Stand where kings have tread, in the company of the Macarena Gate, also known as the Arco de la Macarena. This is one of the few surviving fragments of Seville's original city walls, which underwent extensive remodeling between 1723 and 1795. In this transformation, its Islamic architectural elements were swapped for a classicist aesthetic. Conjoining with the Puerta de Cordoba, it resides on the northernmost point of the fortification, close to the ceramic altarpiece created by painter Manuel Rodríguez, which depicts the Virgin of Hope of Macarena and was inaugurated in 1923. Nestled in calle Resolana, it stands opposite the Basílica de La Macarena and near the Hospital de las Cinco Llagas, a part of Seville's historic centre.
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Written by Nicolo Ciampini
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