4321 x 6481 px | 36,6 x 54,9 cm | 14,4 x 21,6 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
5. November 2009
Ort:
Seville University, Andalusia, Spain
Weitere Informationen:
Antigua Fabrica de Tabacos. It may be part of the Universidad de Sevilla (Seville University) now, but the massive old tobacco factory used to be the cornerstone of the city's economy. This old tobacco factory was constructed between 1750 and 1766, and 100 years later it employed 10, 000 cigarreras, of which Carmen was one in the opera (she rolled cigars on her thighs.) In the 19th century, these tobacco women made up the largest female workforce in Spain. The neoclassical-styled building is impressive. It occupies the largest area of any building in Spain except El Escorial, the great palace-monastery near Madrid. At one stage the tobacco factory had stables for 400 mules, its own jail and even a nursery (most of the workers were women). The statue in the background is of Ruderico Fernandez de Santaella Carmonensi, a patron of the university.
