2. By plane
-Sevilla International Airport is located about 25 minutes drive from the
city center.
A bus service runs about every 30 minutes from just outside the Arrivals
hall during most of the day and cost just 2€.
-La Parra Internation Airport is located 10km from Jerez de la
Frontera, in the way to Seville.
By train
-Sevilla Santa Justa Station. This station is the southern terminus of the
Spanish high speed AVE train service.
By car
By bus
The buses run regularly to/from most major cities, departing either from
the Plaza de Armas bus station near the river, or the Prado de San
Sebastián station near the University.
3. Italica is an ancient roman city located in Santiponce,
at 9km from Sevilla.
4. Publio Cornelio Escipion founded this city in 206
a.C. It was called vicus civium romanorum.
Later
on, Adriano enlarged the city by creating
a new one, which was called Colonia Aelia
Augusta.
11. The urban diagram is divided in rectangular
blocks. There were buildings in each of them. The
most important buildings are:
The Nepturn mosaic’s building
The house of the rodios’s yard
The birds’ house
The exedra’s building
13. The most important place in
this house is the yard. One of
the four galleries is higher
than the rest and the transit
betweet levels is fixed with
steps.
14. Currently this house has
been restored rising up
walls of 60 cm high very
usefull to delimitate the
spaces between
Them.
15. It isn’t known the final use of
this house, due to it has
characteristics of public and
private building.
16. In the past a wall
delimitated all this
town. It has two roles:
protection and
religious and symbolic.
17. It’s been said that this building
was a theatre dedicated to
Traianus raised up by his
nephew.
18. In this place bloody shows
between gladiators took
place. It has capacity for
25,000 people.
21. It was built in the late
twelfth century.
The Cathedral is the
final resting place of
the remains of
Christopher Columbus.
22. The Gold Tower is a
thirteenth century tower,
the top of which is
rumored to have once
been covered in gold. It
now houses the local
maritime museum.
Admission €1 for students.
23. La Giralda is a large and
beautiful minaret
tower, originally intended for
the chief mosque, but now is
the magnificent bell tower
of the Cathedral and a
symbol of Seville. Climb the
34 ramps for a great view of
the city.
