Prado de San Sebastián, Public garden in Seville, Spain.
Prado de San Sebastián is a rectangular public space of 58,384 m² in Seville, made up of the Prado gardens and the surrounding avenues del Cid, Carlos V, Diego de Riaño and Portugal. The gardens, inaugurated in 1997, have three concentric zones: a central square paved with albero, ringed by paths and fountains, with rows of Tipuana tipu between the zones and a line of plane trees along the streets.
The Prado takes its name from a 13th-century hermitage of San Sebastián that stood here. It served as a mass burial ground during epidemics, including the 1649 plague that killed 60,000 Sevillians. The April Fair was held here from its founding in 1847 until it moved to Los Remedios after the 1972 edition. The gardens were inaugurated in 1997.
The name comes from the hermitage of San Sebastián, built in the 13th century on this spot. The Feria de Abril was born here in 1847 as a livestock fair and stayed until 1972, when it moved to Los Remedios. A cross in the gardens recalls the former San Sebastián cemetery, closed in 1889.
The gardens form a rectangle of 58,384 m² in the El Prado-Parque de María Luisa district, between the avenues del Cid, Carlos V and Portugal and Diego de Riaño street. The Prado de San Sebastián bus station sits on the grounds, with urban lines and the tram to Plaza Nueva and San Bernardo passing alongside; a bike lane and bicycle parking are available. The Fuente de las Cuatro Estaciones stands on Plaza Don Juan de Austria to the west.
The Fuente de las Cuatro Estaciones, installed in 1929 on Plaza Don Juan de Austria, stands where the iron Pasarela footbridge of the April fair once rose; locals still call it the fountain of the footbridge. Sculptor Manuel Delgado Brackembury gave it four female figures for the seasons and eight shells, four above and four below.
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