Italica, the cradle of emperors.
In this town you can find the Roman city of Italica, the oldest Roman settlement in the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by General Publius Cornelius Scipio and cradle of the emperors Trajan and Hadrian, its most outstanding features include the sensational Amphitheatre and the Great Baths. In the centre of the nearby town is the magnificent Theatre.
Also in Santiponce, we find the Monastery of San Isidoro del Campo, a Historic-Artistic Monument in Mudejar style founded in 1301 by Guzmán el Bueno and his wife, María Alonso Coronel, and the burial place of St Isidore. It has sculptures by Martínez Montañés and beautiful mural paintings.