Carmona, Spain

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Carmona, 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 luxiourious Spanish Paradore. 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 the town, 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).

[edit] Climate

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

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[edit] 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

[edit] Not declared monuments

Tree-lined avenue of Alfonso XIII

Palace door of Seville

Roman Amphitheatre

City council

House Palace of Don Alonso Bernal Escamilla

House-palace of the Aguilar House-palace of the Domínguez

House-palace of the Lasso

Convent of las delcalzas

Convent of Santa Clara

Cave of the Batida

Our Mrs. of Gracia

Source (architecture) |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

[edit] 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:' oil s, 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 egg s 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, puff s, 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.

[edit] 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 Lucía
• El sueño de Andalucía (1951) Luis Lucía
• ¡¡Ole torero!! (1949) Benito Perojo
• Malvaloca (1942) Benito Perojo

[edit] External links

• Roman Baetica Route
• Tourism Office
• Carmona Film Office
• Museum of the city of Carmona
• Pgou of the city
• Olavide in Carmona
• Film Fest

[edit] References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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