ABSTRACT

The residents of Seville seemed extravagant with their water supply, utilizing large amounts of it to cool their patios, but they could afford this luxury as their city had abundant reserves. Seville was supplied not only from her river, but water was piped into the town from the surrounding countryside. The largest amounts came from the Caños de Carmona. Pedro de Medina gives the following description of it: There flows into this city from the east a large supply of sweet water that travels underground for more than four leagues through deep conduits. At a little more than a league from Seville, the water appears above the ground and runs along toward the city. At a quarter of a league from her, it flows into an aqueduct and from diere enters the city near the Carmona Gate, and is distributed to the churches, monasteries, plazas, streets, and houses that contain fountains and water spouts.80