Districts and neighbourhoods of Seville

Seville, the capital of the region of Andalusia in Spain, has 11 districts, further divided into 108 neighbourhoods.

Casco Antiguo

The Casco Antiguo (Spanish: Ancient Shell) is the old quarter of Seville, in the centre of the city on the east bank of the Guadalquivir river. Principal tourist attractions are located here, such as the cathedral, the Alcázar, the Torre del Oro, the City Hall, the Palace of San Telmo, the Archivo General de Indias and the Metropol Parasol. Of its twelve neighbourhoods, El Arenal on the riverfront was the port of Seville until the Guadalquivir silted up in the 17th century,^[1] while the neighbouring Santa Cruz neighbourhood was a Jewish quarter until the Spanish Inquisition.^[2]

The University of Seville is mainly based in the former Royal Tobacco Factory in the south of the Casco Antiguo, the setting to the story and opera Carmen. The city's bullring is in El Arenal.

Neighbourhoods:

Alfalfa
Arenal
Encarnación-Regina
Feria
Museo
San Bartolomé
San Julián
San Gil
San Lorenzo
San Vicente
Santa Catalina
Santa Cruz

Distrito Sur

The Distrito Sur (Spanish: South District) lies to the south of the Casco Antiguo on the east bank of the Guadalquivir. It was the location of most of the buildings during the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929: the Plaza de España, the Parque de María Luisa, Archeological Museum of Seville and the Museum of Arts and Traditions of Sevilla.

Neighbourhoods:

Bami
Felipe II-Los Diez Mandamientos
Giralda Sur
Huerta de la Salud
El Juncal
Las Letanías
La Oliva
El Plantinar
Polígono Sur
El Porvenir
Prado
Tabladilla-La Estrella
Tiro de Línea

Triana

According to legend, Triana is named after the Roman Emperor Trajan, who was born in Italica, a Roman city north of modern Seville. Triana is known as a working-class and gypsy district.^[3] It was a centre for the ceramics industry.^[4] Like other districts that were historically split from the main city, Triana was known as an arrabal. The district is placed in a near-island position between two branches of the Guadalquivir west of the Casco Antiguo, narrowly linked to the mainland in the north.

This district has many historical buildings, such as the Santa Ana Church and the remains of the San Jorge Castle. The old quarter of the district offers a panoramic view of Seville's city centre. At the north of the district is the island of La Cartuja, a research and development park, site of Expo 92, from which some buildings were kept. The Isla Mágica amusement park is on the island, as is the 60,000-seater Estadio de La Cartuja, built for Seville's unsuccessful bids for the 2000^[5] and 2004 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Neighbourhoods:

Barrio León
Cartuja
Tardón
Triana Casco Antiguo
Triana Este
Triana Oeste.

Macarena

Macarena is the traditional and historical name of the area of Seville located north of the Casco Antiguo on the eastern bank of the Guadalquivir. Nowadays, La Macarena is the name of the neighborhood placed on both sides of the north city wall, but also a much bigger administrative district of Seville. Among other monuments, the Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza Macarena, the Macarena Gate and the Parliament of Andalusia are in the district.

El Rinconcillo, a tapas bar built in the 1670s in the Macarena, is the oldest tapas bar in Seville and likely to be the oldest specifically-built tapas bar in the world.^[7] The 45-metre-high Torre de Perdigones (Spanish: Tower of Pellets) has been converted into a Camera Obscura with views of the city centre and the Expo 92 site on the Isla de La Cartuja.^[8]

Neighbourhoods:

Las Avenidas
La Barzola
Begoña
La Carrasca
Campos de Soria
El Cerezo
Cisneo Alto
Cruz Roja
Doctor Barraquer
La Fontanilla
Grupo Renfe
Hermandades del Trabajo
Huerta del Carmen
Macarena Tres Huertas
Macarena 5
Miraflores
La Palmilla-Doctor Marañón
La Paz-Las Golondrinas

León XIII-Los Naranjos
Pino Flores
Pío XII
Polígono Norte
Los Príncipes
Retiro Obrero
El Rocío
San Nicolás
Santa María de Ordas
Santas Justa y Rufina
El Torrejón y Villegas

Nervión

Nervión is in the east of Seville. The district is an important commercial district of the city, where much of the regional capital's business takes place. It is the second focal point of the city, and is home to a number of important sites including Santa Justa, Seville's major train station, with high-speed links via the AVE to Madrid, Córdoba, and Cadiz.

The Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán is home to Sevilla FC, one of Seville's two football teams in the top flight of La Liga. The area's name is the origin of one of Sevilla FC's nicknames Los Nervionenses.^[9] The Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales (School of Business) of the University of Seville is in this district.^[10]

Neighbourhoods:

Nervión
San Bernardo
Huerta del Pilar
La Florida
La Buhaira
La Calzada
San Roque
Ciudad Jardín

Distrito Norte

The Distrito Norte (Spanish: North District) occupies an area to the north of the Macarena on the east bank of the Guadalquivir. The Puente del Alamillo was built before Expo 92 to link across the river to the main Expo sites on the far north of the Isla de La Cartuja.

Neighbourhoods

Pino Montano
Consolación
El Gordillo
Las Almenas
San Jerónimo
La Bachillera
Los Carteros
San Diego
Los Arcos
Las Naciones-Parque Atlántico-Las Dalias
San Matías
Aeropuerto Viejo
Valdezorras

Los Remedios

Los Remedios is located on the Isla de La Cartuja on the west bank of the Guadalquivir, to the south of Triana. It derives its name from a Carmelite convent of the same name found in that area. Before development in the latter half of the 20th century, this was one of the few standing structures in what is now Los Remedios. Seville's modern port is in the southern tip of this district, having moved south from the neighbourhood of El Arenal in the Casco Antiguo in the 17th century. Attractions: The Parque de los Príncipes, the Seville Fair, the Puente de San Telmo, the Museo de Carruajes, Los Remedios' tower and the Cuba Square.

Neighbourhoods

Tablada
Los Remedios

Este-Alcosa-Torreblanca

Seville's international airport, San Pablo is in this district, which lies on the north bank of the Guadaira, a tributary of the Guadalquivir.

Neighbourhoods

Colores-Entreparques
Torreblanca
Parque Alcosa-Jardines del Edén
Palacio de Congresos-Urbadiez-Entrepuentes

Cerro-Amate

Attractions: Amate Park and Amate Sports Center.

Neighborhoods:

Amate
Juan XXIII
Los Pájaros
Rochelambert
Santa Aurelia-Cantábrico-Atlántico-La Romería
Palmete
El Cerro
La Plata.

Bellavista-La Palmera

The majority of Bellavista-La Palmera lies in the far south of the city on the eastern bank of the Guadalquivir, opposite the Los Remedios district on the far south of the Isla de La Cartuja. The neighbourhood of Bellavista, lies on the eastern bank of the river Guadaira, a tributary which joins the Guadalquivir soon after. It was bought off the neighbouring city of Dos Hermanas.

Real Betis, a professional association football club, play in the Estadio Benito Villamarín in this district.

Neighbourhoods:

Bellavista
Heliópolis
Elcano-Los Bermejales
Sector Sur-La Palmera-Reina Mercedes
Pedro Salvador-Las Palmeritas
Barriada de Pineda

San Pablo-Santa Justa

Attractions: The Sports Palace of Seville and Kansas City Avenue.

Neighbourhoods:

Árbol Gordo
La Corza
Las Huertas
San Carlos-Tartessos
San José Obrero
El Fontanal-María
Auxiliadora-Carretera de Carmona
Santa Clara
Zodiaco
San Pablo A y B
San Pablo C
San Pablo D y E
Huerta de Santa Teresa

References

^ "El Arenal, Sevilla".
^ "Santa Cruz - Culture".
^ "Triana, Sevilla".
^ "Triana, Sevilla".
^ "Olympic Games: 11 cities bid to stage 2004 Games". Independent.co.uk. 11 January 1996.
^ "CNN/SI - Olympics - Seville seeking 2008 Olympic bid - Wednesday May 05, 1999 12:37 PM". Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
^ "No etiquette in Seville's oldest tapas bar - Savoury Planet".
^ "Cámara Oscura de la Torre de los Perdigones - Cámara Oscura". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
^ Roy, Shourin (21 August 2009). "Why do English clubs have such boring and redundant names?". SoccerBlog.com. Retrieved 15 September 2011.
^ "Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales - Universidad de Sevilla". Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.

[1] "El Arenal, Sevilla".

[2] "Santa Cruz - Culture".

[3] "Triana, Sevilla".

[4] "Triana, Sevilla".

[5] "Olympic Games: 11 cities bid to stage 2004 Games". Independent.co.uk. 11 January 1996.

[6] "CNN/SI - Olympics - Seville seeking 2008 Olympic bid - Wednesday May 05, 1999 12:37 PM". Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2012.

[7] "No etiquette in Seville's oldest tapas bar - Savoury Planet".

[8] "Cámara Oscura de la Torre de los Perdigones - Cámara Oscura". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2012.

[9] Roy, Shourin (21 August 2009). "Why do English clubs have such boring and redundant names?". SoccerBlog.com. Retrieved 15 September 2011.

[10] "Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales - Universidad de Sevilla". Archived from the original on 21 June 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.

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