Castle of San Jorge
The Castle of San Jorge was a medieval fortress built on the west bank of the Guadalquivir river in the Spanish city of Seville. It was also used as headquarters and prison for the Spanish Inquisition.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: CarlosVdeHabsburgo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: cultural property in Sevilla, Spain
- Also known as: “Castillo de San Jorge” and “Museo Del Castillo De San Jorge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capilla de la Virgen del Carmen and Mercado de Triana.
Capilla de la Virgen del Carmen
Church
Photo: Anual, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capilla de la Virgen del Carmen is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Triana and El Arenal.
Triana
Suburb
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Triana is a neighbourhood and administrative district on the west bank of the Guadalquivir River in the city of Seville, Spain. Like other neighbourhoods that were historically separated from the main city, it was known as an arrabal.
El Arenal
Neighborhood
Photo: Ввласенко, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El Arenal is a neighbourhood in the historical centre of Seville, the Casco Antiguo. It lies on the east bank of the Guadalquivir river to the west of the old Jewish Quarter, Santa Cruz, and south of the neighbourhoods of Museo and Alfalfa.
Castle of San Jorge
- Categories: monument, castle, tourism, archaeological site, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Seville, Seville, Andalusia, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
37.38572° or 37° 23′ 9″ northLongitude
-6.00317° or 6° 0′ 11″ westElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
8C9M9XPW+7POpenStreetMap ID
node 844175401OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
11838879Wikidata ID
Q5757560
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Castle of San Jorge” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Castillo de San Jorge”
- French: “Castillo de San Jorge”
- French: “Château de l’Inquisition”
- French: “château de Saint-Georges”
- French: “Château de Saint-Georges”
- French: “Château de Triana”
- Galician: “Castillo de San Jorge”
- German: “Castillo de San Jorge”
- Russian: “Замок Сан-Хорхе”
- Spanish: “Castillo de la Inquisición”
- Spanish: “Castillo de San Jorge de Sevilla”
- Spanish: “Castillo de San Jorge o de la Inquisición”
- Spanish: “Castillo de San Jorge”
- Spanish: “Mercado de Triana”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Castle of San Jorge”. Photo: CarlosVdeHabsburgo, CC BY-SA 4.0.