History of Lora del Rio

HISTORY OF LORA DEL RIO

Origins

The abundance of archaeological rest in Mesa de Setefillo, testifies the tartésico poblamiento from the beginnings of the Age of the Bronze, towards the 1700 a.c., continued by other Iberian establishments in the urban nucleus loreño yen the neighboring Tables of the Almond tree and of Dark-brown (Dark-brown the old thing), they mark the beginning of local history. By the end of century III a.C. the Romans settles down in the region and with the name of Axati they turn to Dark-brown a great center olive oil producer-exporter. Vespasiano emperor grants the Latin right to him and happens to be a Municipium Flovium. Although they are lacked trustworthy dalos, the Time
visigoda must have a certain importance in the zone judging by the number of found funeral rest. Some authors attribute to this period the origin of the present name of Dark-brown by the abundance of laurel. The Arab Lawro continued being an important population center and a remarkable defensive center between Cordova and Seville according to counts the contemporary cronistas.

Fernando III of Castile the conquest in the middle of century XIII, donating it immediately wing Military order of San Juan of Jerusalem or Malta, whose horsemen had contributed decisively to their surrender. With these territories the Order organized small señorío that ended up forming in a Bailía and several charges, whose copitalidad resided in the villa of Dark-brown.

Dark-brown of the River máxímo is going to reach his splendor throughout century XVIII, reflected in the construction of important públícos buildings (City council ], monks (Church of Our Father Jesus) and even deprived (House of the Montalbo, House of the Lions).

Throughout century XIX they are going away to produce important cambios'en the villa from where the modern one will arise Dark-brown which today it is known, although will be already in our century when, thanks to the implantation of new irrigable and the arrival of immigrants of other regions, Dark-brown a growth process recovers and initiates. In Dark-brown, with the agrarian colonization of years 60, two new towns were created: Setefilla and the Priorato. This growth has taken to him to stabilize a population around the 20,000 inhabitants. CULTURED SUBTRACTIONS And CELEBRATIONS IN HONOR To The SETEFILLA VIRGIN

The devotion to Our Lady of the Incarnation, venerated from the Average Age in which outside Prioral Church of Our Lady Santa Maria, located to two leguas of Dark-brown in the town of Setefilla, today famous Sanctuary, has given rise from second half of century XVI; and finally, each 17 of May, or in the date next to this one, the celebration of a Function of Thanksgiving before the Sagrada Image, that commemorates the prodigious event of the Lady, happened in the Coming of the 17 of May of 1925.

The Virgin of Setefilla was proclaimed by the Church, Liturgical Patron of the villa of Dark-brown of the River and towns of her term, the 8 of September of 1987, day in which also Was crowned Canonically, after length and laborious process undertaken by his Very Old Greater Brotherhood, channel and expression of the devotion loreña.