Carmona, Spain

Spanish city


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community = Andalusia
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province = Seville
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comarca = Campiña de Carmona
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mayor = Antonio Cano Luis
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Carmona is a town of south-western Spain, in the province of Seville; 43 km (27 mi.) N.E. of Seville by car. There are no rail connections. Pop. (1900) 17,215.Carmona is built on a ridge overlooking the central plain of Andalusia, from the Sierra Morena, on the north, to the peak of San Cristobal, on the south. It has a thriving trade in wine, olive oil, grain and cattle; and the annual fair, which is held in April, affords good opportunity of observing the costumes and customs of southern Spain. The citadel of Carmona, now in ruins, was formerly the principal fortress of Pedro of Castile (r. 1350–1369), and contained a spacious palace within its defences, and is now a luxurious Parador.The principal entrance to the town is an old Moorish gateway; and the gate on the road to Cordova is partly of Roman construction.Portions of the ancient college of San Teodomir are of Moorish architecture, and the tower of the church of San Pedro is an imitation of the Giralda at Seville.

In 1881 a large Roman necropolis was discovered close to thetown, beside the Seville road. It contains many rock-hewn sepulchral chambers, with niches for the cinerary urns, and occasionally with vestibules containing stone seats ("triclinia"). In 1881 an amphitheatre, and another group of tombs, all belonging to the first four centuries A.D., were disinterred near the original necropolis, and a small museum, maintained by the Carmona archaeological society, is filled with the mosaics, inscriptions, portrait-heads and other antiquities found here.

Carmona, the Roman "Carmo", was the strongest city of Further Spain in the time of Julius Caesar (100–44 B.C.), and its strength was greatly increased by the Moors, who surrounded it with a wall and ornamented it with fountains and palaces. In 1247 Ferdinand III. of Castile took the city, and bestowed on it the motto "Sicut Lucifer lucet in Aurora, sic in Wandalia Carmona" ("As the Morning-star shines in the Dawn, so shines Carmona in Andalusia").

For an account of the antiquities of Carmona, see "Estudios arqueologicos e historicos", by M. Sales y Ferré (Madrid, 1887).

Climate

Carmona has a Mediterranean climate with a sunny spring with some precipitation. . In October average temperatures ranging between a minimum of 13 °C and a maximum of 26 °C giving some precipitation, followed a pleasant winter temperatures.

Demography

Recent developments

Declared monuments

Palace of king Don Pedro

House-Palace of Rueda

House-Palace Marquess of Torres

Convent of the Conception

Convent of the Trinidad

Hermitage of San Mateo

Hermitage of our Lady of Real or San Antón

The Church of San Pedro

Church of Santa Maria of Asuncio'n

Church of El Salvador

Church of the Convent of Santa Ana

Bridge Roman

Door of Cordova

Door of Seville

Rest of Via Augusta

Not declared monuments

*Tree-lined avenue of Alfonso XIII
*Palace door of Seville
*Roman Amphitheatre
*City council
*House Fontain of the lions and tree-lined avenue of Alfonso XIII
*Hospital of the Mercy and the Charity Church of San Bartholomew
*Church of San Blas
*Church of San Felipe
*Church of Santiago
*Roman Necrópolis
*Tower of the Peak
*Tumba of the elephant Tomb of Servilia
*Seat of supplies or market
*Theater Cerezo

Gastronomy

Carmona offers restaurants and bars where you can taste great variety of tapas and dishes. Very balanced and inheritors of the traditional Andalusian cooking. There is a route by the various bars that have obtained special mention as members in the path of the tapas and are marked with a blue and white tile which appears in the logo of the city and the legend of "Ruta de las tapas" .

" 'Typical dishes:"' oils, soup soup picadillo, pringá, chickpeas snails Crumb salmorejo spinach chickpeas, cooked rural tagarninas, handyman pork perdíz to the cortijera, gazpacho, spinach chickpeas soup "peas", stalks, tomato soup potatoes in yellow cod studs eggs cuajados ...

" 'Sweets:"' cake English, hojaldres, rolls milk, rice with milk, torrija, polvorones home, almond cakes, drunks, chestnut stew with cinnamon, [porridge] ] sprinkled with cinnamon and cortadillos. Also noteworthy are a variety of sweets craftsmen in the convents of the city, mainly from the nuns of Santa Clara: cake sa blind, puffs, rolls, rolls of oil, palms cakes oil, old cake, pastries, and so on.

" 'Drinks:"' anise Los Hermanos, distilled and packaged in this town and only three flavors: crisp, sweet and semi.

Films

Given the rich historical-artistic patrimony that has Carmona, they are numerous the filmed films Integra or partially in this locality, in particular more than 50. The Location Manager Guild of America, association that groups to the most excellent localizers of scenes for the running of cinema productions and television of the U.S.A., in its vistita to Spain, has shown special interest by the center of this city, that continues attracting the interest of the audio-visual product people in charge that have turned to Carmona the enclave of Andalusia in which more films, announcements, etc., have been rolled. Some products filmed in Carmona are:

*Manolete (2006) Menno Meyjes
*Carmen (2003) Vicente Aranda
*Una pasión singular (2002) Antonio Gonzalo
*Amar y morir en Sevilla (2001) Víctor Manuel Barrera
*Fugitivas (2000) Miguel Hermoso
*Nadie conoce a nadie (1999) Mateo Gil
*Solas (1999) Benito Zambrano
*Yerma (1998) Pilar Távora
*La duquesa roja (1997) Francesc Betriú
*Belmonte (1995) Juan Sebastián Bollaín
*En la Boca no (1991) André Tecniné
*Los invitados (1987) Víctor Manuel Barrera
*Carmen (1984) Francesco Rosi
*Tierra de rastrojos (1980) Antonio Gonzalo
*La espuela (1977) Roberto Fandiño
*Pepita Jiménez (1976) Rafael Moreno Alba
*Manuela (1976) Gonzalo García Pelayo
*Los Duendes de Andalucía (1967) Ana Mariscal
*Diego Corriente (1962) Antonio Isasmendi
*La Cruz de Mayo (1955) Florian Rey
*Un caballero Andaluz (1954) Luis Lucia
*El sueño de Andalucía (1951) Luis Lucia
*¡¡Ole torero!! (1949) Benito Perojo
*Malvaloca (1942) Benito Perojo

ee also

The Roman Bética Route

External links

* [http://www.turismo.carmona.org/turistavirtual.htm Tourism Office]
* [http://carmona.org/filmoffice Carmona Film Office] es icon
* [http://www.museociudad.carmona.org Museum of the city of Carmona] es icon
* [http://www.carmona.org/pgou Pgou of the city] es icon
* [http://www.upo.es/olavideencarmona Cultural center Olavide in Carmona] es icon
* [http://www.carmonafilmfest.org Film Fest] es icon

References

*1911