CARMONA, a city of south-west Spain, in the province of Seville, 27m. N.E. of Seville by rail. It is situated on a ridge overlooking the plain of Andalusia, from the Sierra Morena, on the north, to the peak of San Cristobal on the south. Pop. (193o) 22,267. The district round Carmona produces the best type of olives (gordales) and the town trades in oil, wine, grain, fruit , and cattle, and makes soap, rough cloth and pottery.
Carmona (Roman Carmo) was the strongest city of Further Spain under Julius Caesar (I oo-44 B.e.) and a large necropolis with rock-hewn graves; some with vestibules provided with triclinia, an amphitheatre and a rock-hewn temple have been excavated. The finds have been arranged in the local museum.
Carmona was greatly strengthened by the Moors and the present Seville gate was built by them. The parish church, with its Moorish court, is a converted mosque. In 1247 Ferdinand III. of Castile took the town and Peter the Cruel (1350-69) built the lofty citadel with its palace, now in ruins.