page_title: Casa consistorial de Sevilla
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Casa consistorial de Sevilla / History
caption_attribution_description: Español: Fachada a plaza de San Francisco del edificio del Ayuntamiento de Sevilla.
context_page_description: The Casa consistorial de Sevilla is a Plateresque-style building in Plaza Nueva in Seville, currently home of the city's government.
  The building has a large façade divided into five modules, decorated by Plateresque reliefs; these include grotesque motifs inspired by Italian Florentine architecture, heraldry symbols, allegories of Justice and Good Government and depictions of mythological or historical characters such as Hercules, Julius Caesar and Charles V.
context_section_description: In 1526, following the wedding in Seville of the emperor Carlos V, Holy Roman Emperor, with his cousin Isabella of Portugal, the need was felt to build a building for the city hall that would represent the power and importance of the city at the time. Until then the Council or Cabildo of Seville, like almost all of the civil and ecclesiastical ministries of the city, had its seat in houses of the Corral de los Olmos, today occupied by the Plaza de la Virgen de los Reyes, behind the cathedral. The new building was located on the Plaza de San Francisco, a central commercial square, in front of the Convent of San Francisco and the Real Audiencia de los Grados.
  Construction of the building began under architect Diego de Riaño, who directed the works between 1527 and his death in 1534. He was commissioned to construct a durable stone building, with a façade facing the Plaza Mayor in front of the convent of San Francisco. He executed what is now the southern section of the City Hall, including the arch that had communicated with the Franciscan monastery and two wings covered with Plateresque reliefs with representations of historical and mythical characters, heraldic symbols and emblems alluding to the founders of the city.
  In the 19th century, after the demolition of the convent of San Francisco, an important expansion, executed by Demetrio de los Ríos and Balbino Marrón, created a new, Neoclassical façade oriented to the Plaza Nueva. On the opposite side, facing the Plaza de San Francisco, the north wing of the old building became the south wing of symmetrical tripartite façade as the building was expanded to the north. Plateresque carving was extended partway across the new façade in an attempt to match the style of the old building, but it was never completed. Given its status as a Bien de Interés Cultural, it is unlikely to ever be finished due to the restrictions placed on the remodelling of such buildings. The architects also reorganized the interior around two courtyards and a grand staircase.
caption: Plateresque façade of the city hall in Seville, on the Plaza de San Francisco. The reliefs in the upper and right sections were never completed.
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