Wednesday, 27 September
Visit to Old University building 1
To look up – and up – at the Real Fábrica de Tabacos is to get a sense of the scale of Seville’s tobacco industry in the 18th century. This is one of the largest buildings in Spain (only El Escorial tops it in terms of surface area). It’s used as a university building now, but you can still walk around it. The reason most people visit is to get a vision of Bizet’s doomed heroine, Carmen. This building is where she worked and these doors are where she lounged, fresh from rolling cigars on her thighs, to ensnare her lovers. Carmen’s wraith may be compelling, but the wraiths of the real cigar workers – nearly all of them women – also clamor for attention, as do the colonially themed bas-reliefs on the outside of the building. Calle San Fernando, 4. 41004 Sevilla
Welcome reception: La Raza 2
Nowadays, the situation of Restaurante La Raza is unbeatable: in the park of Maria Luisa, opposite the Casino Exhibition and Teatro Lope de Vega, surrounded by extensive vegetation and several outdoor terraces, privileged place in the city that has become a benchmark for restoration Seville. Avda. Isabel la Católica 2. 41013 Sevilla
Thursday, 28 September
Visit to Alcázar of Seville 3
The Alcázar of Seville is one of the most representative monumental compounds in the city, the country and the Mediterranean culture as a whole. The historical evolution of the city in the last millennium is held within its walls and gardens, amalgamating influences starting from the Arabic period, late Middle Ages Mudéjar right through to the Renaissance, Baroque and the XIX century. The declaration of World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1987 acknowledged the survival of cultures and civilizations as a harmonic whole where all of the elements are balanced. The visitor will get to know these unique surroundings either through the legendary al-Mutamid, the XI century monarch and poet from Seville, or through some of the characters that illuminated modern-day Spain around 1812. You are about to enter one of the most visited complexes in the world, a space in which you will recognize yourself as part of Humanity as a whole, and where cultural and educational activities of which you may partake are organized by the Royal Alcázar Board of Patronage and the Town Hall. These include lectures, Spring Theatre or the Alcázar Gardens Evenings. Welcome: please feel at home, you are in one of the oldest European Royal Palaces that are still in use. Patio de Banderas, s/n. 41004 Sevilla.
Conference dinner: Muelle 21 4
Muelle 21 is a very high multidisciplinary space made with the aim to organize any types of events, from institutionals, corporatives to individuals. This place can receive huge events until 1000 people for coktails or other smaller events depending on the needs of the client. Avda. Santiago Montoto s/n, Edificio Acuario de Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla