Province
& Villages - Cadiz - Carmona
Carmona
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Description
Situated in the fertile mid-valley of the Guadalquivir,
just 15 minutes Seville airport and 20 minutes from
Seville's AVE (High Speed Train) station on the E-5
motorway, Carmona is one of Andalusia's most colorful
towns and also one of the Iberian Peninsula's oldest
population centres.
The town stands on rise some 250 m high, and its miradors
and numerous bell towers provide sweeping views of
the surrounding countryside, while the town itself,
with its host of towers and alcazars, is visible from
miles around. Already a prominent settlement for the
Iberians and Tartessians, who left us a legacy of
pots and utensiles - it may have been from here that
the campanulate vase originated - its importance increased
under the Romans. The Roman Carmo, representing almost
half a millennium of history, left behind gates, such
as the Puerta de Córdoba, the arches and vestiges
of fortress, such as the Puerta de Sevilla Alcazar,
and above all the Necropolis, which was discovered
just over a century ago by George Bonsor and which
is one of the most complete of its kind that can be
visited. The monumental tombs include Sevilla's Tomb
and the Elephant Tomb. An acclaimed museum, the remains
of a large amphitheatre, a bridge across the one that
today graces the floor of the Town Hall form part
of this outstanding Roman legacy and justify the location
in the Roman Bética Route.
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