Plaza de Santa Marta, Seville
Next to a slender cypress tree located in the Plaza Virgen de los Reyes and next to the convent of La Encarnación, we find an alley that if we follow it we arrive at the most magical little square in the entire city. The Plaza de Santa Marta. It takes its name from the old hospital of Santa Marta, founded in 1385, which existed next to the convent. This charming square is adorned by a stone cross, the transept of San Lázaro, so named because it was originally located in the Hospital de San Lázaro. It was designed by Hernan Ruiz II (the same architect who made the bell tower of the Cathedral) and carved by Diego de Alcaraz in 1564. The cross has been around since the beginning of the 20th century when the Barrio de Santa Cruz was remodeled for the Ibero-American Exhibition of 1929. Around the cross we find four orange trees, which they say are the tallest in the city. The houses belonged to the cathedral chapter, as can be read on the commemorative plaques that remind us of the death of Vázquez de Leca, Canon of the Cathedral or the death of José Torres Padilla, spiritual director of Santa Ángela de la Cruz. In addition, the legend tells that it was in this square, where D. Juan Tenorio kidnapped Doña Inés. Between the years 1930 and 1980, the collectors of Stamps and Coins met every Sunday to market these collectibles, until they moved to the Plaza del Cabildo.
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