Next door to Hotel Alfonso XIII stands what was once Spain’s second largest building, surrounded by a fence and moat; the building was originally the cigarette factory and workers were carefully checked to make sure they didn’t nick any fags. Visitors flocked to the cigarette factory in the late 19th century to see the girls at work, for it had been made famous by Carmen and other tales of the beauty of Sevilla’s womenfolk. Despite poor conditions, the workers must have had no complaints about the building itself, with numerous elegant hallways and courtyards that suit it perfectly in its new function as a university building. It’s a lively place and worth a visit to wander around its corridors.
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