Bélmez de la Moraleda
Municipality of Bélmez de la Moraleda | ||
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coat of arms | Map of Spain | |
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Basic data | ||
Autonomous Community : | Andalusia | |
Province : | Jaén | |
Coordinates | 38 ° 16 ′ N , 5 ° 13 ′ W | |
Height : | 825 msnm | |
Area : | 49 km² | |
Residents : | 1,567 (Jan 1, 2019) | |
Population density : | 31.98 inhabitants / km² | |
Postal code : | 23568 | |
Municipality number ( INE ): | 23015 | |
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Website : | www.belmezdelamoraleda.com | |
Location of the municipality | ||
Bélmez de la Moraleda is a municipality in the province of Jaén in Andalusia .
Bélmez de la Moraleda has been attracting scientists and curious people from all over the world for many years, as alleged spooky phenomena in the form of human faces that manifest themselves in the concrete floor of a house have repeatedly occurred here since 1971 . Skeptics suspect behind the phenomenon a staged dizziness of the residents: the faces are said to have been applied to the floors and walls with oxidizing chemicals, which would turn dark when exposed to light.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
- ↑ Manuel Martín Serrano: Sociología del milagro: las caras de Belmez , Barcelona, Barral Editores, 1972; Ruiz Noguez Luis in: Journal of the Society for Psychical Research , 1993, p. 165; El engaño “Belmez” (The Deception of Belmez). WordPressCom, March 31, 2008, accessed July 10, 2009 .
Web links
Commons : Bélmez de la Moraleda - Collection of images, videos and audio files