Cieza (Murcia)

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Cieza municipality
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Cieza (Murcia) (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : MurciaMurcia Murcia
Comarca : Vega Alta del Segura
Coordinates 38 ° 14 ′  N , 1 ° 25 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 14 ′  N , 1 ° 25 ′  W
Height : 188  msnm
Area : 367.02 km²
Residents : 34,988 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 95.33 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 30530
Municipality number  ( INE ): 30019
administration
Website : Cieza

Cieza is a small town in southern Spain and a municipality ( municipio ) with 34,988 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of Murcia consisting of the main town, two villages, several hamlets (pedanías) and some individual farms (fincas) .

location

The small town of Cieza is located on the middle reaches of the Río Segura a good 52 km (driving distance) northwest of the city of Murcia at an altitude of about 165 to 185  m . The climate in winter is temperate, while in summer it is warm to hot; the low amounts of precipitation (approx. 310 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2017
Residents 1,369 13,626 23,328 32,126 34,987

The continuous increase in population is mainly due to the ongoing immigration from the rural area.

economy

For centuries, the region around Cieza was oriented towards agriculture - in addition to the cultivation of cereals (barley, wheat), numerous fruit and olive trees as well as vines were planted. Small traders, craftsmen and service companies of all kinds have settled in the village.

history

Prehistoric, Iberian , Roman and Visigoth finds are sparse. In the years after 711 the area was overrun by the Moors ; especially the cultivation of citrus fruits in the region is attributed to them - the place or the entire area was given the name Alquería de Zepti . Only after the reconquest ( reconquista ) of the region by Castilian troops under Alfonso X in 1243 was the present-day place built. The Taifa Kingdom of Murcia, which has been virtually independent since the end of the Caliphate of Córdoba , was then converted into a Christian kingdom , which was, however, closely interwoven with the Crown of Castile , but came under Aragonese rule from 1296 to 1304 . For a long time the place was administered by the Order of Santiago Knights . After that of Philip III. (r. 1598–1621) and his first minister, the Duke of Lerma , ordered the expulsion of the Moors at the beginning of the 17th century, the population of the place declined significantly.

Attractions

Pedestrian zone with mosaics
Ermita del Sto Cristo del Consuelo
  • Today's center is largely modern. A pedestrian zone covered with abstract mosaics is interesting.
  • The most important building in the small town is the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción , the construction of which started around 1500. The central nave , stabilized by strange buttress arches , was renewed in the 18th century; the two upper floors of the bell tower were not built until the end of the 19th century. The two side portals show a clear renaissance ornamentation , while the main portal presents a baroque design language.
  • The Ermita de San Bartolomé was built in the 18th and 19th centuries. Century and is dedicated to the patron saint of the city. The harvest was blessed every year from the elevated conjuratorio .
  • The Convento de San Joaquín y San Pascual , built between 1685 and 1707, formerly belonged to the Franciscan order ; Today the church serves as a parish church, the other parts of the building house a library. The unadorned and tower-free facade of the church is elevated by a baroque bell gable (espadaña) . The nave directs one's gaze to a gilded altarpiece in the style of Churriguerism . The cloister is two-story.
  • The Clarisse Convent (Convento de las Clarisas) is a rather unadorned building from the middle of the 18th century; it is still in the hands of the order.
  • The double-towered Ermita del Cristo del Consuelo , located on a nearby hill, is a 19th century building that was built on the site of a small previous building.
  • The Museo de Siyâsa houses numerous small finds from the Moorish settlement. Some architectural features have been reconstructed.
  • Other museums deal with the traditions of Semana Santa , hemp processing , the mill system, etc.
Surroundings
  • The archaeological site of Medina Siyâsa , only approx. 1.5 km from the village, is considered one of the best preserved Moorish, i.e. H. ultimately Berber settlements on the Iberian Peninsula . She was lying on one of a Stampflehmmauer enclosed and a fortress (hisn) towered over the hillside and built to hold space for about 4,000 residents. Excavations have unearthed numerous ceramic shards.
  • In the Cueva de la Serreta , but also in other natural caves or under rocky outcrops, there are simple rock paintings that have been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Festivals

Apart from Semana Santa , the most important local festivals are those of St. Anthony on January 17th and St. Bartholomew on August 24th.

Others

The “World Championship in Olive Pit Spitting” has been held annually since 1995 in Cieza at the end of August. The joke spectacle, which was noticed throughout Spain, attracts tens of thousands of spectators and media representatives from all over the country.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Cieza  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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).
  2. ↑ Cieza - climate tables
  3. ↑ Cieza - population development
  4. ↑ Cieza - Economy etc.
  5. ^ Cieza story
  6. ^ Cieza - Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
  7. ↑ Cieza - Ermita de San Bartolomé
  8. ^ Cieza - Convento de San Joaquín y San Pascual
  9. ^ Cieza - Convento de las Clarisas
  10. ↑ Cieza - Museo de Siyâsa
  11. ↑ Cieza - Medina Siyâsa
  12. ↑ Cieza - Spitting olive stones wide
  13. ↑ Mariano Rojas , cyclingarchives.com