Tourism in Seville

Tourism in Seville

General Information 

Seville was the capital of Andalusia and then province of Seville in southern Spain. Built on the banks of the Guadalquivir River, and the number of population in 2011 to more than 700,000 man, and thus occupies the fourth place in the cities of Spain. 

The origins go back to the city of Seville for two thousand years, as passed by the people, and many effects, making it the city with a distinct character and personality. Her name was in the early Roman era Hasballes (hispalis), but did not hold of this period in the city, only one channel. Saracens in 712 AD, and turned into an important center for them in Andalusia. Seville and gained fame in the gesture of the rule of Arabs and Muslims of Andalusia (southern Spain), in the Middle Ages, as they were called back, "Homs" because of the arrival of soldiers to the Levant. Abdel-Rahman was built where the second naval fleet and Dara to the arms industry. 

After its golden age, fell Seville in 646 AH at the hands of the king of Castile and Leon Ferdinand III after the siege lasted one year and five months. Following the takeover by the Army Europeans constructed public buildings, including churches, then the right of Seville last golden age after the accumulation of wealth resulting from the monopoly of trade with the Spanish territories in the New World. But Seville fell again at the hands of the dictator Franco with the Spanish Civil War in 1936. 

Seville's climate is characterized by being the Mediterranean and is subject to the effects of peripheral Calneh generally hot up where the annual average temperature to nearly 17 degrees Celsius and this is very rare European standards. And concentrated rainfall in Seville between October / October to April / April 

Archaeological sites and important and central Seville "Cathedral of Seville," which was built in the building of a mosque Seville. This is the cathedral of the largest medieval Gothic cathedrals, and the highest "Algiralda" one of the most important features of Seville, was originally built for Kmizna Seville Grand Mosque, and thus acquired the name of the minaret and the cathedral became known him. In contrast to the cathedral there is an Alcazar gardens built from a mixture of traditions of the Maghreb and the Andalusian and Christianity. The town hall was constructed in the 16th century, also highlights the new arena (Plaza Nueva) constructed in the nineteenth century Neoclassical style. 

Seville is also characterized by Bosoarha which was built in a manner angles, interior and exterior were designed to allow the trapped soldiers to enter into these angles in the wall of defenders invalidate them. And knows what the rest of the fence wall of Seville comparison, there are some remnants of it also in the garden of the Institute of the valley. It also highlights the fence Front (built by Abul Ela Idris) and digging his trench, and established the "Tower of Gold" quo until the present day, and in return for this tower tower similar to him on the beach near their series of huge iron to prevent ships from passing the night in the River Guadalquivir.