History of Lantejuela

The LANTEJUELA municipality is located in the province of Seville and occupies territories of the region of the Sevillian South Countryside and the Region Steppe ­Osuna. It is located in one of the best zones of all the southern landscape characterized by the fertility of his ground and its rural aspect, unmistakably Andalusian.

The origin of the name is cause of controversy to not having a concrete interpretation. On the one hand, those are many that confuse the pronunciación de.Lantejuela by Spangle and, nevertheless, taking care of porqué historical of this name the confusion is reduced only to the form, since "Lantejuela" or "Spangle" means, according to the dictionary, the same. Other versions say that the name derives from "Uncle Lentils", nickname of a rich propietary landowner of great extensions. Nevertheless, these versions are not more than legend in spite of their great diffusion. Documents exist that prove that in the environs of the present Lantejuela "in date it does not need, were several gold spangles, buried under the ground, and removed with the end from a plow, and from that meadow or donadío took title here".

Some students locate the first population center in the previous times to the ROMAN conquest, when the men of Numidia, present African Mauritania, were based in so privileged enclave. Its city, Línula, were taken advantage of by the Romans from el' century 1 to c.

Other local investigators locate in territories of Lantejuela the famous city of MUNDA, and the events that in her were carried out: the definitive victory of the Legions of Julio Caesar on those in favor of Pompeyo, headed by the children of this one. Munda, defined pompeyana, was devastated by the armies of the winner.

In their municipal term and very near their present population vestiges of one old Roman city have been, without until the moment, has been able to identify their name. In any case certifica the presence of Rome in the present Lantejuela. Also the ARABES went to the place. Although it is ignored what type of population constituted, yes is certain that the sulfurosas water baths exploded, of medicinal nature against the infections of the skin.

The town of Lantejuela, at the moment like villa, judging by the existing documentation in the municipal file, constituted itself in independent City council towards years 1830 to 1841. Concrete data do not exist about their foundation. Previously, it was a village fused to the municipality of Osuna.

Divided shield .
The first quarter:
Of sinople, a "spangle" of gold.
The second quarter:
Of silver, a "bypassed perdiz" is its color, in sedente aptitude.
To the timbre:
It has "closed modern real Crown", of seeds and gold, with its corresponding meridians, its globe and its cross.