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Throughout its history, the University of Seville has acquired a valuable collection of monumental and artistic works. Providing a description of this tremendous heritage is almost to tell the narrative of the institution itself, with an added reflection on the concept of time: time that passes and time that remains in human consciousness . . . time that is both fleeting and is captured forever in a work of art.
The University of Seville has never declared an interest, except on rare occasions, in curating its own formalised art collection, yet today its combined artistic riches are quite astounding. Though diverse, these riches are clearly linked through the historical, social and cultural events that have shaped the institution’s five centuries of history. It is thanks to these events that the University of Seville has been able to acquire such a great number and variety of artistic buildings and pieces of the most diverse provenance.