Bisected by the historic Genil River, a unique 19th-century industrial architecture stretches along both banks. Its traditions are noteworthy, especially the Easter; its historical-archaeological legacy, such as the Roman villa of Fuente Álamoor its gastronomy, with its famous quince jam.
Puente Genil It would not be understood without the river that gives it its name and which, since ancient times, exerted a clear influence throughout the territory.
The municipality's origins lie in the administrative and demographic union of the town known as "Pontón de Don Gonzalo," founded during the reign of King Ferdinand III by the wealthy Gonzalo Yáñez Dovinal and located on the right bank (or Cordoba bank) of the Genil River, and the small settlement of Barrio de Miragenil, situated on the opposite bank and administratively belonging to the province of Seville. This union between the two settlements took place during the regency of Maria Cristina (1.834), creating the present-day Puente Genil.
Currently, it has a population of about 30.000 inhabitants.
