With a surface area of ​​50,000 square metres, it is one of the largest and most monumental squares in the country.

The mayor of Seville, José Luis Sanz, who already announced in February his intention to charge an entrance fee of three euros to tourists, has stated that he has already “decided to fence off” the area of ​​the square belonging to the City Hall, that is, the open-air space between the entrance balustrade and the benches of the provinces.

His idea is that tourists pay a ticket of “three or four euros” for the visit with the aim of paying for the “24-hour surveillance” in the area and the permanent conservation work.

In an interview on Cadena Cope, Sanz explained that only tourists would be charged for entry, not those people who prove that they are registered in the city or were born in the province as a whole. The City Council, which owns the space between the benches and the balustrade, initially wanted to restrict access to the building as well.