This article is about the city in Spain. For the cultivar group of Brassica oleracea, see Broccoli. For the oceanographic and freight ship, see Italica (ship)
The city of Italica (Spanish: Itálica; north of modern day Santiponce, 9 km NW of Seville, Spain) was founded in 206 BC by the Roman general Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus in order to settle Roman soldiers wounded in the Battle of Ilipa, where the Carthaginian army was defeated during the Second Punic War. The name Italica bound the colonia to their Italian origins.
There you have it. As you just read, Itálica is right by Sevilla, so it wasn't a very long trip out, and we only spent half the day there. Essentially, it's a town full of ruins from das Romans, and with a town of that size, there's only so much to see. And now you can see Itálica along with us (except several months in the future, I guess)!
First, we went into a monastery in which the staff didn't let us take pictures inside, so here's a picture of the outside (that'll show them)! It was somewhat interesting (I did learn the history of San Roque, for all you Santa Barbarians), but not incredibly fascinating. Even José María said that a lot of the monastery wasn't very well preserved, and he's a historian, so I believe him.
See how credible he looks?! He was most likely explaining the architecture of the door at this moment. And the back of Aaron's head is ridiculous.
Here are some ruins of the Roman amphitheater.
More ruins + radies (arriteration).
Here's a wide shot of the amphitheater. Apparently, they used to have naval battles here!
Cypresses.
1 of 2 artsy film shots (a.k.a. desaturation, cross-processing, and grain).
Friends!
More friends, accompanied by some trees and flowers. Kane and I had melocotón y uva juice boxes. So good.
And now I present to you one of Kane and Mark's proudest moments on SIS: taking a picture with José María, our Don Quijote and Tres Culturas professor.
More friends, trees, and ruins (I feel like we're playing "which of these is not like the others"........."ummmm...RUINS! It's ruins!").
2 of 2 artsy film shots (shot with expired film, a.k.a. cross-processing, grain, and brushes in LR :).
Rafa, Nate, and Jon, this one's for you. This is what you have to do when there are no mountains to climb for miles and miles. This is at the east end of the Puente de Triana, the bridge in Sevilla that was designed by Eiffel. When we got back into Sevilla, we stopped by the river bank to enjoy the sun for a bit, and this guy was doing his thang nearby.
Well, thus ends my very brief briefing (hah) on Itálica. Hope it was somewhat enjoyable and ever so slightly informative. Tsa luego!
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