Monuments of Seville (capital)
Tower of Gold
One of the last contributions of the art almohade in Seville, the Tower of Gold constituted the last bastion of the wall linen cloth that started from the Palace

Constructed in the first third of century XIII, it has a dozen of sides and, from its plinth of ashlar masonry, a strong chain lay down that crossed until the other border of the river, protecting the entrance of the port. The last circular body of the tower was added by Sebastián Vander Borcht in 1760.

Probably a golden tile cover gave the name him of the Tower of Gold. Also another version exists that relates it to the color of the hair of a beautiful lady, to whom the king Don Pedro locked up in the tower, taking advantage of that his husband was in the war.

At the present time a naval museum with engravings is in its interior, charts, old scale models, instruments to navigate and historical documents. In her an image of the naval history of Seville draws up, of the importance of the Guadalquivir and of the numerous track of marines I illustrate.

From the stop it can contemplate to a pretty Vista of the Guadalquivir River and the Bridge of Isabel II.

 
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