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{{Short description|Island in the Guadalquivir River in Seville, Spain}}
{{Redirect|La Cartuja|the stadium of the same name|Estadio de La Cartuja}}
[[File:Expo Séville 1992 en 2007.JPG|thumb|''Bioclimatic sphere'' of the [[Seville Expo '92|Expo '92]].]]

'''''Isla de la Cartuja''''' ({{IPA|es|ˈis.la ðe la kaɾˈtu.xa}}; {{lit|Island of the Carthusians}}) is an island in the [[Guadalquivir]] River at [[Seville]], Spain.

The island's name derives from the cloistered monastery (Cartuja) located on the site, the ''[[Monastery of Santa Maria de las Cuevas|Monasterio de Santa María de las Cuevas]]'', where [[Cristopher Columbus]] lived when planning the voyage to the west. 
The world's fair to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first Columbian expeditions, the [[Seville Expo '92|Expo '92]] was located here.  Before 1992, the island was completely isolated between two [[Guadalquivir]] river branches. After the rearrangement of the river channel system on the occasion of [[Seville Expo '92|Expo '92]], it was joined to mainland by a wide [[isthmus]] in the South with [[Triana (Seville)|Triana]] neighbourhood, becoming a [[peninsula]].

The former island is connected by notable bridges, such as the [[Santiago Calatrava|Calatrava]] designed [[Puente del Alamillo]] and the [[Puente de la Barqueta]]. Among other infrastructures and buildings located on the Isla de la Cartuja, the most important is [[Cartuja 93]] park, a research and development complex, employing 15,000 persons.<ref>[http://www.cartuja93.es Cartuja93.es]</ref> The [[Estadio de La Cartuja|La Cartuja Stadium]], University Schools of Engineering and Communications, the musealized Pavilion of Navigation,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://culturadesevilla.blogspot.com/2011/12/el-pabellon-de-la-navegacion-abre-sus.html|title=Cultura de Sevilla: El Pabellón de la Navegación abre sus puertas el 2 de enero|date=30 December 2011}}</ref> the ''Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo'' (Andalusian Contemporary Art Center)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/caac/|title = Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo}}</ref> and the ''Jardín Americano'' (American Garden, a public botanic garden)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elcorreoweb.es/sevilla/090375/reabre/jardin/americano/sevilla |title=América reabre su jardín en Sevilla - El Correo de Andalucía |accessdate=2011-12-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120729172121/http://www.elcorreoweb.es/sevilla/090375/reabre/jardin/americano/sevilla |archivedate=2012-07-29 }}</ref> are also located here. Additionally, La Cartuja houses several discothèques, and a number of concert halls and theaters, including the ''[[Rocío Jurado]]'' auditorium, and the Central Theatre,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/teatrocentral/ |title=Teatro Central |accessdate=2011-12-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224133441/http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/teatrocentral/ |archivedate=2011-12-24 }}</ref> as well as the amusement park [[Isla Mágica]].

Museums in the area include The Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo (CAAC) in the former [[Monastery of Santa Maria de las Cuevas]] also known as the Monastery of the Cartuja.

The neighbourhood and city district has been the focus of urbanization plans for at least a decade. New residential areas and commercial zones have been developed in the neighborhood, and major plans, such as the skyscraper [[Cajasol Tower]],<ref>[http://www.sevilla21.com/puertotriana.htm Sevilla21.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322151112/http://www.sevilla21.com/puertotriana.htm |date=2007-03-22 }}</ref> now known as the Sevilla Tower and completed in 2016.
{{wide image|Alamillo Barqueta.jpg|1000px|[[Puente de la Barqueta|Barqueta Bridge]] and [[Santiago Calatrava|Calatrava]]'s [[Puente del Alamillo|Alamillo Bridge]] in the background.}}

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{{Neighborhoods of Seville}}
{{1992 Seville Universal Exposition}}
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[[Category:Seville Expo '92]]
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[[Category:World's fair sites in Seville]]


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