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Carmona, Spain

May 03, 2024

For other places with the same name, see Carmona (disambiguation).

Carmona is a town of southwestern Spain, in the province of Seville; it lies 33 km north-east of Seville.

Carmona
Municipality
Flag
Coat of arms
Carmona
Location in Spain
Coordinates: 37°28′N 5°38′W / 37.467°N 5.633°W / 37.467; -5.633
CountrySpain
Autonomous communityAndalusia
ProvinceSeville
Government
 • MayorAntonio Cano Luis (PSOE)
Area
 • Total924.12 km2 (356.80 sq mi)
Elevation
253 m (830 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total28,620
 • Density31/km2 (80/sq mi)
DemonymCarmonense or Carmonés
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
41410
WebsiteOfficial website

Carmona is built on a ridge overlooking the central plain of Andalusia; to the north is the Sierra Morena, with the peak of San Cristobal to the south. The city is known for its thriving trade in wine, olive oil, grain and cattle, and holds an annual fair in April.[2]

It is ascribed both to the comarca of Campiña de Carmona and the comarca of Los Alcores.[3]

Geography edit

Location edit

 
Sheet of the IGN's National Topographical Map of Spain (2010) corresponding to Carmona (1:25000).

Carmona is located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It lies at about 249 metres above sea level,[4] on a NE–SO ridge at the northeastern end of Los Alcores tableland,[5] dominating over the meadows of the Corbones [es] river,[6] a left-bank tributary of the Guadalquivir.

Climate edit

Carmona has a Mediterranean climate with a sunny spring and typically some rain in that season. In October, the average temperature ranges from a minimum of 13 °C to a maximum of 26 °C. The city experiences a moderate level of annual precipitation and has pleasant winter temperatures.

History edit

Main article: History of Carmona, Spain

Carmona was originally a Tartessian-Turdetani settlement. With the arrival of Phoenician traders from Tyre, Carmona was transformed into a city, known by them Qrt-Ḥmn (Phoenician: 𐤒𐤓𐤕 𐤇𐤌𐤍), meaning "City of Hammon".[7][better source needed] Centuries later, it became a Roman stronghold of Hispania Baetica. It was known as Carmo in the time of Julius Caesar (100–44 BC). The city was further fortified during the long occupation of the Moors, who erected walls around it, and built fountains and palaces within.

Following the demise of the Caliphate of Córdoba in the early 11th century, Carmona (Qarmūna) was seized by Hammudid Berbers, and then by the also Berber Birzalid clan, becoming the head of the taifa of Carmona, a petty kingdom, which was conquered by the Abbadid taifa of Seville by 1067.[8] An Almoravid stronghold after the Almoravid conquest of the taifa of Seville, it was finally subdued by the Almohads after a settlement.[9] It was briefly occupied by Ibn Hamusk, before reverting to the Almohads in 1161.[10]

In 1247, Ferdinand III of Castile captured the town,[10] and bestowed on it the Latin motto Sicut Lucifer lucet in Aurora, sic in Wandalia Carmona ("As the Morning-star shines in the Dawn, so shines Carmona in Andalusia").[2] During the Late Middle Ages, the town preserved a Muslim-majority population ruled by a Christian minority.[11] The citadel of Carmona, now in ruins, was the principal fortress of Peter the Cruel (from 1350 to 1369), and contained a spacious palace within its defences.[2] Towards the end of the 15th century Carmona had an estimated population of about 8,000.[12] By the dawn of the Early Modern period, Carmona's economy was agriculture-based, with the town featuring many latifundia, often entitled to non-local landowners, and a substantial fraction of non-active population.[13]

The 19th century desamortizaciones led to the creation of a new landowning class that came to be historiographically designated as "agrarian bourgeoisie".[13] The population boomed in the mid 20th century.[13]

