Los Remedios is a district of Seville , the regional capital of Andalusia , Spain . It is located on the Isla de La Cartuja , south of the district of Triana , between two forks of the Guadalquivir river. It is linked by bridge to the city centre ( Casco Antiguo ) and the districts of Distrito Sur and Bellavista-La Palmera . From the western side of the island, it is linked by road bridge to the city of San Juan de Aznalfarache and shares a boundary in the Guadalquivir with the city of Gelves . The southern tip of La Cartuja is opposite the municipality of Dos Hermanas .
6-525: Los Remedios takes its name from a Carmelite convent of the same name found in the district. Before urban development in the latter half of the 20th century, the convent was one of the few structures in what is now Los Remedios. The Port of Seville has been located in this district since silting forced it to leave the El Arenal neighbourhood in the city centre. In 1945 the Avenida de la Republica Argentina
12-622: Is being developed, however, in Charco de la Pava in La Cartuja . The Seville Metro currently has 2 stations along the periphery of Los Remedios. Line 1 serves the Parque del Principe and Plaza de Cuba stations, also Line 4 will serve the Virgen de Oliva station. Line 1 runs in a SW-SE arc from one suburb to another, running through central Seville. Line 4 will be the sole circular line and
18-521: Is expected to open in 2017. 37°22′28.92″N 5°59′51.21″W / 37.3747000°N 5.9975583°W / 37.3747000; -5.9975583 El Arenal, Seville El Arenal is a neighbourhood in the historical centre of Seville , the Casco Antiguo . It lies on the east bank of the Guadalquivir river to the west of the old Jewish Quarter, Santa Cruz , and south of
24-539: The city's first planned neighbourhood. It is overwhelmingly residential in character, and when it was built it attracted many upper-middle class residents. Today the main commercial thoroughfares are the Avenida de la Republica Argentina and Calle Asuncion. The Recinto Ferial , where Seville's Feria de Abril is held, is located in Los Remedios, outside its street grid near its southwestern end. A new fairground
30-419: The neighbourhoods of Museo and Alfalfa . Its name comes from the sandy nature that this east bank of the river once used to have. El Arenal has a history characterised by its former position as the port of Seville, until river silting forced the city to relocate the port to the southern edge of the city in the 17th century. In the 16th century, the district called El Compás de Arenal, El Compás, or El Arenal
36-482: Was built and was to become, in the next two decades, the district's main artery into the centre of Seville. The avenue runs like a dividing line between Triana and Los Remedios, ending at Plaza de Cuba , where the Puente San Telmo carries traffic over to Puerta de Jerez on the other side of the Guadalquivir . In the 1960s a large-scale urbanization took place, and the new residential construction led to
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