Seville · Spain

Torre del Oro

Tower of Gold

HistoricMuseum photo spotgoogle verified

~20 min

easy

7/10

contemplative

This 13th-century Almohad watchtower by the river supposedly had a dome covered in golden tiles, hence its name. 'Tower of Gold'. Today it hosts a small maritime museum spread over two floors and a rooftop viewing platform. The tower was also once used to store the booty siphoned off the colonial coffers by the returning conquistadors from Mexico and Peru.