ILBS 2024 sexta edicion

WELCOME TO SEVILLE
Seville is famous for many of its topics but nevertheless it is unknown in many
of its aspects. It's three thousand years of history begin as a Phoenician colony
on top of an ancient local settlement. This primitive Seville, called Spal, was a
port and a sanctuary, both vocations that will remain in different forms
throughout history.
Romanisation led to the consolidation of the city as a strategic port at the
service of the large neighbouring cities: Itálica and Carmona. Híspalis was the
starting point for trade from the interior of Roman Baetica to the rest of the
Mediterranean world. From this period interesting archaeological remains
remain as witnesses that denote the importance of the city.
The later Middle Ages will bring about a time of changes that will make the
Visigoth Ispali the religious centre of the area. Later, the arrival of the Islamic
culture will lead Isbilia to gradually become one of the most important cities in
its surroundings. It was already in the 11th century when, after the fall of the
Caliphate of Cordoba, the city acquired the status of capital and as such the
Abadí dynasty began to provide it with new infrastructures, beginning with the
construction of the primitive Alcázar. After the invasions first of Almoravides
and later of Almohades, a period begins in which the strategic position of the
city makes it accentuate its character of territorial capital. It is now when the
city will acquire the dimensions that will define it for centuries, due to the
construction of its walls, and some of its most symbolic buildings will be
erected, such as the minaret of the main mosque, current Giralda, and the
Torre del Oro .
After the Castilian conquest, Seville became one of the main cities of the
kingdom of Castile and this favoured its growth and the incorporation of new
infrastructures such as the Reales Atarazanas, the largest medieval industrial
building in Europe, or the construction of the Cathedral, a building largest
Gothic area in the world.
The discovery of America made Seville the center of world trade, turning it into
a cosmopolitan city, where people of all nationalities came together to
participate in the adventure of discoveries. Seville was the beginning and end
of the first trip around the world and the link between Europe, America and
other overseas territories.