in Seville, largely due to its hosting of the
Seville has the only inland port in Spain, located 80 km (50 mi) from the mouth of the River Guadalquivir. This harbour complex offers access to the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and allows trade in goods between the south of Spain (Andalusia, Extremadura) and Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The port has undergone reorganisation. Annual tonnage rose to 5.3 million tonnes of goods in 2006.[160]
The Sevilla Tower skyscraper was started in March 2008 and was completed in 2015. With a height of 180.5 metres (592 feet) and 40 floors, it is the tallest building in Andalusia.
Seville has conference facilities, including the Conference and Convention Centre.
Research and development
The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas en Sevilla (CSIC) is based in the former
The output of the research centres in Sevillan universities working in tandem with city government, and the numerous local technology companies, have made Seville a leader among Spanish cities in technological research and development. The Parque Científico Tecnológico Cartuja 93 is a nexus of private and public investment in various fields of research.[167]
Principal fields of innovation and research are telecommunications, new technologies, biotechnology (with applications in local agricultural practices), environment and renewable energy.
Transport
Bus
Seville is served by the TUSSAM (Transportes Urbanos de Sevilla) bus network which runs buses throughout the city. The Consorcio de Transportes de Sevilla communicates by bus with all the satellite towns of Seville.
Two bus stations serve transportation between surrounding areas and other cities: Plaza de Armas Station, with destinations north and west, and Prado de San Sebastián Station, covering routes to the south and east. Plaza de Armas station has direct bus lines to many Spanish cities as well as Lisbon, Portugal.
Metro
The Seville Metro ("Metro de Sevilla" in Spanish) is a light metro network serving the city of Seville and its metropolitan area. The system is totally independent of any other rail or street traffic. All stations were built with platform screen doors.
It was the sixth Metro system to be built in Spain, after those in
The metro of Sevilla has 1 line with 22 stations and is currently expanding, with 3 more different lines projected.[citation needed]
Tram
MetroCentro is a surface tramway serving the centre of the city. It began operating in October 2007.
The service has just five stops: Plaza Nueva, Archivo de Indias, Puerta de Jerez, Prado de San Sebastián and San Bernardo, all as part of Phase I of the project. It is expected to be extended to Santa Justa
Train
The
Although Seville is close to the Portuguese city of Faro, it is not possible to cross the border by train.[169]
Bicycle
The Sevici
The city council signed a contract with the multinational corporation JCDecaux, an outdoor advertising company. The public bicycle rental system is financed by a local advertising operator in return for the city signing over a 10-year licence to exploit citywide billboards. The overall scheme is called Cyclocity[172] by JCDecaux, but each city's system is branded under an individual name.
As of 2022, some companies in the
Airport
The San Pablo Airport is the main airport for Seville and is
It is one of many bases for the Spanish low-cost carrier
This enabled low-cost direct flights to several Spanish cities, as well as to the neighbor country of Portugal with weekly flights to Porto[177] and to other European cities.
Port
Seville is the only commercial river port in Spain and the only inland city in the country where cruise ships can arrive in the historical centre. On 21 August 2012, the Muelle de las Delicias, controlled by the Port Authority of Seville, hosted the cruise ship
Roads
Seville has one ring road, the SE-30, which connects with the dual carriageway of the south, the A-4, that directly communicates the city with
.Public transportation statistics
The average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Sevilla, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 34 min. 7% of public transit riders, ride for more than two hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at a stop or station for public transit is eight minutes, while 15% of riders wait for over 20 minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi), while 7% travel for over 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) in a single direction.[179]
Education
Seville is home to three public universities. The
The US and the UPO are important centres of learning in Western Andalusia as they offer a wide range of academic courses; consequently, the city has a large number of students from Huelva and Cádiz.
Additionally, there is the School of Hispanic American Studies, founded in 1942, the
- International primary and secondary schools
- Lycée Français de Séville (French school)
- Deutsche Schule Sevilla (German school)
- St. George's British School
Seville is also home to many international schools and colleges that cater to American students who come to study abroad.
Sport
Seville is the hometown of two rival association football teams:
Seville has hosted both
In fiction
- The picaresque novel Rinconete y Cortadillo by Miguel de Cervantes takes place in the city of Seville.
- The novel La Femme et le pantin (The Woman and the Puppet) (1898) by Pierre Louÿs, adapted for film several times, is set mainly in Seville.
- Seville is the setting for the legend of Don Juan (inspired by the real aristocrat Don Miguel de Mañara) on the Paseo Alcalde Marqués de Contadero.
- Seville is the primary setting of many operas, the best known of which are Prokofiev's Betrothal in a Monastery.
- Seville is the setting of the novel The Seville Communion by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.
- Seville is both the location and setting for much of the 1985 Doctor Who television serial "The Two Doctors".
- Seville is also used as one of the locations in Dan Brown's Digital Fortress.
- Seville is one of the settings in Jostein Gaarder's book The Orange Girl (Appelsinpiken).
- Seville is the hometown of the two main characters in the 2000 film The Road to El Dorado by DreamWorks. Miguel and Tulio are con artists that stow away on a ship bound for the New World and win a map for the fabled lost city of gold, El Dorado, and are invariably seen as gods by the locals.
- Arthur Koestler's book Spanish Testament is based on the writer's experiences while held in the Seville prison, under a sentence of death, during the Spanish Civil War.
- Robert Wilson's police novel The Hidden Assassins (2006) concerns a terrorist incident in Seville and the political context thereof, with much local colour.
