City walk · Casco Antiguo, Sevilla · Spain
Susona, la Susona
The ghost of a girl of the old judería; dry, quick, a little bitter, deeply fond of these lanes.
Read what Susona says
They call me la Susona, and they still point at a house in these lanes when they say it. I have been walking this barrio for centuries, and in all that time only one witness has stayed awake the whole way through — one thing that saw the synagogues become churches, the plague carts, the painters, the tourists. I've broken its name into seven pieces and hidden one at each place I still visit. Collect the seven letters and you'll name my witness. Nothing here can be looked up; it has to be looked at, so start walking.
Casco Antiguo · 7 stops · 1.3 km
about 19 min walking, 28 min listening at the stops — going inside is extra · Tap a stop on the map for a preview.
47 min · 1.3 km · 7 stops · medium
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The walk
Santa Cruz is the former Jewish quarter of Seville: lanes too narrow for two donkeys, patios glimpsed through iron gates, orange trees, whitewash and ceramic tiles. This walk is led by Susona, a girl of the old judería whose story the barrio still tells, and who wants you to name the one thing that has watched every century of it. You'll read inscriptions, count statues, find a door number and photograph a patio. It ends in Plaza del Triunfo, with the tower in full view.
Start here
Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, Casco Antiguo
Stand in Plaza Virgen de los Reyes, the square between the Giralda and the Archbishop's Palace, on the palace side near the bronze statue of a pope.
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