Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Towards understanding urban voids -- The bricolage of an urban space: Seville and the Alameda as colonial centres in the 16th century -- Clashing urbanisms: enlightened vs. religious ritualisation in the Alameda de H�ercules -- A void again: decay of the Alameda from the 19th century to Francoism -- Fetishisation and the recovery of the Alameda -- Conclusions.