Plaza del Cabildo

Plaza del Cabildo is a semicircular public square beside Seville Cathedral, tucked behind the city’s busier streets. Three passageways connect it with Avenida de la Constitución, Calle Almirantazgo, and Calle Arfe. Whitewashed buildings rise up to three storeys above arcades lining the curved frontage. Marble columns support the frescoed arcades along the curved frontage.

Joaquín Barquín y Barón designed the square in the twentieth century on the site of Colegio de San Miguel. The former building was demolished in the middle of the twentieth century. José Palomar painted the frescoes beneath the surrounding buildings. A central fountain brings water, greenery, and flowers into the enclosed space. Shops around the square offer antiques and artisanal goods, adding browsing to the architectural setting.

A roughly fifty-metre stretch of Seville’s old city wall stands inside the square. Sunday mornings bring a market devoted to numismatics, philately, and other collectibles. Stalls display stamps, coins, banknotes, medals, minerals, military insignia, and historical objects. Outside those gatherings, the arcades create a quiet corner close to the cathedral. Traditional Sevillian tiles catch the sunlight across the bright white façades.