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Metropol Parasol (Las Setas) — Jürgen Mayer H.

The huge honeycomb canopy of the Metropol Parasol, Las Setas, spreads over the Plaza de la Encarnación in Seville on thick mushroom-shaped columns, with people walking underneath
Artwork FileSeville, Spain

Metropol Parasol (Las Setas)

SeenOct 2026

Jürgen Mayer H. · 2011 · Seville, Spain

Photo: Gzzz / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Metropol Parasol, known as Las Setas (the Mushrooms), is a timber canopy by Jürgen Mayer H. over Seville's Plaza de la Encarnación. Its six interconnected forms shelter a market and public space, with an archaeological museum below and a walkway above. Source Source Source Source Reported

Seen Oct 2026. Evidence date: 2026-10-20. Source Reported

💡 3 things to know

  1. Six mushrooms of timberZüblin, which built it, says the structure is six parasol-like, mushroom-shaped forms joined in places to make one sunshade. Source Reported
  2. Ruins underneathRoman and Moorish remains found on the site are shown in the Antiquarium museum on the underground level. Source Reported
  3. Called the SetasLocals soon gave Metropol Parasol the nickname Las Setas, the Mushrooms, according to Wikipedia. Source Reported

📍 Where it is

Plaza de la Encarnación, Seville · Seville, Spain Source Reported

Open in Maps

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 201127 Mar

    Official opening, Guardian review

  2. 201921 Oct

    Photo of the parasols · camera date

  3. 20245 Apr

    Photo with the Iglesia de la Anunciación · camera date

  4. 202416 Oct

    Photo of the timber parasols · camera date

  5. 202630 Sep

    Protest camp under the Metropol Parasol · 101TV

  6. 202620 Oct

    Protest camp at Las Setas · El Español

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark removal. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Architect
Jürgen Mayer H. (J.MAYER.H architects) Source Checked
Project years
2004–2011 Source Checked
Official opening
27 March 2011 Source Checked
Height — Guardian
30 m; differs from Wikipedia’s approximate 26 m. Neither figure is treated as settled here. Source Conflicting
Height — Wikipedia
Approximately 26 m; the Guardian gives 30 m. Source Conflicting
Timber — builder
Züblin gives 3,800 m³; Wikipedia gives 3,500 m³. The builder is the closer source, but the difference is unresolved. Source Conflicting
Steel
700 tonnes Source Checked
Size claim
Marketed as the world's largest wooden structure Source Reported
Timber — Wikipedia
3,500 m³; differs from the builder’s 3,800 m³. Source Conflicting
Form
Six connected timber parasols Source Checked
Also known as
Las Setas Source Checked

More photos

The timber parasols seen in October 2024
2024-10-16 · The timber parasols seen in October 2024 · Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

In the press

The Guardian · 2011-03-27
“The winner was Jürgen Mayer H” Source Reported

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All sources & image credits

Photo: Gzzz / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last checked: 26 October 2026 · How we verify art