Main sights edit

 
Iglesia de San Pedro
  • Palace of King Don Pedro, built in the 13th century by Peter I of Castile. It was damaged by an earthquake in 1504.
  • Moorish alcázar
  • Palace of Rueda
  • Palace of the Marquess of Torres
  • Seville Gate Palace
  • Baroque palaces of Alonso Bernal Escamilla, Aguilar, Domínguez, and Lasso
  • Córdoba Gate, the gate on the road to Córdoba, partly of Roman construction
  • Seville Gate, of Carthaginian origins, has the remains of later Roman additions, and was modified in the Middle Ages by the Moors and the Christians.
  • Marchena Gate, built during the Almohad domination of Spain
  • Roman Bridge
  • Remains of the Via Augusta
  • Tree-lined avenue of Alfonso XIII
  • Roman Necropolis, discovered in 1881. It is located close to the town, beside the Seville road, and contains more than nine hundred family tombs dating from the second century BC to the fourth century AD. Enclosed in subterranean chambers hewn from the rock, the tombs are often frescoed and contain a series of niches in which many of the funeral urns remain intact. Some of the larger tombs have vestibules with stone benches for funeral banquets and several retain carved family emblems.[14]
  • The Tomb of the Elephant and the Tomb of Servilia in the necropolis
  • Roman Amphitheatre, also discovered in 1881, together with a group of tombs, all belonging to the first four centuries AD, near the original necropolis.
  • Ayuntamiento (Town Hall)
  • Cave of the Batida
  • Fountain of the Lions
  • Hospital of the Mercy and the Charity Church of Saint Bartholomew
  • Tower of the Peak
  • Market
  • Cerezo Theatre
Religious buildings
  • Church of San Pedro (15th century). Its tower is a medieval replica of the Giralda bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville.
  • Church of Santa Maria de la Asunción
  • Church of El Salvador (17th century), in Baroque style
  • Church of the Convent of Santa Ana
  • Church of San Blas
  • Church of San Felipe (14th century)
  • Church of Santiago
  • Convent of the Immaculate Conception
  • Convent of the Trinity
  • Convent of Las Descalzas Discalced Carmelite Nuns
  • Convent of Santa Clara (15th century), with a Mudéjar church renovated in 1664 in Baroque style
  • Hermitage of San Mateo (15th century)
  • Hermitage of Our Lady of Real or San Antón (15th century).
  • Ermita de la Virgen de Gracia (Our Lady of Grace, the patron saint of Carmona)

Gastronomy edit

 
Torta inglesa

Carmona's restaurants and bars demonstrate a variety of Spanish cuisine including tapas and other dishes. The city is known for its traditional Andalusian cooking. A pub crawl of various bars, called the Ruta de las tapas (Tapas Route) is noteworthy; it is marked with blue and white signs, and even appears in the seal of the city.

Typical Carmonan dishes include: sopa de picadillo (a chicken soup), pringá, chickpeas, snails, salmorejo, spinach, tagarnina (thistles), Serrano ham, partridge from the mountains, gazpacho, chickpea soup, tomato soup, potatoes, and cuajados (curdled eggs).

Sweets include: torta inglesa, hojaldres (puff pastry), rice with milk, torrija (fried toasted bread with wine, milk or honey), polvorónes (shortbread), almond cakes, chestnut stew with cinnamon, porridge sprinkled with cinnamon, and cortadillos (sweet cakes). A variety of desserts are made in the convents of the city, mainly by the nuns of Santa Clara.

A common alcoholic beverage is Anise Los Hermanos, which is distilled and packaged in Carmona; it comes in three degrees of dryness: crisp, sweet and semi.

Films edit

With its rich historical and artistic patrimony lending the city an especially atmospheric appearance, Carmona has been the setting of numerous films, and continues to attract movie crews. The Location Managers Guild of America, an association that coordinates shoot locations for movie and television production companies from the United States, has shown special interest in the city centre.

