Sevilla

Alejandro Niño Peña

HISTORY• Roman troops entered the 206. C., during the Second Punic War, under the

command of General Scipio and defeated the Carthaginians who inhabited and defended the region. Scipio decided to found Italica, the birthplace of the Roman emperors Hadrian and Trajan at a nearby location, Santiponce.

• Later, in the place that would be the current city of Seville, Julius Caesar founded "Colonia Iulia Romula Hispalis", Latinized the name of the original indigenous town of the city ( "Ispal") in Hispalis, adding "Julia" by name and "Romula" by Rome usual formula in place names of Roman colonies.

• In the mid-first century. C., had Híspalis wall and forum, with commercial activity imperial portuaria. With the reorganization, the young capital city would be one of the four iuridici conventus of Baetica, senatorial province whose capital was Corduba.

Seville in the middle ages• In 1248 he joined the Christian Kingdom

of Castile , being reconquered the reign of Fernando III , who was the first to be buried in the Cathedral of Seville. Thereafter Sevilla , repopulated by the Spanish aristocracy, as capital of the Kingdom of Seville was one of the cities with vote in courts and lodged the itinerant court on numerous occasions.

Sevilla in the Modern Age

• After the discovery of America in 1492 , Seville became the economic center of the Spanish Empire. The Catholic Monarchs founded the House of Trade , where they contracted and travel , controlled the wealth who entered of America and, together with the University of merchants, regulating relations with the New World.

• During the sixteenth century the city experienced a great development and transformation, which led to the construction of some of the most important buildings in the center histórico.66 The city became a multicultural center , which would help the flowering of the arts.

Things to do in Seville

Things to do Seville• Seville can go visit the places of interest that

are the theater auditorium jury maestranza dew and the Teatro Lope de Vega and some museums like the fine arts and naval museum

and as a hobby has dance and play flamenco that is very popular in Seville and flamenco also it was named a UNESCO World Heritage

Festivals of Seville

The most popular festivals in Seville April Fair are the Easter Pilgrimage of El Rocio

Bullfighting in Seville

• bullfighting in Seville is one of the most important traditions of the city as there is much taurine in fame and bullfighters were important as Curro Cuchares and the El espartero

How to get to Seville

• Seville can go by boat drive train arrival some important areas are the port of Seville airport the railroad station of Santa Justa and many more sites.

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