What distinguishes the streets above others is, to a large extent, their vibrant and busy activity or a good amount of business. In the street map of Seville also highlight those with curious names, for harboring treasures or for its technical peculiarities, from the typography of the same, its narrowness or in this case, its dimensions. If we were to ask ourselves which is the longest street in Seville, there would be two possible answers.
The two possible longest streets in Seville
Far from thinking of the great avenues of the city, such as Paseo de Colón, the Buhaira or the Avenida de la Constitución, the longest streets of the city are located in more unsuspected environments.
In the city center, for example, Calle San Vicente and Calle Jesús del Gran Poder are among the longest, at 800 and 825 meters respectively. The picturesque Feria street exceeds them with 880 meters.
However, despite being streets frequented by locals and tourists, they only come close to the longest street in Seville, located in Triana, on the other bank of the Guadalquivir. At 1,000 meters long, Pagés del Corro is considered, at least in purely technical terms, the longest historic street in Seville. This road crosses the Triana neighborhood and connects it with Los Remedios.
In fact, it was once divided into two sections: from Chapina to San Jacinto it was known as Cava Vieja or Cava Baja, while from San Jacinto to Plaza de Cuba it was known as Cava Nueva or Cava Alta.
The other longest street in Seville
What the popular literature says, however, is that the “longest street in Seville” was Matahacas, this small street that connects Puerta Osario with the Plaza de San Román. And there are two unknowns to be solved in this regard: why use the past perfect tense if Matahacas still exists and how is it possible that it was considered so if it barely exceeds 100 meters in length.
The answer is not provided by this amusing story. Before the map of this area in the vicinity of María Auxiliadora was configured as we know it today, Matahacas Street was located between Sol Street (which still survives) and Luna Street, now disappeared.
This connection between the two stars gave rise to the Sevillians joking about giving it this funny name. Today Luna Street no longer exists, although the Las Lunas building still stands, a reminder of the location of this old street.
And the street with the shortest name?
As we discover peculiarities of the map of Seville, we also wonder about the length of the name of its streets. In this case, the street with the shortest name has barely two letters and is pronounced with the lightness of a sigh. We tell you what it is and where it is in this other article of curiosities.