Gallery edit

  •  
    Puerta de Cordoba
  •  
    Puerta de Sevilla
  •  
    Molino de la Romera
  •  
    Iglesia de Santiago
  •  
    Iglesia de San Bartolome
  •  
    Iglesia de San Felipe
  •  
    Capilla de la Caridad

Notable people edit

See also edit

References edit

Citations
  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ a b c   One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Carmona". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 359.
  3. ^ Gómez, Noelia (2 October 2020). "Los pueblos más bonitos de Sevilla". El Español.
  4. ^ "Predicción por municipios. Carmona (Sevilla)". AEMET. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Perfil urbano de Carmona. Los Alcores y Vega de Carmona" (PDF). Catálogos de Paisaje de Andalucía. Seville: Centro de Estudios Paisaje y Territorio. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Carmona, la "joya" de la campiña sevillana". Europa Press. 1 October 2009.
  7. ^ John Everett-Heath (19 September 2019). The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. OUP Oxford. p. 792. ISBN 978-0-19-260254-1.
  8. ^ Ramírez del Río 1999, p. 18.
  9. ^ Ramírez del Río 1999, pp. 18–19.
  10. ^ a b Ramírez del Río 1999, p. 19.
  11. ^ Romero Moragas 2004, p. 763.
  12. ^ Ladero Quesada 1987, p. 73.
  13. ^ a b c Romero Moragas 2004, p. 764.
  14. ^ andalucia.com
  15. ^ "Portillo's Andalucia; Episode 3: Cordoba and Costa del Sol". Retrieved 2023-11-21.
Bibliography
  • Ladero Quesada, Miguel Ángel (1987). "Las ciudades de Andalucía occidental en la Baja Edad Media: sociedad, morfología y funciones urbanas". En la España Medieval. 10. Madrid: Ediciones Complutense. ISSN 0214-3038.
  • Ramírez del Río, José (1999). "Pueblos de Sevilla en época islámica. Breve recorrido histórico-político" (PDF). Philologia Hispalensis. 13 (1). Seville: Universidad de Sevilla: 15–40. doi:10.12795/PH.1999.v13.i01.02. ISSN 1132-0265.
  • Romero Moragas, Carlos (2004). "Políticas culturales municipales en Carmona, 1979-2001" (PDF). Carel. Revista de Estudios Locales. 2 (2). Carmona: Ayuntamiento de Carmona. ISSN 1696-4284.

