Isla de La Cartuja

The island's name derives from the cloistered monastery (Cartuja) located on the site, the Monasterio de Santa María de las Cuevas, where Cristopher Columbus lived when planning the voyage to the west.

The world's fair to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first Columbian expeditions, the Expo '92 was located here.

After the rearrangement of the river channel system on the occasion of Expo '92, it was joined to mainland by a wide isthmus in the South with Triana neighbourhood.

[1] The La Cartuja Stadium, University Schools of Engineering and Communications, the musealized Pavilion of Navigation,[2] the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (Andalusian Contemporary Art Center)[3] and the Jardín Americano (American Garden, a public botanic garden)[4] are also located here.

Additionally, La Cartuja houses several discothèques, and a number of concert halls and theaters, including the Rocío Jurado auditorium, and the Central Theatre,[5] as well as the amusement park Isla Mágica.