Province and Villages - Sevilla - Carmona
Carmona Information
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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