Walls of Seville

The extant parts of the walls maintain an Almohad appearance, mixed with Classicist air resulting from restorations carried out in the 18th century.

The walls were expanded and refined during the rule of his adopted son Augustus due to the growth of the city; these were protected by cyclopean towers.

Today, these remnants are part of the dividing wall of a building facing Álvarez Quintero Street and another overlooking Plaza de San Francisco.

His successors, aware of the progress achieved over the northern Christian kingdoms in the stage of the reconquista, devoted themselves to strengthening their defenses, resulting in the final enclosure of the walls.

[4][5] During the reign of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor carried out a major refurbishment of the public or royal gates of the Walls to integrate them into the widening promoted by the monarch in the cities and towns, in order to facilitate the transit of such common carriages in the period.

This facilitated the collection of taxes attendant on the movement of people and goods, notably the portazgo and the alcabala; it also became a sanitary barrier, used in the control of disease.

In 1836, during the invasion of Andalusia by Carlist forces, a moat with a drawbridge was dug near the Puerta de la Macarena in order to strengthen it; at this point the Walls were still intact.

It is the second section of greater length, was hidden from view in the inside of the Convento del Valle, belonging to the order of the Franciscans, which was confiscated in the 19th century, being acquired by the Marquise of Villanueva who donated for the establishment of a school of religious of the sacred heart; that college disappeared in the middle of the 20th century, becoming some time later in the current Jardines del Valle (Gardens of the Valley).

Plan of the course that followed the Walls of Sevilla in the 17th century, drawn on the current street of the old town, where it included the layout of the primitive Roman walls as well as preserved sections and other data of interest.
Curtain wall in the Alcazar of Seville [ 2 ]
City Walls and the Torre Blanca in the barrio de la Macarena . In this image, seen one of the two postigos opened to promote communication in the intramural area with the new round.
Pipes inside the Walls near the Alcazar of Seville
Puerta de la Macarena next to the Basilica of its name .
Puerta de Córdoba , adjacent to the Iglesia de San Hermenegildo.
Postigo del Aceite .
Preserved sections of the walls next to the Torre de la Plata.