In the 18th century, La Rinconada was once again “reestablish” with the arrival of the Bourbons and the modern administration and the obsolescence of the alfoz and Fueros systems. This time, it gained independence from Seville. Hence, the fleur-de-lis of the Bourbons adorns one of the fields of our municipal coat of arms. Our extensive territory was consolidated with its farmhouses, gravel pits, forests (some abundant in rockroses, nowadays known as “La Jarilla” rural area), hunting grounds, and meadows (nowadays known as the Dehesa Nueva, Dehesa de Chapatales, and Dehesa Boyal). However, there was a small danger: the risk of flooding. This danger occurred due to the low elevation of the land, its proximity to the Guadalquivir River, and the abundance of arroyos such as Almonazar, Las Pavas, and El Mocho.

Most notably, the Guadalquivir River passed through here (...) whenever the waters overflowed from the main modern riverbed at the Vados de las Estacas and Doña Luisa areas, the flow diverted along the Guadalquivir River and flooded the Caldera area and the town, “almost” entirely. However, the small hill where Romans, Visigoths, and Muslims first settled was the only place to avoid this catastrophe. This hill was also where King Don Fernando and Queen Doña Juana later established the military field hospital during the conquest of Seville.

Written by Manuel Alfonso Rincón.
(Historian from La Rinconada)