Castillo de San Jorge & Triana Market: Food, Inquisition, and Memory

Why is it significant?

Step through the arched entrance of the Mercado de Triana and inhale the lively medley of scents: cured acorn-fed Jamón Ibérico, crushed green Andalusian olives, fresh Atlantic prawns, and sweet orange pastries.

Key Facts

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Step through the arched entrance of the Mercado de Triana and inhale the lively medley of scents: cured acorn-fed Jamón Ibérico, crushed green Andalusian olives, fresh Atlantic prawns, and sweet orange pastries. But look beneath your feet: this lively culinary market sits directly on top of one of the darkest sites in Spanish history.

Beneath the fruit stalls and tapas bars lie the stone ruins of the Castillo de San Jorge. From fourteen eighty-one until seventeen eighty-five, this fortress served as the dreaded headquarters and prison of the Spanish Inquisition in Seville, where thousands accused of heresy, Judaism, or witchcraft were interrogated, tortured, and condemned.

You can take an elevator down into the subterranean museum beneath the market to walk through the excavated dungeon corridors, inquisitors' living quarters, and trial rooms preserved as a memorial to religious tolerance and human rights.

Exit out to the waterfront terrace along Calle Betis.