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REAL ALCAZAR Seville

The Real Alcazar of Seville is one of the main destinations of the city of Seville and your visit has become essential for visitors to the city.

The passage of different cultures through the city over the centuries has made this set the ideal example to know the history of the city, from its Roman origins, through the Muslim period and its subsequent Christian conquest to the present day.

The high demand for visits that the monument has makes it essential to organize your visit in advance to avoid queues and waiting, sometimes too long. We recommend that you plan your visit to the Alcazar of Seville taking into account that the average visit time is one hour and a half to two hours. You must take into account according to the time of the year, the start time of your visit, the more than possible heat that accompanies us in the months of high tourist demand, the queues that are formed to acquire the tickets, the possible visit modifications that they can be produced as it is a building in use as a royal residence and not a museum ...

Due to the complexity and idiosyncrasy of the monument, we provide you through this website, the reservation of your guided tour of the whole, so you should not worry about anything, since when you arrive at the meeting point, you will be waiting with your tickets already in hand, to start the visit with your official guide and enjoy the Alcazar without worrying about anything.

Real Alcazar World Heritage

Real Alcazar of Seville

On December 11, 1987 it was declared World Heritage. The palatine fortress, built by Muslims to control the Guadalquivir, was a royal residence since the twelfth century. With Pedro I, the palace located inside the Mudejar-style Alcazar is built and although the decoration of the rooms, fountains or pavilions was modified over the centuries, the original layout of the Alcazar did not undergo substantial changes. Currently, it is the European Royal Palace in use of greater antiquity.

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The current Alcazar Real is the witness of the different historical periods of the city of Seville and of the different cultures that have acted in the area. The current site was originally occupied by the Roman world as vestiges of a Roman building from the 1st century BC have been found with walls up to 3 meters high that could be part of port warehouses given its proximity to the Port. Later it was modified at the end of the 1st century BC, until its destruction and replacement by a new building started in the 4th century AD that could have been an old paleocristine basilica, that of San Vicente. After the fall of the Roman world, the Visigoths occupied the Iberian Peninsula and in the Alcazar itself archaeological remains were found in the so-called English Garden. For 4 centuries, the place must have been abandoned by the floodwaters of the river from the 6th to the 10th century.

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REAL PALACE

The oldest Royal Palace in use

The oldest royal palace in the world still in use, based its origins on the ancient Roman and Visigoth settlements of the city although its foundation as its own building, first as the seat of the governor and then as a royal residence must be fixed in the Muslim period, specifically in the period of Abderraman III, towards the year 913. The different periods of the Spanish-Muslim era, left their mark on the residential complex, whether in the form of courtyards, towers or canvases of walls ... of the caliph periods, taifa or pillows.

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With the Christian conquest Alfonso X, he established his court and Peter I his Mudejar palace. Not only they, but Isabel la Católica herself built the House of Hiring of the Indies and continued use by the monarchy, made her grandson Emperor Carlos V or his son, Felipe II made modifications to the monumental complex. The gardens that were growing and enriching in the direction of the Guadalquivir river, make this World Heritage Site, a place where the symbiosis of the Muslim use of water is achieved, with Renaissance elegance and baroque decoration...

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REAL ALCAZAR Seville

The Real Alcazar of Seville is one of the main destinations of the city of Seville and your visit has become essential for visitors to the city.

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