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Coinciding with the Baroque period of European history, the 17th century in Seville represented the most brilliant flowering of the city's culture; then began a gradual economic and demographic decline as navigation of the Guadalquivir River became increasingly difficult until finally the trade monopoly and its institutions were transferred to ...
Seville (/ s ə ˈ v ɪ l / sə-VIL; Spanish: Sevilla, pronounced ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville.It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Seville, Andalusia, Spain This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The most important art collection of Seville is the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville. It was established in 1835 in the former Convent of La Merced . It holds many masterworks by Murillo , Pacheco , Zurbarán , Valdés Leal , and others masters of the Baroque Sevillian School, containing also Flemish paintings of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Military history of Seville (12 P) T. Taifa of Seville (1 C, 4 P) W. World's fairs in Seville (3 C, 4 P) Pages in category "History of Seville"
The city of Seville and its suburbs were left in ruins. [11] The destruction caused by the Viking raiders terrified the people of al-Andalus. [11] Abd ar-Rahman ordered new measures to guard against further raids. [11] He established a naval arsenal (dar al-sina'a) in Seville and built walls around the city and other settlements. [3]
Curtain wall in the Alcazar of Seville [2]. During the Islamic rule, particularly in the year 844, the city was razed by the Vikings, and the walls were burned down.After that the emir Abderramán II, fourth Umayyad Emir of Córdoba (822–852) rebuilt the walls, which were again destroyed by his great grandson Abd-ar-Rahman III, eighth independent emir (912–929) and first Umayyad caliph of ...
The siege of Seville (July 1247 – November 1248) was a 16-month successful investment during the Reconquista of Seville by forces of Ferdinand III of Castile. [1] Although perhaps eclipsed in geopolitical importance by the rapid capture of Córdoba in 1236, which sent a shockwave through the Muslim world, the siege of Seville was nonetheless the most complex military operation undertaken by ...