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Description
The people ofCastillo de Locubínis located in theSouth Sierraof Jaén, at the gates of the subbetic mountain range and its municipal term is populated with olive trees and cherry trees. At the edge of the Achillos saw, and located in a valley on the banks of the San Juan river, they alternate areas of saw with valleys of garden tiles.
Its municipal term includes theSales of Carrizal and Los Chopos.The birth of the San Juan River is a place of great beauty enjoyed for its recess by both the castilleros and visitors.
In this town the cherry is the emblematic fruit, the object of a fair and a party around its collection. During the flowering time of this tree, towards the end of March, it offers a picture worthy of being admired.
In its artistic heritage we highlight thethe parish glesia of Saint Peter the Apostle, built in the late 16th century. Its main cover is classic and the side mannerist.
In the surroundings of the city centre there are surveillance towers of the Muslim era, such as theLa Villeta, that still retains the bottom and part of the wall that surrounded it.
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Culture
Its artistic heritage is spread between the city centre and the surrounding area. Inside the city centre we have:
- The church of San Pedro, built around 1580. On the cover there are two dogrous columns that culminate in a hornaine with a Saint Peter Apostle.
- Hermitage of Our Father Jesus, of 1700 and that preserves the paintings and the original wood size of the Patron, Our Father Jesus Nazarene.
- Hermitage of San Antón, dates from 1800, and was demolished and rebuilt in 2001.
In the urban area:
- Tower of the Batan, of Roman origin to which an Arab body was added. It was used as a flour mill and later oil mill.
- La Villeta, remains of an Arab fortress from which its bottom and part of the wall are preserved.
- Low Head of Beautiful Encina, a fortified population centre, founded at a late moment of Iberian culture and that reached its development in the Roman stage.
- Torre del Marroquín, a medieval atalaya in good condition of 9 m high and that has been declared Good of Cultural Interest.
Nature
The birth of the river San Juan is the green lung of Castillo de Locubín, it is a place of great beauty, surrounded by vegetation, has an abundant flow of water that sprouts from the interior of the mountain. Around this source, numerous pools of crystalline water have been formed, from which water sprouts into columns of bubbles. A space that has become a recreational area for casters and visitors.
And on both sides of the San Juan River is the vega castilleraa fertile land that welcomes a care and valuable agricultural landscape, in which all kinds of fruit are given, with special predominance of the cherry trees.
To discover in more detail both the fauna and the flora of the municipal term, nothing better than to travel some of the the paths and ways they go through these places. Sendas that, without a high level of difficulty, we can pass them to discover the contrasts that enclose this earth.
One way to know the characteristics of the rocks in these saws is to visit some of the caves that form these rock masses. One of the best known is the Cueva Jabonerowho was inhabited at the age of the Copper.
The visit to Low Head of Beautiful Encina, it is an elongated plateau with abrupt slopes in all directions, which was an archaeological settlement known since ancient times.
The data obtained in the excavations indicate that the oppidium de Cabeza Baja de Encina Hermosa is founded in the late 3rd century a. C., and develops a population that follows the typical Iberian urbanism of Alto Guadalquivir.
Parties and Events
- Fair and Feast in honor of Our Father Jesus Nazarene, from 7 to 11 September.
- Cherry Party, It has been held since 1983 and has been a great boost to tourism and local gastronomy. Among the many activities that are organized, is the free tasting of different products that have the main basis of cherry. Its date is usually in June, when the collection ends.
- San Antonio party, is celebrated in the Pedanía de Ventes de Carrizal on 13 and 14 June.
Gastronomy
The wide variety of fruits and vegetables that are produced in the gardens of Castillo de Locubín gives us an idea of the diversity of dishes in the town.
Between the strong dishes are: Oreganillo de orza, Migas with melon, the bowling soup, the Holy Week potage, Cod casserole, Chotto al ajillo, rabbit to the oreganillo, gazpacho and Ajowhite with cherries.
The desserts include the multiple fruit compots and jams of the orchard, mainly cherries. We must mention the Cherry Liquor, which is only made in this town.
Among the pastries: the Castling Mantawhich is a biscuit filled with natural products; castles, wrapped in sugar and egg whites; almond trins, papuecas and cherry chocolates.
All these products are served for free at the cherry fair.
History
The first testimonies of the human presence in this municipality date back to the 4th millennium BC in the caves of the and the scrap, inhabited by pastors who made ceramic with incisions.
In the municipal term of Castillo de Locubín the Iberian village of Cabeza Baja de Encina Hermosawhich reached its development in the Roman era. And to this Roman imperial era corresponds the Roman villa of the Cortijo del Baño, in the pedanía de Ventes de Carrizal.
During the Islamic stage it was known as Hisn al- Uqbin that some translate by "Castle of the Eagles." The history of this town was very linked to that of Alcalá la Real on which it depended.
In the time of Fernando III, he formed part of the territories of the Order of Calatrava and constituted one of the advanced limits of the commission of Martos. And it will be King Alfonso XI who gives the castle and the village of Castillo de Locubín to the people of Alcalá la Real, which will last until the first decades of the 19th century.
It will be in 1835 when after several attempts he can become independent. In 1915, King Alfonso XIII gave him the title of city.
Other information
We want to quote one of the many legends that exist around the image of the Nazarene Jesus. It is said that when the image was taken on a wagon to Alcalá La Real, they stayed in Castillo de Locubín, and when the next morning they prepared to continue the road, the weight of the image was such that the oxen of the wagon could not with the weight. What was understood as a sign that the image should remain in this place. So it was done and now it is the image that they venerate as a pattern.
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