Alcalá de los Gazules

Spanish city


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community = Andalusia
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province = Cádiz
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comarca = La Janda
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mayor = Arsenio Jesús Cordero
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area = 478,52
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population = 5.650
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Alcalá de los Gazules is a city located in the province of Cádiz, Spain. According to the 2006 census, the town has a population of 5,633 inhabitants. Alcalá de los Gazules is situated in the Sierra de Cádiz.

Alcalá de los Gazules was first populated by the Romans in CE189 and supplied them with food, oil, wine, and metal. As the Roman empire weakened, the Vandals moved in and renamed the area Valdalusia but they lasted only twenty years, 409 - 429. They were followed by the Visigoths who left behind the impressive tower, the Mesa de Esparragal.

For many years until the catholic Ferdinand and Isabella took control, at the end of the 15th century of the last Muslim kingdom in the south of Spain, there was a demarcation line between the Islamic and Christian regions, along which sat towns that are now known as the pueblos blancos, the white towns, and Alcalá was on the border. Many of these towns were fortified and Alcalá has a number of towers around its perimeter, now fallen into disrepair.

Following the catholic consolidation in Spain, many mosques were knocked down and in Alcalá, the famous church of San Jorge in the top square was built in the mid-16th century on top of the ruins of the old mosque.

Although not officially one of the pueblos blancos, Alcalá is still listed, since 1984, as having Artistic-Historic status.

Demographics

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1999|2000|2001|2002|2003|2004|2005
5,575|5,563|5,596|5,565|5,491|5,590|5,633Source: [http://www.ine.es INE (Spain)]

Monuments and sights

*Yacimiento Laja de los Hierros.
*Yacimiento romano de la Mesa del Esparragal.
*Depositos romanos de la Salada.
*Casa del Cabildo.
*Iglesia Mayor Parroquial de San Jorge.
*Convento de Santa Clara.
*Iglesia de San Francisco (Iglesia de la Victoria).
*Convento de Santo Domingo.
*Ermita-Santuario de Ntra. Sra. de los Santos.
*Los Pozos.
*Fuente de la Salada.
*Puente Romano.
*Casas señoriales.
*Las tres torres.
*Ermita de Nuestra Señora de los Santos

Celebrations

*Carnaval de Alcalá de los Gazules.
*Semana Santa.
*Festividad de San Jorge.
*Feria del Ganado (Mayo)
*Feria de agosto.
*Romería de Nuestra Señora de los Santos.
*Octava de Nuestra Señora de los Santos.

Tourism

*Los Alcornocales Natural Park

Economy

*Pottery
*Agriculture
*Tourism primarily from Asian countries.

Native people

*Alejandro Sanz
*Bibiana Aído

Gallery

External links

* [http://www.alcaladelosgazules.es/ Ayuntamiento de Alcalá de los Gazules]
* [http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeestadistica/sima/htm/sm11001.htm Alcalá de los Gazules] - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía [http://www.placerdetrafalgar.com/alcala-de-los-gazules.htm Informacion Turistica de Alcala, en PLACER Guia de la Janda y Trafalgar] www.placerdetrafalgar.com/alcala-de-los-gazules.htm