External links edit

 
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For other places with the same name see Carmona disambiguation Carmona is a town of southwestern Spain in the province of Seville it lies 33 km north east of Seville CarmonaMunicipalityFlagCoat of armsCarmonaLocation in SpainCoordinates 37 28 N 5 38 W 37 467 N 5 633 W 37 467 5 633CountrySpainAutonomous communityAndalusiaProvinceSevilleGovernment MayorAntonio Cano Luis PSOE Area Total924 12 km2 356 80 sq mi Elevation253 m 830 ft Population 2018 1 Total28 620 Density31 km2 80 sq mi DemonymCarmonense or CarmonesTime zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST Postal code41410WebsiteOfficial website Carmona is built on a ridge overlooking the central plain of Andalusia to the north is the Sierra Morena with the peak of San Cristobal to the south The city is known for its thriving trade in wine olive oil grain and cattle and holds an annual fair in April 2 It is ascribed both to the comarca of Campina de Carmona and the comarca of Los Alcores 3 Contents 1 Geography 1 1 Location 1 2 Climate 2 History 3 Main sights 4 Gastronomy 5 Films 6 Gallery 7 Notable people 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksGeography editLocation edit nbsp Sheet of the IGN s National Topographical Map of Spain 2010 corresponding to Carmona 1 25000 Carmona is located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula It lies at about 249 metres above sea level 4 on a NE SO ridge at the northeastern end of Los Alcores tableland 5 dominating over the meadows of the Corbones es river 6 a left bank tributary of the Guadalquivir Climate edit Carmona has a Mediterranean climate with a sunny spring and typically some rain in that season In October the average temperature ranges from a minimum of 13 C to a maximum of 26 C The city experiences a moderate level of annual precipitation and has pleasant winter temperatures History editMain article History of Carmona Spain Carmona was originally a Tartessian Turdetani settlement With the arrival of Phoenician traders from Tyre Carmona was transformed into a city known by them Qrt Ḥmn Phoenician 𐤒𐤓𐤕 𐤇𐤌𐤍 meaning City of Hammon 7 better source needed Centuries later it became a Roman stronghold of Hispania Baetica It was known as Carmo in the time of Julius Caesar 100 44 BC The city was further fortified during the long occupation of the Moors who erected walls around it and built fountains and palaces within Following the demise of the Caliphate of Cordoba in the early 11th century Carmona Qarmuna was seized by Hammudid Berbers and then by the also Berber Birzalid clan becoming the head of the taifa of Carmona a petty kingdom which was conquered by the Abbadid taifa of Seville by 1067 8 An Almoravid stronghold after the Almoravid conquest of the taifa of Seville it was finally subdued by the Almohads after a settlement 9 It was briefly occupied by Ibn Hamusk before reverting to the Almohads in 1161 10 In 1247 Ferdinand III of Castile captured the town 10 and bestowed on it the Latin motto Sicut Lucifer lucet in Aurora sic in Wandalia Carmona As the Morning star shines in the Dawn so shines Carmona in Andalusia 2 During the Late Middle Ages the town preserved a Muslim majority population ruled by a Christian minority 11 The citadel of Carmona now in ruins was the principal fortress of Peter the Cruel from 1350 to 1369 and contained a spacious palace within its defences 2 Towards the end of the 15th century Carmona had an estimated population of about 8 000 12 By the dawn of the Early Modern period Carmona s economy was agriculture based with the town featuring many latifundia often entitled to non local landowners and a substantial fraction of non active population 13 The 19th century desamortizaciones led to the creation of a new landowning class that came to be historiographically designated as agrarian bourgeoisie 13 The population boomed in the mid 20th century 13 Main sights edit nbsp Iglesia de San Pedro Palace of King Don Pedro built in the 13th century by Peter I of Castile It was damaged by an earthquake in 1504 Moorish alcazar Palace of Rueda Palace of the Marquess of Torres Seville Gate Palace Baroque palaces of Alonso Bernal Escamilla Aguilar Dominguez and Lasso Cordoba Gate the gate on the road to Cordoba partly of Roman construction Seville Gate of Carthaginian origins has the remains of later Roman additions and was modified in the Middle Ages by the Moors and the Christians Marchena Gate built during the Almohad domination of Spain Roman Bridge Remains of the Via Augusta Tree lined avenue of Alfonso XIII Roman Necropolis discovered in 1881 It is located close to the town beside the Seville road and contains more than nine hundred family tombs dating from the second century BC to the fourth century AD Enclosed in subterranean chambers hewn from the rock the tombs are often frescoed and contain a series of niches in which many of the funeral urns remain intact Some of the larger tombs have vestibules with stone benches for funeral banquets and several retain carved family emblems 14 The Tomb of the Elephant and the Tomb of Servilia in the necropolis Roman Amphitheatre also discovered in 1881 together with a group of tombs all belonging to the first four centuries AD near the original