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 ⓘ
coordinates 37.382°N 5.993°W ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
currentTenant University of Seville ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Ignacio Sala ⓘ
Sebastián van der Borcht ⓘ
hasBasement true ⓘ
hasCourtyard Patio de las Columnas ⓘ
Patio del Reloj ⓘ
hasFeature central courtyards ⓘ
chapel ⓘ
drawbridge ⓘ
moat ⓘ
prison cells ⓘ
heritageDesignation Bien de Interés Cultural ⓘ
heritageDesignationCountry Spain ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1959 ⓘ
inspiredWork opera "Carmen" by Georges Bizet ⓘ
locatedIn Andalusia ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Seville ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nearby Puerta de Jerez ⓘ
Royal Alcázar of Seville ⓘ
Seville Cathedral ⓘ
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 ⓘ
University of Seville → hasBuilding → Rectorado (former Royal Tobacco Factory of Seville) ⓘ
subject linked to: US
linked to: Royal Tobacco Factory of Seville