Estepa (Seville)

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Estepa municipality
Estepa - View of the town with Torre de la Victoria
Estepa - View of the town with Torre de la Victoria
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Estepa Coat of Arms
Estepa (Seville) (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Andalusia
Province : Seville
Comarca : Sierra Sur de Seville
Coordinates 37 ° 18 ′  N , 4 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 18 ′  N , 4 ° 53 ′  W
Height : 485  msnm
Area : 189.97 km²
Residents : 12,505 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 65.83 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 41560
Municipality number  ( INE ): 41041
administration
Website : Estepa

Estepa is a southern Spanish town and a municipality ( municipio ) with a total of 12,505 inhabitants (as of January 1 2019) in the province of Seville in the Autonomous Region of Andalusia . The historically and artistically significant city has been classified as a Conjunto histórico-artístico since 1965 .

Location and climate

The city of Estepa is located a good 110 km east of the provincial capital Seville and about 95 km northwest of Málaga at an altitude of about 485  m . The climate in winter is temperate, while in summer it is warm to hot; the amount of precipitation (approx. 680 mm / year) falls - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2019
Residents 9,089 8,591 9,701 11,721 12,505

The continuous increase in population since the beginning of the 20th century is mainly due to immigration from the rural areas in the area as a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting loss of jobs.

economy

The people of earlier centuries lived essentially as self-sufficiency from agriculture, which also included wine and olive growing; Traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds also settled in the village. Today the cultivation of wheat , cotton , sunflowers and olives as well as small industries and the domestic Spanish tourism play a not insignificant role in the economic life of the community.

history

Castillo arabe
Facade of the Carmelite Church

Small Bronze Age finds were made in the municipality . In ancient times the area was under Phoenician , later under Carthaginian and Roman influence. The Romans called the place Ostippo . Almost nothing is known from the Visigothic times . At the beginning of the 8th century the region was overrun by the Moors ; they called the place Istabba ; around the year 900 the city was taken by the troops of the rebellious ʿUmar ibn Hafsūn . In 1241 Estepa was taken over by Ferdinand III's troops . Recaptured by Castile (ruled 1230–1252) ( reconquista ) , then incorporated into the Kingdom of Seville and handed over to the Order of Santiago in 1267 . Estepa remained a Christian border town until the conquest of Granada (1492). In 1543 Charles V (r. 1516–1556) created the title of "Margrave of Estepa", which still exists today. In 1559, Philip II (ruled 1556–1598) ordered Estepas to be incorporated into the possession of the crown to sell the city immediately for 800,000 silver coins to the Genoese merchant family Centurión, who thereby promised a share of the profits in America's trade .

Attractions

  • There are only small remains of the Mauritian castle (castillo or alcázar) built on the highest point of the city . It was modernized by the Santiagoorden and provided with a keep (torre del homenaje) .
  • The Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor , which was built in the 13th century on the site of the former mosque , was renovated in the 15th century by the Santiagoorden in Gothic style. The bell tower (campanario) is a late 19th century ingredient. The interior of the church is three naves and has a transept (transept) ; the star-shaped rib vaults are at the same height ( hall church ). The three carved altars in the choir area are eye-catching, the middle one of which was made after 1583. In a side chapel there is a kind of treasure chamber with several chalices and monstrances made of silver.
  • The 40 m high baroque Torre de la Victoria , completed by Andrés de Zabala in the years 1760–66, is the only remnant of a former convent of the Friars Minor . The associated convent buildings were demolished in 1939.
  • The facade of the Carmelite Church, also created by Andrés de Zabala around 1768, is one of the jewels of the Andalusian Baroque.
  • Several other churches from the 16th to 18th centuries enrich the townscape; including the small Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios could also come from Andrés de Zabala.
  • The Palacio de los Marqueses de Cerverales with its portal frame with twisted Solomonic columns is the most beautiful civil building in the city.

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Estepa  - 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. ^ Estepa - Conjunto histórico
  3. ↑ Estepa - climate tables
  4. ↑ Estepa - population development
  5. ^ Estepa - Economy
  6. ^ Estepa story
  7. ^ Estepa - Castillo-Palacio
  8. ^ Estepa - Santa María Church
  9. ↑ Estepa - Torre de la Victoria
  10. ↑ Estepa - Carmelite Church
  11. ^ Estepa - Palacio de los Marqueses de Cerverales