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Step Into History

Walk Seville in 1200

AI rebuilds Ishbiliyya (Seville) street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.

Step Into History · City walk

Almohad Ishbiliyya, 1200

This is Seville at the height of Almohad rule: the city's great mosque now wears its new minaret and the river is guarded by a new watch-tower. The walk follows quays, gates, market lanes, the Alcázar gardens and the everyday quarters where potters, shipmen and cloth merchants move through orange-scented air.

34 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 12 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Seville as it stood in 1200 (“Almohad Caliphate”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. River Approach to Ishbiliyya
  2. 2. Torre del Oro
  3. Torre del Oro Vaulted Room · interior
  4. 3. Ribera Quays
  5. 4. Puente de Barcas
  6. 5. Triana Potters' Quarter
  7. Potters' Workshop · interior
  8. Kiln Firing Chamber · interior
  9. 6. Puerta de Triana
  10. 7. Triana Fishmarket
  11. 8. Riverside by the Bridge
  12. 9. Puerta de la Macarena
  13. 10. City Walls and Bastions
  14. 11. Camino Real
  15. 12. Great Mosque Forecourt
  16. 13. Great Mosque and Minaret
  17. Main Prayer Hall · interior
  18. Sahn of Orange Trees · interior
  19. 14. Alcaicería Silk Market
  20. Covered Silk Lane · interior
  21. Silk Weaver's Workshop · interior
  22. 15. Jewish Quarter Lane
  23. 16. Alcázar Gardens
  24. Portico of the Orange Court · interior
  25. 17. Alcázar Outer Walls
  26. Private Chamber with Lattice · interior
  27. 18. Puerta de Carmona
  28. 19. River Gate Tower
  29. River Gate Guardroom · interior
  30. 20. Leatherworkers' Lane
  31. 21. Public Wells and Wash Grounds
  32. Hammam Steam Room · interior
  33. 22. Alcázar Terrace View
  34. Alcázar Audience Hall · interior