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Fábrica de Tabacos
C/ San Fernando
Sevilla
Andalucia
Spain
Type: Historical Interest
Addmission Fee: Free
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Sevilla
Andalucia
Spain
Type: Historical Interest
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Across from the Plaza de Toros Maestranza on the opposite side of Paseo de Cristobal Colón you’ll notice the statue of Carmen de La Cigarrera (Carmen the cigarette girl), whose fictional presence pervades the city and the writing on it. Carmen was the heroine of a story written by the French writer Prosper Merimée. It was later turned into an operatic phenomenon when it was reinterpreted by Georges Bizet and first staged in 1875. In this version, Carmen, a poor gypsy girl, works in Sevilla’s Fábrica de Tabacos, not in Arenal but near the Plaza de España, where she meets and captivates Don Jóse. When originally built in the 18th century, this neoclassical tobacco factory was Spain’s second-largest structure after the Monastery of El Escorial near Madrid. Now it houses part of Sevilla’s university. Carmen was murdered by Jóse on the site of the statue while a great bullfight was underway and the roar of the crowd drowned out the heroine’s pleas, or so the story goes.
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