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El Arenal, Seville
El Arenal is a neighbourhood in the historical centre of Seville, the Casco Antiguo. It lies on the east bank of the Guadalquivir river to the west of the old Jewish Quarter, Santa Cruz, Seville, Santa Cruz, and south of the neighbourhoods of Museo, Seville, Museo and Alfalfa, Seville, Alfalfa. Its name comes from the sandy nature that this east bank of the river once used to have. El Arenal has a history characterised by its former position as the port of Seville, until river silting forced the city to relocate the port to the southern edge of the city in the 17th century. In the 16th century, the district called El Compás de Arenal, El Compás, or El Arenal was smaller than that of today and lay between the city walls and the river between the Puerta del Arenal (Seville), Puerta del Arenal, and the Puerta del Triana (Seville), Puerta del Triana gates. A low-lying, sandy area, it was the main home of the Sevillan underworld, and the site of the notorious brothel, El Compás fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts And Neighbourhoods Of Seville
Seville, the capital of the region of Andalusia in Spain, has 11 districts, further divided into 108 neighbourhoods. Casco Antiguo The Casco Antiguo (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Ancient Shell'') is the old quarter of Seville, in the centre of the city on the east bank of the Guadalquivir river. Principal tourist attractions are located here, such as the Cathedral of Seville, cathedral, the Alcázar of Seville, Alcázar, the Torre del Oro, the City Hall, the Palace of San Telmo, the Archivo General de Indias and the Metropol Parasol. Of its twelve neighbourhoods, El Arenal, Seville, El Arenal on the riverfront was the port of Seville until the Guadalquivir silted up in the 17th century, while the neighbouring Santa Cruz, Seville, Santa Cruz neighbourhood was a Jewish quarter until the Spanish Inquisition. The University of Seville is mainly based in the former Royal Tobacco Factory in the south of the Casco Antiguo, the setting to the story and opera Carmen. The Plaza de t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadalquivir
The Guadalquivir (, also , , ) is the fifth-longest river in the Iberian Peninsula and the second-longest river with its entire length in Spain. The Guadalquivir is the only major navigable river in Spain. Currently it is navigable from Seville to the Gulf of Cádiz, but in Roman times it was navigable from Córdoba. Geography The river is long and drains an area of about . It flows through Córdoba and Seville and reaches the sea at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, flowing into the Gulf of Cádiz in the Atlantic Ocean. Course The course of the Guadalquivir is divided into three parts. This division is based on the main course of the river and its confluence with other rivers. The Guadalquivir originates at an elevation of about 1,350 meters above sea level in a place known as Cañada de las Fuentes, in the Sierra de Cazorla mountain range. The upper course of the river runs from the source of the Guadalquivir roughly to Mengíbar. It includes its junction with the Guadali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza De Toros De La Real Maestranza De Caballería De Sevilla
The Plaza de Toros de la Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla is a 12,000-capacity bullring in Seville, Spain. During the annual Seville Fair in Seville, it is the site of one of the most well-known bullfighting festivals in the world. It is a part of the Real Maestranza de Caballería de Sevilla, a noble guild established for traditional cavalry training. The ring itself is considered one of the city's most enjoyable tourist attractions and is certainly one of the most visited. As a stage for bullfighting, it is considered one of the world's most challenging environments because of its history, characteristics, and viewing public, which is considered one of the most unforgiving in all of bullfighting fandom. History Construction began in 1749 of a circular ring on Baratillo Hill to replace the rectangular bullring that was previously located there. In 1761, the construction began to incorporate ''ochavas'' (each ''ochava'' being equivalent to four arches). At this early s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seville Royal Dockyards
The Seville Shipyard () is a medieval shipyard in the city of Seville (Andalusia, Spain) that operated from the 13th to the 15th century. Composed of seventeen naves, the building was connected to the Guadalquivir River by a stretch of sand.Pérez-Mallaina, op. cit., pp. 349-367 On March 13, 1969, the State gave Monumento Histórico Artístico status to the Shipyards, and on June 18, 1985, the Maestranza de Artillería de Sevilla (which includes the seven naves and other structures, such as a front pavilion) was added to the Bien de Interés Cultural category of monuments. Background The first record of shipyards in the city dates back to the 1st century BC, when the civil war between Pompey and Julius Caesar took place: In the 9th century a series of Vikings, Viking attacks occurred on the peninsular coasts, including in Seville. This attack motivated Caliph Abd ar-Rahman II to reinforce the wall of Isbylia (Seville, as it had been called then) and to create a permanent war f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerta Del Triana (Seville)
