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Urban legends: Sierpes. I want to tell about a legend in Seville. It's not a important legend because the people in Seville don't usually talk about it. In the fifteenth century started to disappear children in the streets of Seville. The people told different stories about who was the guilty. Some people thought they were Jews and others spoken about bandits sent from the kingdom of Granada. A day, went to Alónso de Cárdenas house (commander of León) a foreign called Melchor de Quintana. This man was imprisoned because he tried threatening the king. In the prison, he decided to dig a tunnel for get away. He told to Cárdenas that he could see to the children's assassin in the tunnel but only would tell who was the assassin if he would be granted clemency. In the end Melchor was pardoned and he showed to the authority where was the assassin. The guilty proved to be a big snake under Espaderos street. The snake was killed by Melchor and around her body was many children's bones. The snake body was showed to everybody on the Espaderos street and the name of this street was changed for 'Sierpes' (in English is like 'snake street'). Anybody know if this history is true but this street is still called 'Sierpes'.

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The next time I am in Sevilla I need to visit this street and take a photo of how it looks today :)

 

 

Urban legends: Sierpes.

I want to tell about a legend in Seville. It's not an important legend because the people in Seville don't usually talk about it.

In the fifteenth century started to disappear children started to disappear in the streets of Seville. The People [we say "people ..." or "The citizens ..."] told different stories about who was the guilty. Some people thought they were Jews and others spoken about bandits sent from the kingdom of Granada.

A One day, a foreigner called named Melchor de Quintana went to Alónso de Cárdenas' house (commander of León) a foreign called Melchor de Quintana., and This man was imprisoned because he tried threatening the king. In the prison, he decided to dig a tunnel for get away. He told said to Cárdenas that he could see to the children's assassin in the tunnel but only would only tell who was the assassin was if he would be granted clemency.
In the end, Melchor was pardoned and he showed to the authorities where was the assassin was. The guilty proved to be a big snake living under Espaderos street. The snake was killed by Melchor and around her body was were the bones of many children's bones.

The snake's body was shown to everybody on the Espaderos street and the name of this street was changed for to 'Sierpes' (in English is like you'd say 'Snake Street').

Any Nobody knows if this history [history is the past, a story is imagination] is true but this street is still called 'Sierpes'.

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Urban legends: Sierpes.

I want to tell you about a legend in Seville. It's not an important legend because the people in Seville don't usually talk about it.

In the fifteenth century, children started to disappear in the streets of Seville. The people told different stories about who was the guilty. Some people thought they were Jews and others spoken about bandits sent from the kingdom of Granada.

A One day, a foreigner (¿extranjero o forastero - stranger?) called Melchor de Quintana went to Alónso de Cárdenas' house (Commander of León). This man was imprisoned because he tried to threatening the king. In the prison, he decided to dig a tunnel for to get away (or escape). He told to Cárdenas that he could see to the children's assassin (killer or murderer might be better - assassin is normally a paid killer or kills someone important like a politician) in the tunnel but would only tell reveal who the assassin was if he would be granted clemency.
In the end, Melchor was pardoned and he showed to the authorities where the assassin was. The guilty party (¡no significa fiesta!) proved to be a big snake under Espaderos Street. The snake was killed by Melchor and around her its body were many children's bones.

The snake's body was shown to everybody in the Espaderos Street and the name of this street was changed for to 'Sierpes' (in English it is like 'Snake Street').

Nobody knows if this history is true but this street is still called 'Sierpes'.

 

Hi Julia,

A good effort.

Note that normally the structure of a sentence is subject, (who does the action), verb, object.

History is about recorded events and facts in the past. Story - un cuento.

Be careful with "to". In Spanish, after many verbs is the word "a" which would translate as "to", but it is rarely used. Some exceptions: talk to, give to, listen to.

Saludos:

Simón.

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Julia,

 

Good work and I found to story interesting!

 

Urban legends: Sierpes.

I want to tell about a legend in Seville. It's not an important legend because the people in Seville don't usually talk about it.

In the fifteenth century, started to disappear children started to disappear in from the streets of Seville. The people told different stories about who was the guilty. Some people thought that they were Jews and others spoken about bandits sent from the kingdom of Granada.

A One day, a foreigner called Melchor de Quintant went to Alónso de Cárdenas house (commander of León) a foreign called Melchor de Quintana. This man was imprisoned because he tried threatening threatened the king. In the prison, he decided to dig a tunnel for to get away (or to escape). He told to Cárdenas that he could see to saw the children's assassin in the tunnel but he only would tell would only tell who the assassin was the assassin if he would be was granted clemency.
In the end Melchor was pardoned and he showed to the authority authorities where was the assassin was. The guilty proved to be a big snake under Espaderos street. The snake was killed by Melchor and around her body was many children's bones.

The snake body was showed to everybody on the Espaderos street and the name of this street was changed for 'Sierpes' (in English is like 'snake street').

Anybody Nobody knows if this history is true but this street is still called 'Sierpes'.

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Urban legends: Sierpes.

 

I want to tell you about a legend in Seville. It's not an important legend because the people in Seville don't usually often talk about it.

In the fifteenth century started to disappear children in the streets of Seville. The people told different stories about who was the guilty. Some people thought they were it was Jews and others spoke n about bandits sent from the kingdom of Granada.

A One day, a foreigner called Melchor de Quintana went to Alónso de Cárdenas house (commander of León) a foreign called Melchor de Quintana. This man was imprisoned because he tried threatening to threaten the king. In the prison, he decided to dig a tunnel for to get away. He told to Cárdenas that he could see to the children's assassin in from the tunnel but only would he would only tell who was the assassin was if he would be granted clemency.


In the end Melchor was pardoned and he showed to the authorities where was the assassin was. The guilty party proved to be a big snake under Espaderos street. The snake was killed by Melchor and around her body was were many children's bones.

The snake's body was showed shown to everybody on the Espaderos street and the name of this street was changed for to 'Sierpes' (in English it would be called 'snake street').

Anybody Nobody knows if this history story is true but this street is still called 'Sierpes'.

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Hola, :) Vivo en Sevilla y nunca había oído esta historia... :)

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