Puente Genil
Puente Genil | |
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  Puente Genil Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 37°23′0″N 4°46′0″W / 37.38333°N 4.76667°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| Province | Córdoba |
| Area | |
• Total | 171.05 km2 (66.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 217 m (712 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 30,241 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Pontanés/a, pontano/a, pontanense |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 14500 |
| Website | Official website |
Puente Genil (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpwente xeˈnil]) is a Spanish municipality in the province of Córdoba, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is situated about 45 miles (70 km) from the provincial capital, Córdoba. It has a population of around 30,000.
Geography
[edit]The municipality largely features a gentle relief,[2] interrupted by the Sierra del Castillo, Sierra Gorda, and Sierra del Niño hill ranges.[3] At 511 metres above sea level, Peñarrubia (in Sierra del Castillo) is the highest point in the municipality.[3] The river Genil crosses the municipality from southeast to northwest.[4] The urban development straddles the river, with the neighborhood of Miragenil standing in the opposite bank relative to the bulk of housing.[5]
History
[edit]The municipal limits attests Roman occupation in the site of Fuente Álamo (to the NE of the current housing), including a balneum from the Julio-Claudian period and a villa from the Low Roman Empire.[6] The area belonged to the Conventus Iuridicus Astigitanus.[7]
Both Pontón de Don Gonzalo (aka La Puente de Don Gonzalo) and Miragenil were 13th-century Christian establishments.[8] Pontón de Don Gonzalo was first mentioned in a 1262 document, as it was gifted to a Portuguese ricohombre.[9] Population of Pontón boomed in the 16th century, specially in its first half, and a stone bridge started building in 1561.[10]
The current municipality of Puente Genil was formed upon the merging of La Puente de Don Gonzalo with Miragenil in 1834.[11] Puente Genil underwent an important industrialisation process in the late 19th century, standing out in the food industry in relation to membrillo confection.[12]
Description
[edit]The town is an agricultural centre, also known for its Semana Santa celebration, contracted in the local vernacular to "mananta".
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Parish church of La Purificación -
Mosaic of the Three Graces -
Religious procession -
An aerial view of the town and surrounding countryside -
![Laguna de Tíscar, a Ramsar site located in the Puente Genil municipality[13]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Laguna_de_tiscar.PNG/120px-Laguna_de_tiscar.PNG)
![Laguna de Tíscar, a Ramsar site located in the Puente Genil municipality[13]](/wiki/File:Laguna_de_tiscar.PNG)
Transport
[edit]Puente Genil is served by Puente Genil-Herrera railway station, around 4 km from the town centre on the AVE high-speed rail line from Madrid to Málaga.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Esojo Aguilar 1990, p. 54.
- ^ a b Górriz, Rocío (15 July 2023). "La tres sierras de la Ruta Gris de Puente Genil". El Día de Córdoba. Grupo Joly.
- ^ Esojo Aguilar, Francisco (1990). "Informe de la prospección superficial en el término de Puente Genil (Córdoba)" (PDF). Anuario Arqueológico de Andalucía / 1988. Vol. 2. Seville: Consejería de Cultura y Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía. Dirección General de Bienes Culturales. p. 54. ISBN 84-87004-13-X.
- ^ Treinta años de Política Agraria Común en España. Agricultura y multifuncionalidad en el contexto de la nueva ruralidad. Ciudad Real: Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles (Grupo de Geografía Rural). 2016. p. 778. ISBN 978-84-87087-03-5.
- ^ López Palomo 2015, pp. 295–296.
- ^ López Palomo, Luis Alberto (2015). "Balneum y Villa. La secuencia romana de Fuente Álamo (Puente Genil, Córdoba)". Romula (12–13). Seville: Universidad Pablo de Olavide: 296. ISSN 1695-4076.
- ^ Fernández Cacho et al. 2010, p. 125.
- ^ Illanes Velasco, Antonio José (2009). "Puente del Genil". Crónica de Córdoba y sus Pueblos. XVI. Córdoba: Asociación Provincial Cordobesa de Cronistas Oficiales. p. 631. ISBN 978-84-613-6617-0.
- ^ Illanes Velasco 2009, p. 632.
- ^ Esojo Aguilar, Francisco (2017). "El Museo Histórico Local de Puente Genil (Córdoba)" (PDF). Boletín del Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 35. Madrid: Museo Arqueológico Nacional: 241. ISSN 2341-3409.
- ^ Fernández Cacho et al. 2010, pp. 126–127.
- ^ Laguna de Tiscar - Ayuntamiento de Puente Genil
Bibliography
[edit]- Fernández Cacho, Silvia; Fernández Salinas, Víctor; Hernández León, Elodia; López Martín, Esther; Quintero Morón, Victoria; Rodrigo Cámara, José María; Zarza Balluguera, Daniel (2010). "Campiña de Córdoba". Paisajes y patrimonio cultural en Andalucía. Tiempo, usos e imágenes (PDF). Vol. 1. Seville: Instituto Andaluz del Patrimonio Histórico. ISBN 978-84-9959-024-0.
External links
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Media related to Puente Genil at Wikimedia Commons- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 634.
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