Una ruta cultural por la historia, las tradiciones, la gastronomía y la naturaleza de diez enclaves patrimoniales por el interior de Andalucía
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Avenida Castro del Rio, 1-2D, Baena
Tradition speaks of an ancient Calvary situated near to Tiñosa and of which there are hardly any documentary references. Its existence must pre-date 1593 given that in that year, there was already a calvary located on the same plateau where today’s calvary is situated and which served the same purpose: it was a place of devotion with a cross or image so that pilgrims could pray before entering or leaving the town. It was also used for rogations and devote religious practices. According to the Nazarene’s founding charter, their Good Friday processions reached here. We know that there were two early crosses and that, in the 18th century, others were added that are well documented. In 1707, construction on the Calvario Hermitage was completed with the alms from the congregation and contributions from the Franciscan Third Order. Since in the 17th century the Via Sacra procession had taken place along the calle de las cruces (also known as ‘el Caminillo), with the Franciscan Third Order repairing the crosses that were destroyed or in poor condition on their way. In 1708, the Town donated the land surrounding the hermitage. In 1938, the Brotherhood made the necessary arrangements to carry out the […]
Rotonda del Calvario,Priego de Córdoba
The chapel is part of the Salesian College, the oldest belonging to the congregation in Spain (circa 1885). The Salesian building housed within the chapel is noteworthy given its breadth, which stretches across the wide, expansive street, locally known as La Vereda. Although the building’s loftiness is horizontal, a series of belfries were added to bring it closer to the heavens. The chapel was built in the second half of the 17th century. It has a Latin-cross floor plan and a barrel vault ceiling, lunettes and supporting arches propped up by a cornice. Exceptional paintings decorate the chapel’s interior, which pertain to the transition from the 17th to the 18th century: the apogee of the Seville school of mural painting.
Av. San Juan Bosco, 13. Utrera,Utrera
18th century chapel. The icon of San Arcadio, Osuna’s Patron, can be worshiped in this chapel. A procession is held throughout the town’s streets on 12 January every year. The church was built in the 17th century and was renovated in the 18th century. Its interior has a single nave, covered with a vaulted ceiling and a dome atop pendentives in the crossing area.
Paseo San Arcadio,Osuna
The Roman necropolis was discovered and excavated at the end of the 19th century thanks to Juan Fernández López and the archaeologist, Jorge Bonsor’s initiative. It was used between the 1st and 2nd centuries of our era. The Necropolis dates back to the 1st century. The most common burial ritual was cremation. The bodies were cremated in burners excavated in the rock where the pyre was placed. Sometimes these burners were also used as burials, placing ashes in the pit, which were covered with ashlar, bricks or tiles. Once covered with earth, a stele would be placed to indicate the place and name of the deceased. The most common burial in the Necropolis of Carmona is an underground chamber, where several members of one family would be buried in a mausoleum. It was accessed through a staggered well. The chamber was commonly quadrangular in shape, with a bench that went around the lower part of the walls, where offerings would be placed and over which the niches were opened. In some of the chambers there are traces of the doors that closed them, whereas others would have been closed using a large slab. The external part of the burials, would […]
necrópolis romana carmona
Founded in 1558, although its current appearance is due to works carried out since 1620. It has a simple portal that leads to a wide interior with a Latin cross floor plan, side chapels, centred on a risen bright semi-spherical dome. The main altar is dominated by beautiful baroque-style Solomonic altarpiece, which features remarkable choir seating. The annexed convent has a beautiful patio with two levels of arcades -in the upper and lower cloisters- and its main focal point is a monumental fountain from the start of the 17th century.
Calle Juan Jiménez Cuenca, 43,Lucena
San Francisco church is neoclassical and consists of three naves with a crossing, which preserves Gothic vaults from the time of its foundation, and a square chancel. It was originally a Gothic construction but such elements were masked during the Baroque period reforms. The initial construction stage ended during the last third of the fifteenth century. A series of works were conducted during the first half of the seventeenth century and the church was practically rebuilt in the mid-eighteenth century. The portal that connects the church to Plaza de España belongs to the seventeenth century. The eighteenth-century main altarpiece is considered one of the most important of Écijan Baroque. It consists of large estipites and features sculptures of Franciscan saints, such as Saint Francis de Assis, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a sculpture of Saint Dominic de Guzmán.
Plaza de España, 7,Écija
The construction of this chapel was concluded in 1589, thanks to Juan Alvarez Esquire, who donated an orchard to the Dulce Nombre de Jesús brotherhood. The church has a single nave, covered by barrel vault with lunettes that come from a Tuscan cornice, which could be considered to be a vault impost, and not supported by piles or columns. There is a presbytery at the end of the nave, covered by a wooden coffered ceiling, which resembles mosaics given the painting technique employed. There is a small altarpiece on the main altar.
C/ La Huerta,puente-genil
The Sierra de Albayate is a dense Mediterranean forest containing notable species such as holm oak (Quercus ilex), Portuguese oak (Quercus faginea), broom (Genista cinérea), small-flowered gorse (Ulex parviflorus), rockrose (Cistus albidus), Mediterranean honeysuckle (Lonicera implexa), wild olive tree (Olea europaea var. sylvestris), matagallo (Phlomis purpurea), English ivy (Hedera helix), smilax (Smilax aspera), broom (Retama sphaerocarpa), hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) and blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). As we climb, we will be able to see the Ermita de San Miguel del Castellar hermitage in the north east and the La Tiñosa mountain in the west. The Sierra del Albayete is surrounded by the Peñas Doblas mountain (1132m) and the peak of La Pelona (1306m) on the Muchacho Mountain. We will also be able to see important waterside vegetation in las Peñas stream, with species such as the white poplar (Populus alba), wild blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius), dog rose (Rosa canina) and giant reed (Arundo donax). Throughout this area we will be able to spot birds such as the common buzzard (Buteo buteo), short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), booted eagle (Aquila pennata), peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) and sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus). In autumn, we will also be able to find wild mushrooms […]
Sierra de Albayate
Marqués de las Torres palace is an example of Carmona’s 18th century palace architecture. It has an impressive portal, typical of Seville’s baroque period of the year 1700. It has two tiers: the lower tier has double Tuscan columns at each side of the door, which supports the upper balcony, framed by joint lonic columns and topped with an open triangular pediment on its decorative base. The construction’s date is inscribed over the monumental stone façade’s pediment: 1755, alongside the Quintanilla family’s coat of arms. Its extensive side façade is Late Baroque in style, and has an impressive 18th century styling with Islamic patterns that decorate the balconies’ put-log holes. The central patio has a square floor plan and the rooms are organised around it over two floors. The Interpretation centre and town museum are currently housed here. The museum displays a summary of the town’s history, from its origins to the present day. The exhibition is in chronological order and uses archaeological, ethnographic and artistic objects to narrate the town’s history pointing out its most important periods of time.
C/ San Ildefonso, 1,Carmona