- The Plaza de España in the Parque de María Luisa appears in George Lucas' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, in The Dictator, starring Sacha Baron Cohen, as the palace of the dictator Aladeen, and in Lawrence of Arabia as the British Army headquarters in Cairo, while the courtyard was the King Alfonso XIII Hotel.
- The Plaza of the Americas also appeared in Lawrence, substituting for Jerusalem, and in Anthony Mann's El Cid. It also appears as the Palace of Vladek Sheybal's Bashaw in The Wind and the Lion (1975).
- The Alcázar and other sites appear in the television series Game of Thrones, in the cities of Dorne.
- In the 2016 film Assassin's Creed, Master Assassins Aguilar de Nerha and Maria escape execution and are pursued by Templars through the city, eventually performing Leaps of Faith off of an unfinished Seville Cathedral to escape.
- In Mission: Impossible 2, Ethan Hunt is sent to Seville to recruit Nyah Nordoff-Hall.
In travel writing
- The Tomb in Seville by Norman Lewis.
Twin towns – sister cities
Seville is
- Angers (France), 1989.[192]
- Barcelona (Spain), 1987.[192][193]
- Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1976.[192][194]
- Columbus, Ohio (United States), 1988.[192][195]
- Córdoba (Spain), 1908.[192]
- Guadalajara (Mexico), 1984.[192]
- Havana (Cuba), 2007.[192][194][196][197]
- Kansas City, Missouri (United States), 1969. The relationship between Seville and Kansas City is due to a small replica of the Giralda tower, Sevilla's cathedral belltower, that exists in Kansas City.[198][199]
- Laredo (Spain), 2017.[200]
- Marrakech (Morocco), 2017.[201]
- Medina de Rioseco (Spain), 2016.[202]
- San Salvador (El Salvador), 2018.[203]
- Sevilla la Nueva (Spain).[192]
- Partnerships
Titles
Seville has been given titles by Spanish monarchs and heads of state throughout its history.[205]
- Very Noble, by King Ferdinand III of Castile after his reconquest of the city.
- Very Loyal, by King Alfonso X of Castile for supporting him against a rebellion. See also the Motto "NO8DO".
- Very Heroic, by King Ferdinand VII of Spainby Royal Document on 13 October 1817 for support against the French invasion.
- Invictus (Invincible in Isabella II of Spainfor the city's resistance against General Van Halen's asedium and bombing in 1843.
- Mariana, by General Francisco Franco in 1946 for the city's devotion to the Virgin Mary.
Notable people
- Queen consort of Sardinia(1729–1785)
- Al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad, poet and Arabic king of Sevilla 1040–1095
- Physician Avenzoar
- The family of the Arabic historian and sociologist Ibn Khaldun
- 13th-century poet Ibn Sahl of Seville
- Renaissance composers Cristóbal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero
- 16th-century novelist Mateo Alemán
- Playwrights Hermanos Alvarez Quintero
- Historian of Bartolomé de Las Casas
- Colonial governor of La Florida and Cuba: Laureano de Torres y Ayala
- Colonial governor of La Florida: Pablo de Hita y Salazar
- Baroque painters Valdés Leal and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- Educator Adelita Domingo
- Explorer and astronomer Antonio de Ulloa
- Renaissance poets Fernando de Herrera and Gutierre de Cetina
- Notable Costumbrista painter who liked to depict the 19th century society of Seville and its buildings José Jiménez Aranda
- Romantic poet Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer[206]
- Bullfighters Juan Belmonte, Curro Romero, Ignacio Sánchez Mejías, Emilio Muñoz and José Gómez Ortega
- Second Spanish Republic Prime Minister Diego Martinez, communist politician José Díaz and Carlist politician Manuel Fal.
- 20th-century poets:
- Nobel Laureate)
- Manuel Machado
- Luis Cernuda
- Composer Joaquín Turina
- Cartoonist William Haselden
- Actors Juan Diego, Paco León
- Actresses Soledad Miranda, Verónica Sánchez, Carmen Sevilla,[206] Paz Vega,[206] Azucena Hernández
- Models
- Teresa Sánchez López who won the title of Miss National in the Miss Spain contest 1984 and, representing Spain, was close to the crown of Miss Universe in 1985 (1st runner up).
- Miss España2003 (representing Andalusia)
- Singers
- Comedian Manuel Summers
- Navy officer Miguel Buiza Fernández-Palacios who became Captain General of the Spanish Republican Navy
- Association footballers Fernando "Nando" Muñoz, Ricardo Serna, Sergio Ramos, Jesús Navas, Antonio Puerta, Carlos Marchena, Jesús Capitán "Capi", Adrián, Olga Carmona, Irene Guerrero
- Olympic swimmer Fátima Madrid
- Politicians President of the Government of Spain from 1982 to 1996, and Alfonso Guerra, vice-president from 1982 to 1991
- Maria Pages, dancer
- Jairo Barrull Fernández, Spanish Gypsy flamenco dancer
- El Risitas, humorist
- Criminal Manuel Delgado Villegas, serial killer
- Drag queen first season of Drag Race España
- Embroiderer Esperanza Elena Caro
- Mystic Bárbara de Santo Domingo
See also
- Cadillac Seville, a car that was named after the city
- Azulejo
- Isla Mágica
- Seville Public Library
- Seville Statement on Violence
- Church of Santa Maria la Blanca (Seville)
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External links
- Seville in the official website of Tourism in Spain
- Official website of the city council. (in Spanish)
- Postal Codes in Seville (in Spanish)