The Archive of the Indies , in Seville, hosts ¿Guadalquivir. Maps and stories of a river¿. The exhibition examines the collective imagination inspired by the river¿one and many all at once. A historic and mythological waterway. 657 kilometres of fables and facts, its waters have been the subject of continued study and focus¿ A source of life and constant threat at the same time. A river as beloved as it is feared, with an immense history of flooding¿
The exhibition features a manuscript from the mid-18th century and a map. Its author, Matías José de Figueroa. He is credited with one of the first channelling projects of the river¿ The backbone of Andalusia, the personal and collective memories flow from it...