Before the Almohads, before the Visigoths, Seville was Roman for six centuries under the name Hispalis. Of that city remain temple columns mid-street, mosaics beneath the Setas and an aqueduct that ran for two thousand years. The route crosses the Roman city and ends at Itálica, cradle of emperors Trajan and Hadrian, whose amphitheatre was the Empire's third largest.
The route
Apartamento Esencia Sevilla
Route starting point. Leave the apartment towards the first stop.
Columnas de la Calle Mármoles
Three giant columns from a 2nd-century Roman temple, reused as an urban landmark.
Tip: They belonged to the largest temple of Roman Hispalis. Notice the Corinthian capitals still in place.
Antiquarium (bajo las Setas)
Ruins of Roman houses and fish-salting factories discovered beneath Encarnación square.
Tip: The sea-themed mosaics reveal that garum, the fish sauce Rome exported across the Empire, was produced here.
Caños de Carmona
Sections of the Roman aqueduct that brought water to the city for 2,000 years.
Tip: Here ended the 1521 Via Crucis that began at the Casa de Pilatos, at the vanished Cruz del Campo.
Itálica
The first Roman city in Hispania (206 BC), home of Trajan and Hadrian. Its amphitheatre, the Empire's third largest.
Tip: The amphitheatre held 25,000 people and was a Game of Thrones location (the Dragonpit). Bus M-170 from Plaza de Armas every 30 min. Free entry for EU citizens.
Best time: First thing or at sunset (no shade)
