Memorial plaque at entrance to old Convent de San Diego

"In front of here was the place of execution ["Quemadero" De Tablada*] of the Inquisituion, from 1596 a 1771"

*Additional Note:
"QUEMADERO (QUEMADERO DE TABLADA):
Place of execution built by the first inquisitors at Seville in 1481; it was decorated with four large statues representing prophets. The architect, as a follower of Judaism, was one of the first to fall a victim to the Inquisition."
From the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia.

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