Habsburg and Bourbon Spain
Sevilla
Today: Spain
- Years
- 1492–1833
- Role
- Port of the Indies trade until 1717
The port on the Guadalquivir became the main link with America when the Reyes Católicos founded the Casa de Contratación de Indias there in 1503, and the population rose from 85,500 in 1565 to 129,400 in 1588. The plague of 1649 killed some 60,000 people, and in 1717 the Casa de Contratación was moved to Cádiz. Still standing from the period are the city hall (1526 to 1573), the Lonja de Mercaderes, now the Archive of the Indies, and the Royal Tobacco Factory, begun in 1728.
What to see today
- Archivo General de Indias (Lonja de Mercaderes): Public building, 1583 to 1646
- Palacio de San Telmo (Colegio de San Telmo): Palace, 1682 to 1796
- Palacio de las Dueñas: Palace, c. 1496 to 1572
- Real Fábrica de Tabacos: Public building, 1728 to 1770
- Ayuntamiento de Sevilla (Casa consistorial): Public building, 1526 to 1573
- Hospital de la Santa Caridad: Hospital, 1663 to 1721
- Palacio de Lebrija (Palacio de la condesa de Lebrija): Palace, 16th century
- Palacio arzobispal: Palace, 1505 to 1784
- Hospital de los Venerables (Hospital de los Venerables Sacerdotes): Hospital, 1676 to 1699
- Parlamento de Andalucía (Hospital de las Cinco Llagas): Hospital, 1546 to 1564
- Jardines de las Delicias: Garden, 1825 to 1830
- Casa de Pilatos: Palace, c. 1483 to 1617
- Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla (Convento de la Merced Calzada): Monastery, 1603 to 1729
- Iglesia del Divino Salvador (Iglesia colegial del Divino Salvador): Church, 1679 to 1719
- Iglesia de San Luis de los Franceses (Iglesia del noviciado de San Luis de los Franceses): Church, 1699 to 1731
- Iglesia de Santa María Magdalena (Iglesia del convento de San Pablo el Real): Church, 1694 to 1709
- Iglesia de Santa María la Blanca: Church, 1642 to 1665
- Capilla de San José: Church, 1699 to 1766
- Iglesia de San Jacinto (Iglesia del convento de San Jacinto): Church, 1730 to 1774
- Catedral de Santa María de la Sede (Catedral de Sevilla): Cathedral, 1528 to 1593
- Real Alcázar de Sevilla: Palace, 1540 to 1645
- Torre del Oro: Tower, 1760
- Arco de la Macarena (Puerta de la Macarena): Gate, 1723 to 1795
- La Giralda (cuerpo de campanas y Giraldillo) (Campanario de la Giralda): Tower, 1558 to 1568
- Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza de Sevilla (Plaza de toros de la Real Maestranza): Bullring, 1754 to 1876