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Estepa possesses the most ancient past and preserves remains that like that it testify and date back to the prehistoric times, with remains of sílex, axes of stone, etc. A bit later, the remains reveal the accession of the Lybian - Phoenician or Lybian - Punic race; two accessions are known at least, one placed in the place called Los Canterones and other one under the zone where one finds the current
Estepa. The historians do not put in agreement on the double denomination with which
Estepa was mentioned in the classic sources(fountains), Astapa and Ostippo. According to the most accepted theory toponym was treating itself about one only with two different meanings but always recounted to the current Estepa. In Roman epoch it was Ostippo free city linked to the Conventus de Astigi (Écija). The Roman city should have occupied the high part of the city, but scanty testimonies remain of her(it). It is at this moment when the existing plain fills to the north of
Estepa, since it is testified by the numerous remains of agricultural developments that in some cases would be small populations. In the Middle Ages it(he,she) was sedate of the Masters of the Order of Santiago, conquerors' cradle, as D. Juan Torres de Vera, in the epoch of the Discovery; Marquisate of an extensive territory in the Modern Age; Vicaría General, with jurisdiction vere nullius up to(even) 1.874. And Head of his(her,your) Region, with flourishing industrial push in the current epoch. Estepa is known principally by his(her,your) production(elaboration) of Christmas sweets. In fact, it(he,she) possesses 30 factories of shortcake doughs: Approximately 20 factories are grouped in the Manufacturers' Association of Shortcake doughs of Steppe, MAKE FAMOUS, that takes charge looking for official helps and to give advice, trying(getting) to give good image of the products. Other 15 factories have associated in the entity Coexema A.I.E that deals basically with the exportation of products, overcoming every year the volume of exports. All of them employ to two thousand people, from September to December and are women in more of 90%, producing about 20 million kilos of candies of Christmas, not only the traditional ones mantecados, polvorones, etc., but also numerous specialties of high confectionery, that more and more are asked for. Around the industry of mantecados have been arising other auxiliary industries from Graphical Arts, mechanical construction of machinery for feeding,
factories, cartonajes,transports, etc., several of them of great importance in the sector. There is also other industries of importance, Industrial Slaughter house, Limestone Stone, etc. and, by municipal initiative, South Mountain range exists the Industrial estate, with more than 140,000 meters of surface distributed in 96 parcels, financed by the organizations Epsa and Sodestepa LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, being more of 50% occupied by diverse types of industries (Factories of Mantecados, Oleoestepa, Factories, Warehouses, etc.,). Parallelly to the industry of the mantecado one a tourism has been developed that moves to the locality in addition to buying these products to visit its typical Monuments and places. The Church of Santa Maria, the one of the
convent of Santa Clara, and the one of the convent of San Francisco are their more outstanding monuments, next to the Castle, on a Hill that is called the Balcony of Andalusia.ca:Estepa (Sevilla)
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