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EARLY PERIODS
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Seville is more than 2,000 years old. The passage of the various civilizations, instrumental in its growth, has left the city a distinct personality, and a large and well-preserved historical centre. Although it has a strong medieval, renaissance and... |
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MOORISH ERA
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After the conquest of Seville by the Moors. Seville was taken by the Muslims in 712 and renamed Seville , derived from Hispalis, from which the present name "Sevilla" is derived. It was capitol for the Kings of the Umayyad Caliphate, the Almoravid dy... |
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POST-RECONQUISTA
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Following the 1492 Christopher Columbus expedition to the New World (from Seville's port), the results from his claiming territory and trade for the Crown of Castile (Spain) in the West Indies began to profit the city, as all goods imported from the ... |
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Seville fell very quickly at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. General Queipo de Llano carried out a coup within the city, quickly capturing the city centre. Radio Seville opposed the rising and called for the peasants to come to the ci... |
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PREHISTORY
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The origins of the original core of the city date back to the eighth century a. C., and were on an island in the Guadalquivir, on the current street Cuesta del Rosario.Archaeological excavations conducted in 2009 at the Real Alcázar ... |
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ROMAN
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Roman troops enter the 206 a. C., during the Second Punic War, under the command of General Scipio and end with the Carthaginians who lived and defended the region, and its successors in southern Spain. The general decided to set Italic (now in ruins... |
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VISIGOTHIC
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In the V century the city was taken successively by several Germanic invaders: Gunderic vandals in the year 426, the Swabians ruled by Requila in 441, and finally the Visigoths, who would control until the eighth century, for a time challenged by the... |
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ANDALUSIAN PERIOD
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Musa, accompanied by his son Abd al-Aziz ibn Mussa, crossed the Strait with an army of 18,000 men and proceeded to the conquest of Visigothic territory. Occupied Medina Sidonia, Carmona and Seville, and then attacked Mérida, laying siege to the city,... |
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SPANISH CONQUEST
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In 1247, the Christian King Ferdinand III of Castile and León began the conquest of Andalusia. After winning Jaén and Córdoba, seized from the surrounding villages, as Carmona, Alcalá del Río Lora del Río, placing the army in the vicinity of the city... |
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LATE FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURY
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The discovery of the New World in 1492 was very significant for the city, which became the European port of departure to America. It was a cosmopolitan and universal. Seville was already late fifteenth century one of the main ports in Castilian trade... |
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