History of La Puebla de los Infantes

The municipality of the Puebla of the Infants is located to the northeast of the province of Seville, being adjacent with the one of Cordova. It is located in the space of transition between the Fertile valley of the Guadalquivir and first spurs of the North Mountain range, whose Natural Park belongs a small part of the term. In 1.996 it counted on a population of 3,591 inhabitants.

These earth have been occupied by the man from very remote times, as they testify the found archaeological rest. By this strategic location they have been passing different cultures, being for some authors the place where was the locality celta of Celsita, that would be transformed into military camp by the Romans. Other experts think that here was the city of Mulva. In any case, the visigodos call to the Cañebolo population, denomination that remains during the Muslim dominion, in that lives a period on decay. It begins to recover his splendor from the Castilian conquest, made by Fernando III Santo in the middle of century XIII. In the Repartimiento of Seville, Alfonso X the Wise person grants to these earth to his brothers and descendants ("the infants"), granting a Puebla Letter to them. In century XVII, Felipe IV creates the Vizcondado of the Puebla of the Infants, that in the following century evolves to Marquesado.

The urban nucleus is located in a high plateau that does the times of valley surrounded by mountains, being structured by an East-West axis, that constitutes the passage of the highways that communicate to him with Constantina and Lora of the River (to the west) and with Peñaflor (to the east).

The original establishment corresponds with the irregular apple sector of small existing size to the south of the nucleus, that corresponds with the highest zone of the same one. The later historical developments have taken place fundamentally towards the north, until reaching and later to surpass the layout of the mentioned East-West passage. In the northern end public of sport and educative character are located to the great equipment.

Between its constructions of artistic historical interest they emphasize the Parochial Church of Our Lady of the Orchards, the hermitage of Santa Ana and the rest of the castle.

CITY COUNCIL OF LA PUEBLA DE LOS INFANTES
Seat of the Constitution, 1
41479 - LA PUEBLA DE LOS INFANTES
Tlf.: 95 - 480.80.15
Fax: 95 - 480.82.52
email: pueblainfantes@dipusevilla.es
La Puebla de los Infantes
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In silver field:
A "bypassed, rampante red deer", of natural color, and his cornamenta formed by two green branches of larch.

To the top:
"modern real Crown", by to have integrated in the State, when abolishing itself the particular señoríos under the reign of Fernando VII.

Superficie:154 Kms².
Distance to the provincial capital: 77 kms.
Alt. on the level of the sea: 231 ms.
Population: 3.271 p.
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