The gates of Intramuros refer to the original eight gates of the Walled City of Intramuros in Manila, built during the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines. The gates are called by the original Spanish word for "gate", ''puerta'' (plural: ''puertas''). Gates facing the west Puerta de Banderas This gate was built in 1662 as the governor-general's gate when the first governor's palace was still located in Fort Santiago. It was destroyed during an earthquake and was never rebuilt. Puerta de Postigo ''Postigo'' means "postern" or a small gate in Spanish. This gate was named after the nearby Palacio del Gobernador. The first ''postigo'' was built several meters away but was walled up in 1662 when the present gate was constructed. The gate was then renovated in 1782 under the direction of military engineer Tomás Sanz. The gate led to the palaces of the governor-general and archbishop of Manila. The national hero José Rizal passed through this gate from Fort Santiago to his execu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfalfa, Seville
Alfalfa is a neighbourhood in the historical centre of Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ..., the Casco Antiguo. It is located in the center of the district and bordered by Encarnación-Regina to the north, Santa Catalina and San Bartolomé to the east, Santa Cruz and El Arenal to the south and Museo to the west. In 2010, it had an estimated population of 4,197 inhabitants. References {{Coord, 37, 23, 31, N, 5, 59, 34, W, region:ES_source:kolossus-eswiki, display=title Neighbourhoods of Seville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz, Seville
Santa Cruz, is the primary tourist neighborhood of Seville, Spain, and the former Jewish quarter of the medieval city. Santa Cruz is bordered by the Jardines de Murillo, the Real Alcázar, Calle Mateos Gago, and Calle Santa María La Blanca/San José. The neighbourhood is the location of many of Seville's oldest churches and is home to the Cathedral of Seville, including the converted minaret of the old Moors, Moorish mosque Giralda. History Santa Cruz was Seville's old ''judería'' (Jewish quarter (diaspora), Jewish quarter): when Ferdinand III of Castile conquered the city from Muslim rule, he concentrated the city's Jewish population—second in the Iberian Peninsula only to that of Toledo, Spain, Toledo—in this single neighborhood. After the Alhambra Decree of 1492 expelled the Jews from Spain, the neighborhood went downhill. In the 18th century, the neighborhood underwent a major process of urban renewal, including the conversion of a former synagogue into the current Chu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casco Antiguo
The Casco Antiguo (Spanish for ''Ancient District'') is the city centre district of Seville, the capital of the Spanish region of Andalusia. The Casco Antiguo comprises Seville's old town, which lies on the east bank of the Guadalquivir river. It borders the districts of Macarena to the north, Nervión and San Pablo-Santa Justa to the east, and the Distrito Sur to the south. Bridges across the Guadalquivir link the Casco Antiguo to Los Remedios, Triana and La Cartuja. Buildings There are three UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the district: the Cathedral of Seville, the Alcazar and the Archivo General de Indias. The Gothic Cathedral was built in 1403 on the site of a former mosque of which the Almohad minaret, the Giralda, was retained as a bell tower. It is the largest Gothic building in Europe and houses the tomb of Christopher Columbus. The Alcázar, built by the Moors in 712, was converted into a Christian royal residence in 1248. The Archive of the Indies was designed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torre Del Oro
The Torre del Oro () is a dodecagonal military watchtower in Seville, southern Spain. It was erected by the Almohad Caliphate in order to control access to Seville via the Guadalquivir river. Constructed in the first third of the 13th century, the tower served as a prison during the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the golden shine it projected on the river, due to its building materials (a mixture of mortar, lime and pressed hay). Construction details The tower is divided into three levels, the first level, dodecagonal, was built in 1220 by order of the Almohad governor of Seville, Abù l-Ulà; As for the second level, of only 8 meters, also dodecagonal, was built by Peter of Castile in the fourteenth century, a hypothesis that has been confirmed by archaeological studies; The third and uppermost being circular in shape was added after the previous third level, Almohad, was damaged by the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. Rebuilding of the third level was made by Brusselian military e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seville
Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Seville has a municipal population of about 701,000 , and a Seville metropolitan area, metropolitan population of about 1.5 million, making it the largest city in Andalusia and the List of metropolitan areas in Spain, fourth-largest city in Spain. Its old town, with an area of , contains a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising three buildings: the Alcázar of Seville, Alcázar palace complex, the Seville Cathedral, Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies. The Seville harbour, located about from the Atlantic Ocean, is the only river port in Spain. The capital of Andalusia features hot temperatures in the summer, with daily maximums routinely above in July and August. Seville was founded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
