The wooden structure of Las Setas (Metropol Parasol) in central Seville
Modern Sevilla

Modern Sevilla

From 1929 to today: parks, bridges, science and contemporary life

Sevilla isn't only centuries of history: it's also a living city that reinvented itself in the 20th and 21st centuries with two world expos, bold architecture and a vibrant cultural scene.

Plaza de España in Seville with its canal and galleries

1929 Ibero-American Exposition

Forever changed the city's south. Aníbal González designed Plaza de España, the María Luisa Park pavilions and opened the era of monumental azulejo.

Plaza de España in Seville with its canal and galleries

María Luisa Park

Seville's romantic garden, redesigned by Forestier for 1929 with shrines to poets, fountains, doves and palms.

The Guadalquivir river flowing through Seville

Expo 92 and La Cartuja

1992 connected Sevilla with the world: high-speed rail, new bridges over the Guadalquivir and La Cartuja turned into a tech, science and sports park.

The Guadalquivir river flowing through Seville

Cartuja Island

Former Carthusian monastery, Columbus's workshop, and since 1992 a tech, science and sports park. A piece of future glued to the old town.

The Guadalquivir river flowing through Seville

Bridges of '92

Calatrava's Alamillo, the Centenario, La Barqueta: 1992 Seville stitched the Guadalquivir with contemporary engineering.

Las Setas de Sevilla, the wooden viewpoint on Plaza de la Encarnación

Las Setas / Metropol Parasol

Opened in 2011 by Jürgen Mayer, it transformed Plaza de la Encarnación into an urban viewpoint and a symbol of contemporary Sevillan design.

Las Setas de Sevilla, the wooden viewpoint on Plaza de la Encarnación

Sevilla today

Universities, festivals (Flamenco Biennial, SEFF), cutting-edge gastronomy and a tourism that coexists with neighborhood life. Mediterranean, Atlantic and Andalusian at once.