In recent years, we have moved towards a new goal: the comprehensive utilisation of our territory. New neighbourhoods have been built in both La Rinconada old town and the San José Area, alongside Industrial Estates, particularly El Cáñamo Industrial Estate. We are also focusing on our regions along the Carmona road, near the airport. For centuries, we have neglected these areas, only appearing in history when the municipal judge had to visit due to an accident. Today, we are establishing the Andalusian Aerospace Hub there. On the other side, we have developed gardens and spaces for leisure, such as Majuelo Park on the Guadalquivir riverside, which had also been long forgotten. It only became relevant when floods reminded us of its existence.

This transformation is so significant that present-day La Rinconada old town and San José area are unrecognisable compared to how they were in our grandparents’ time. Back then, La Rinconada had “la era” (the ancient by-pass road) near the Carretera Nueva road, and San José had “el palmar” (the ancient by-pass road). They bear no resemblance to the first shacks of the original San José area settlement or the early 20th-century streets of La Rinconada old town. Nor do they have anything to do with the initial vision of the wise King, who rested here to gather strength for the conquest of Seville. We have gone through so many foundations and reestablishments over the centuries!

Another challenge awaits us: the current foundation of the northern part of Seville. This grand city, already planned in the Pago del Medio area, will unite both zones—La Rinconada old town and San José area. Who knows? Perhaps we will extend it from the Guadalquivir River, where the Romans travelled to the ancient cities of Ilipa and Itálica via the Vados de las Estacas and Doña Luisa natural sites, to the La Jarilla rural area beyond Cerro Macareno ancient settlement, teeming with rockroses, where Kings Felipe IV, Felipe V, and Carlos II once hunted. It is a challenge and seems enormous, but if we started as a few shacks around a chapel and a few shacks around the railway and reached where we are now, who says we cannot achieve this new milestone?

And afterwards? Who knows! After such a rich past, a hard-fought history, and a delighted present, why not a promising future?

Come, visit, and explore our website. Get to know us, and perhaps consider living in or investing in here in one of our multiple possibilities. In any case, welcome to this website, and if you wish, to our churches, streets, local events, and industrial estates.

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