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Did you know the Guadalquivir was deflected by the Visigoths?

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By Sevilla AndaluNet on 11/03/2020

The Guadalquivir river had two channels, and one of them ran through what is now the Alameda, Trajano, Plaza Nueva, to deviate in García de Vinuesa and end at the height of the current Torre del Oro, in the current channel. It turned out that in the year 583, the Visigothic Kingdom was in a Civil War between Leovigildo, of Aryan religion, and his son Hermenegildo, converted to christianity. Hermenegildo was in Seville, and his father Leovigildo came with his troops to besiege the city. Hermenegildo had asked the Byzantines for help to lift the siege, but the news reached the ears of Leovigildo who, to prevent the Byzantine fleet from reaching the city, and to ensure that Seville did not have access to the river water, used ashlars brought from Itálica to dry the course of the river, in a gigantic military maneuver.

The path of this old channel through the current city center explains, besides, that remains of ancient ships have been found in the heart of the city.

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