Taking a walk through the streets of Alcalá is to discover singular elements it is worth the trouble to stop at. There are spots full of charm and singular houses that give personality to the urban framework.
Among these buildings we have to highlight the legacy from the 1920s. The modernization process lived by the municipality in that period let an interesting set of buildings of Regionalist style and whose authorship corresponds in many cases to architect Juan de Talavera. It is the case of the Pedro Gutiérrez and Cervantes Schools, the former police station of National Police, the former Slaughterhouse (today's House of Culture, or Casa de la Cultura) or the Oromana Hotel.
You have also to make a stop in front of the houses of the Cuesta del Águila, the Ybarra House, Villa San José or Villa Esperanza. At a privileged enclave, with beautiful views over Oromana, they are the historic witnesses of the wealthy families of Seville custom of taking summer holidays in Alcalá. And to feel the validity of History we will have to cross the Puente Romano (Roman Bridge) over the River Guadaíra and come into the town under the arch of the Jesús Nazareno Bridge, built for the railway to pass over.
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