Triana

Saturday morning I went for a walk around the neighborhood of Triana. First a bit of Sevilla geography: The Guadalquivir River divides Sevilla in two; I live in Barrio Nervion and go to school in Barrio Santa Cruz on the eastern side of the river. Triana is on the western side, and since I had not seen the other side of the river I decided to check it out with my roommate Christy and our friend Kerry. Triana, one of the oldest parts of the city, is famous for its hand painted ceramics, toreros (bullfighters), and Rodrigo de Triana who first sighted land in the new world. As I was walking past a random intersection, I passed a statue of him hanging on to the crow’s nest of Columbus’s ship the Santa Maria with the word TIERRA (land) engraved on the base. Triana is also rather infamous for the Castillo de San Jorge—the castle in which the trials and tortures of the Spanish Inquisition were held. We wandered the neighborhood, looked in shops, and even stopped at the Mercado de Triana, a market that has been in operation since 1823. I love wandering the streets of Sevilla, drinking in the sights and sounds of the city. Here are some photos (I wish they did the city justice) of Triana so you can get a good idea of the things I see everyday in Spain.