Lebrija
| Lebrija municipality | |||
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Andalusia | ||
| Province : | Seville | ||
| Coordinates | 36 ° 55 ′ N , 6 ° 4 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 36 msnm | ||
| Area : | 372 km² | ||
| Residents : | 27,524 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 73.99 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 41740 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 41053 | ||
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| Mayor : | Pepe Barroso ( PSOE ) | ||
| Website : | www.lebrija.es | ||
Lebrija is a Spanish city in the province of Seville in the autonomous region of Andalusia . It is the hometown of Elio Antonio de Nebrija , author of the first Spanish grammar.
Data
Lebrija has 27,524 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) on an area of 372 km² and is located at an altitude of 36 m above sea level in the fertile plain of the Guadalquivir . Lebrija is located 72 km south of Seville . The city's residents are called lebrijanos .
history
The area around Lebrija has been populated since the Bronze Age. During the Roman Empire, the city of Nebrissa was called Veneris . In 1249 Lebrija was taken over by Fernando III's troops . recaptured from the Moors . In 1924 Lebrija received city rights.
Famous people from Lebrija
- Elio Antonio de Nebrija (1441–1522), humanist, rhetorician and philologist
- Juan Díaz de Solís (around 1470 - 1516) navigator and explorer
- Juan Peña " El Lebrijano " (1941–2016), flamenco guitarist and singer
- Benito Zambrano (born 1965), director
- David Peña Dorantes (* 1969), flamenco musician
Attractions
- Nuestra Señora de la Oliva church
- Church of Santa María de Jesús
- San Francisco Church
- Vera Cruz Chapel
- Chapel of Nuestra Señora de la Aurora and Chapel of Capilla de Belén
- Church of the Convent of the Concepcionistas
- Calle de las Monjas ("Alley of the Nuns")
- Castle ruins
- Casa de la Cultura ("House of Culture")
- Statue of Elio Antonio
Web links
Commons : Lebrija - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Info about Lebrija (span.)
- Illustration by Daniel Meisner from 1625: Nebrißa. Exultatione Serto, Fraude Et Lusu ( digitized version )
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).