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The former Royal Tobacco Factory<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s the second biggest building in Spain, after the monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial. The Royal Tobacco Factory is now the location of the University of Seville. Younger than its brother, it was built in the 18th<\/sup> century, in a time when the economy was changing from a commercial market to an industrial one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Construction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Royal Tobacco Factory was designed by the Dutch architect Van Der Boch, who gave it its great majesty and beauty. When the State took on the monopoly of tobacco there was a necessity for a state-run factory to process and market it. Although it was already 1730, once Sevilla lost control of the American trade, it was this chosen city to raise it because of its close relationship with the continent. This is why the building was inspired by the legendary past of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The architect based it on the former Auction House -Archive of the Americas-, which you can sense from its symmetry and its pervasive arches, adding to the entrance the busts of Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortes, along with the reliefs of the boats that crossed the ocean and the images of indigenous people smoking the tobacco plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n