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Seville
SEVILLE, THE CAPITAL OF ANDALUSIA, WAS ONCE THE CAPITAL OF AL-ANDALUS. Known then as Isbiliyah, a part of its legacy has now become the city’s main icons: the Torre del Oro and the Giralda. But Seville offers much more: Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque treasures, palaces, a river full of history, vibrant streets, scent of jasmine, tapas, flamenco...
FUNDACIÓN MEZQUITA DE SEVILLA (Mosque of Seville Foundation)
Plaza Ponce de León, 9 +34 954 022 979.
Over the years, Seville’s Muslims have had different centers in the city. The Seville Mosque Foundation, established in 2005 with a space for prayer in the city center, promotes the construction of a central mosque and Islamic Cultural Center in Seville.
MEZQUITA AL-HIDAYA (Al-Hidaya Mosque)
Los Romeros, 26 info@mezquitalhidaya.com
In 2003, it became the first mosque to open permanently in Seville. It is not a coincidence that Mezquita Al-Hidaya chose the Macarena district, where many immigrants, including Muslims, live. Al-Hidaya is the greatest mosque in the city.