Royal Tobacco Factory of Seville

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The Royal Tobacco Factory of Seville is a monumental 18th-century industrial complex in Seville, Spain, renowned as one of Europe’s earliest and largest tobacco factories and later repurposed to house the University of Seville.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site
former tobacco factory
industrial complex
university building
architecturalStyle Baroque
Neoclassical
area about 18,000 square metres
constructionEnd 1770
constructionStart 1728
continent Europe
conversionDate 1950s
convertedTo University of Seville main building NERFINISHED
coordinates 37.382°N 5.993°W
country Spain
currentTenant University of Seville NERFINISHED
currentUse administrative offices
lecture halls
library
university faculties
university rectorate
enclosedArea about 30,000 square metres
fictionalAssociation workplace of the character Carmen
floorCount 2
hasArchitect Diego Bordick de Hovyn NERFINISHED
Ignacio Sala NERFINISHED
Sebastián van der Borcht NERFINISHED
hasBasement true
hasCourtyard Patio de las Columnas NERFINISHED
Patio del Reloj NERFINISHED
hasFeature central courtyards
chapel
drawbridge
moat
prison cells
heritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural
heritageDesignationCountry Spain
heritageDesignationDate 1959
inspiredWork opera "Carmen" by Georges Bizet NERFINISHED
locatedIn Andalusia
Iberian Peninsula
Seville NERFINISHED
material stone
nearby Puerta de Jerez NERFINISHED
Royal Alcázar of Seville NERFINISHED
Seville Cathedral NERFINISHED
operator Spanish tobacco monopoly
originalFunction tobacco manufacturing
tobacco storage
roofType sloping tiled roof
significance one of the earliest large-scale tobacco factories in Europe
one of the largest industrial buildings of the 18th century in Europe

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University of Seville mainBuildingFormerUse Royal Tobacco Factory of Seville