Muralla-Acueducto

Muralla-Acueducto marks the surviving sections of the Caños de Carmona, a Roman waterway visible in Seville, Spain. Brick arches rise beside modern streets. Built in the first century before Christ, the aqueduct carried spring water from Alcalá de Guadaíra to ancient Hispalis. Much of its course ran underground through brick or rock-cut tunnels. Near the former Puerta de Carmona, a cistern distributed water to fountains, baths, gardens, and institutions.

The system remained active until the early twentieth century, after supplying Seville for more than two millennia. The Almohads rebuilt parts of it in the twelfth century. Later repairs and extensions followed changing urban needs, while flour mills also used its water power. Demolition began in 1912, after officials dismissed its artistic and archaeological value. Surviving stretches escaped complete removal, including sections on Calle Cigüeña and Calle Luis Montoto. One section emerged from a dismantled railway bridge in 1991, revealing a niche for the Virgin of las Madejas. Today, a ceramic reproduction from 1993 occupies that niche.