Location:

Plaza de España, 6

41309, La Rinconada (Seville)

Telephone number: (+34) 955 797 000

The façade of the La Rinconada Town Hall building mirrors the architectural style of the buildings constructed during the structural boom pushed forward by the Ibero-American Exhibition of 1929, held in Seville.

The renovations conducted in the capital would soon extend to the surrounding towns. Within the town’s structural boom, the increase in renovations and new construction that will house the main institutions of the Sevillian towns will be of great importance.

La Rinconada Town Hall stands out as one of the most remarkable examples of what we have explained. The building was erected during the peak of Ibero-American Exhibition influence, and the architectural features are typical of that period. The architects, once the regionalism architecture style was consolidated by the Ibero-American Exhibition, recovered those architectural structures and decorative elements that they thought represented the authentic Andalusian aesthetic. In this way, the Town Hall’s two-part façade adheres to the principles of the regionalism architecture style.

On the bottom part of the façade, the open atrium serves as the building’s hall. The space is created by two central columns with composite capitals. A dado was placed on the columns to achieve more amplitude in the opening. On the vertical supports, there are horizontally decorated pieces, nowadays painted, that give a curvilinear style to the three entrance openings. The insider part of the atrium was decorated with typical Sevillian tiling, improving substantially.

The upper part of the façade reinterprets the Renaissance features that influenced the Andalusian regionalism architecture style. The five arches decorating the main body of the façade support the “castañetas” columns and enhance their style with ornate moulding. The parapet is decorated with rectangular mouldings and ceramic vases. At its centre, there is an enhanced pediment where the traditional clock is located.

In conclusion, the building housing La Rinconada Town Hall should be considered a clear example of Andalusian regionalism architecture. This style was popularised by the architects Aníbal González or Aurelio Gómez Millán, who, in some ways, defined and established the historic structures of our current towns.