History of Fuentes de Andalucía
 

The municipality of Sources of Andalusia is based in the region of the Countryside, being located in an Eastern sector of the province of Seville that is adjacent with the one of Cordova. Its population in 1.996 promoted 7,470 inhabitants.

These earth already were occupied by the man in the days of the iberos, when Obulcula had to be based, located turdetana city in the property of Monclova and that it is mentioned by numerous Latin authors. After the passage of visigodos and Muslims, the region is conquered in 1.248 by the troops of Fernando III Santo. Throughout the centuries it belongs to diverse satately lineages (the Guzmán, the Torralba, etc.). The existing establishment in Monclova disappears like urban nucleus in century XVIII.

The present location of Sources is located in the South zone of the term and on the side road that Osuna with Dark-brown unites of the River happening through the Bell. The lot on which it is based has ellipse form and its orographic configuration constitutes a level platform mediates 183 meters, that emphasizes on the plain of the countryside. The topography has made possible that the north is the natural direction of the growth.

At Roman time already some agricultural establishment had to exist in this place, reused like farmhouse by the Muslims. Until end of century XVI, the construction confines solely to the zone of the Castle and its immediate surroundings. The true urban growth begins at the beginning of the century XVII, when it is also constructed around the parochial church and begins to be satisfied the axis the north-south (street Race), on which canalizes the intense construction activity of century XVIII.

Throughout century XIX the rate decreases something, but they are been satisfied apples of the northeast sector. At the end of that century to the railroad and the station in the Southeastern end are constructed. To the population growth answer in first half of century XX within the consolidated urban perimeter will occur him, by means of the process of colmatación of the nears space and peripheral, fundamentally towards the east. In years 60 the sector located to the other side of the highway is urbanized Campana-Osuna, constituting an urban triangle something isolated of the historical center.

The reflected present morphology of clear form the different phases from urban growth. The primitive nucleus is located in the suroccidental sector, of small and irregular apples. The historical growth take place towards the north, with apples of greater size and extended forms. The set of the historical helmet has almond form, and it is completed with the most recent developments, already mentioned the east of the Se-220 highway (Campana-Osuna), as well as the districts and urbanizations of new constructive tipologías located in the periphery this (the Pillar), north (the Carpio) and the northwest (Source the Queen) of the locality.

Between its constructions of artistic historical interest they emphasize the Parochial Church of Santa Maria of Snows (Xvi-xvii centuries), the conventuales churches of San jOse (century XVII), the Incarnation (Xvii-xviii centuries) and of San Francisco, the City council (century XVIII), the Palace of the Marquesses, the Pósito, the School Home and numerous houses barrocas of century XVIII and principles of the XIX.

CITY COUNCIL OF FUENTES DE ANDALUCIA
41420 - FUENTES DE ANDALUCIA
Tlf.: 95 - 483.68.18
Fax: 95 - 483.77.26
email: fuentes@dipusevilla.es
Fuentes de Andalucía
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Its shield, mainly based on heráldicos reasons for the House of the Guzmanes is:
In field of azur:
Five "ready lilies" of gold in vane. Bordura of silver with eight "boilers jaqueladas" of gules and silver.
To the timbre: Poseé a "condal Crown".

Surface: 150 Kms².
Distance to the provincial capital: 61 kms.
Alt. on the level of the sea: 183 ms.
Population: 7.475 p.
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