Museo de la Ciudad

Sevilla Province


Carmona's history, from its origins as a Copper-Age settlement to the modern era, is charted at the city museum, housed in the aristocratic Palacio del Marqués de las Torres. The sections on the Tartessians and their Roman successors are highlights: the former includes a unique collection of large earthenware vessels with Middle Eastern decorative motifs, the latter several excellent mosaics.


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This splendid church was built mainly in the 15th and 16th centuries on the site of Carmona's former mosque. The Patio de los Naranjos, through which you…

2. Convento de Santa Clara

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With its Gothic ribbed vaulting, carved Mudéjar-style ceiling and dazzling altarpiece – a shining example of Sevillan baroque – the Santa Clara convent…

3. Ayuntamiento

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Carmona's 17th-century town hall, originally a Jesuit convent, contains an impressive Roman mosaic depicting the head of the gorgon Medusa surrounded by…

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This balcony on the northern flank of the old town commands views of the surrounding plains and the Cueva de la Batida, a series of caves set in a dun…

5. Iglesia de Santiago

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At the northeastern end of the old town, the Iglesia de Santiago is one of Carmona's oldest churches. Built in the 14th century, it has been much modified…

6. Iglesia de San Felipe

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This 14th-century church, said to stand atop a former mosque, boasts a soaring Mudéjar tower and a grand Gothic portal in its plain white facade. It's…

7. Alcázar de Arriba

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The stark, ruined fortress on the southeastern edge of Carmona was an Almohad fort that Pedro I turned into a country palace in the 13th century. It was…

8. Viewpoint

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Search out this viewing balcony on the eastern edge of the historic centre to admire fantastic views across the hazy brown vega (valley) below.