necropolis Ayuntamiento Town Hall Cave of the Batida Fountain of the Lions Hospital of the Mercy and the Charity Church of Saint Bartholomew Tower of the Peak Market Cerezo Theatre Religious buildings Church of San Pedro 15th century Its tower is a medieval replica of the Giralda bell tower of the Cathedral of Seville Church of Santa Maria de la Asuncion Church of El Salvador 17th century in Baroque style Church of the Convent of Santa Ana Church of San Blas Church of San Felipe 14th century Church of Santiago Convent of the Immaculate Conception Convent of the Trinity Convent of Las Descalzas Discalced Carmelite Nuns Convent of Santa Clara 15th century with a Mudejar church renovated in 1664 in Baroque style Hermitage of San Mateo 15th century Hermitage of Our Lady of Real or San Anton 15th century Ermita de la Virgen de Gracia Our Lady of Grace the patron saint of Carmona Gastronomy edit nbsp Torta inglesa Carmona s restaurants and bars demonstrate a variety of Spanish cuisine including tapas and other dishes The city is known for its traditional Andalusian cooking A pub crawl of various bars called the Ruta de las tapas Tapas Route is noteworthy it is marked with blue and white signs and even appears in the seal of the city Typical Carmonan dishes include sopa de picadillo a chicken soup pringa chickpeas snails salmorejo spinach tagarnina thistles Serrano ham partridge from the mountains gazpacho chickpea soup tomato soup potatoes and cuajados curdled eggs Sweets include torta inglesa hojaldres puff pastry rice with milk torrija fried toasted bread with wine milk or honey polvorones shortbread almond cakes chestnut stew with cinnamon porridge sprinkled with cinnamon and cortadillos sweet cakes A variety of desserts are made in the convents of the city mainly by the nuns of Santa Clara A common alcoholic beverage is Anise Los Hermanos which is distilled and packaged in Carmona it comes in three degrees of dryness crisp sweet and semi Films editWith its rich historical and artistic patrimony lending the city an especially atmospheric appearance Carmona has been the setting of numerous films and continues to attract movie crews The Location Managers Guild of America an association that coordinates shoot locations for movie and television production companies from the United States has shown special interest in the city centre Gallery edit nbsp Puerta de Cordoba nbsp Puerta de Sevilla nbsp Molino de la Romera nbsp Iglesia de Santiago nbsp Iglesia de San Bartolome nbsp Iglesia de San Felipe nbsp Capilla de la CaridadNotable people editRodrigo Gonzalez de Marmolejo 1487 1564 a Roman Catholic prelate amp the first Bishop of Santiago de Chile Anton Garcia Caro 1560 ca 1624 a Spanish jurist and politician Manuel Freire de Andrade 1767 1835 a Spanish cavalry officer Tomas Dominguez Romera 1848 1931 a Spanish aristocrat landholder and politician Jose Arpa 1858 1952 an artist who worked in Spain Mexico and Texas Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo born 1953 British journalist broadcaster and former Conservative politician lives in Carmona 15 Felix Gomez born 1977 a Spanish actor See also editThe Roman Betica RouteReferences editCitations Municipal Register of Spain 2018 National Statistics Institute a b c nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Carmona Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 5 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 359 Gomez Noelia 2 October 2020 Los pueblos mas bonitos de Sevilla El Espanol Prediccion por municipios Carmona Sevilla AEMET Retrieved 21 April 2021 Perfil urbano de Carmona Los Alcores y Vega de Carmona PDF Catalogos de Paisaje de Andalucia Seville Centro de Estudios Paisaje y Territorio Retrieved 21 April 2021 Carmona la joya de la campina sevillana Europa Press 1 October 2009 John Everett Heath 19 September 2019 The Concise Dictionary of World Place Names OUP Oxford p 792 ISBN 978 0 19 260254 1 Ramirez del Rio 1999 p 18 Ramirez del Rio 1999 pp 18 19 a b Ramirez del Rio 1999 p 19 Romero Moragas 2004 p 763 Ladero Quesada 1987 p 73 a b c Romero Moragas 2004 p 764 andalucia com Portillo s Andalucia Episode 3 Cordoba and Costa del Sol Retrieved 2023 11 21 Bibliography Ladero Quesada Miguel Angel 1987 Las ciudades de Andalucia occidental en la Baja Edad Media sociedad morfologia y funciones urbanas En la Espana Medieval 10 Madrid Ediciones Complutense ISSN 0214 3038 Ramirez del Rio Jose 1999 Pueblos de Sevilla en epoca islamica Breve recorrido historico politico PDF Philologia Hispalensis 13 1 Seville Universidad de Sevilla 15 40 doi 10 12795 PH 1999 v13 i01 02 ISSN 1132 0265 Romero Moragas Carlos 2004 Politicas culturales municipales en Carmona 1979 2001 PDF Carel Revista de Estudios Locales 2 2 Carmona Ayuntamiento de Carmona ISSN 1696 4284 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carmona Seville Tourism Office Archived 2012 06 28 at the Wayback Machine Carmona Film Office Archived 2011 09 30 at the Wayback Machine in Spanish Museum of the city of Carmona in Spanish Pgou of the city Archived 2012 06 18 at the Wayback Machine in Spanish Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Carmona Spain amp oldid 1186248496, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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