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Description
Chiclana de Segura is a municipality located to the east of the district of El Condado and to the north-east of the province of Jaén, limiting to the region of Segura and the province of Ciudad Real.
Two thirds of its territory is forestry, occupying the north. This forest area is repopulated with coniferous areas, which alternate with shrubs, ideal for the cynetic species, both in the larger and smaller hunting mode.
The southern third of the term is mainly olive tree, with parts dedicated to cereal and orchard.
The environment River Guadalimar and Guadalmena reservoir are recreational spaces of great interest, ideal for direct contact with nature.
Of its artistic heritage stands out the castle of Arab origin, parish church of San Pedro, built in the late 16th century and the first third of the 17th and house of the Condation, which served as a dwelling place for the poet Jorge Manrique.
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Culture
Virtually from any point in the historic town of Chiclana de Segura, due to the height at which it is located, we will get fantastic images of the sea of olive trees that flood the area. Next to the river line are the lands dedicated to gardens, almost hidden by the lush vegetation of the river: willows, alms and mimberas. We can also observe the most steep, repopulated slopes of coniferous and shrouded mountains surrounding this town: the Sierra de Segura and Sierra Morena.
The city centre of Chiclana de Segura is at a high height and seems to be embedded in the same rock. Its serpentating streets, with the windows and balconies adorned with geraniums, seem to spread along the slope of the slope.
We access him through a tunnel that suddenly introduces us into a village with a medieval aura. In addition to surprising us with whimsical corners, we have a pleasant surprise: the buildings excavated on the stone, a troglodito wisdom that makes it possible to have houses that keep the same temperature all year round.
- Castlelocated at the top of the environment, it was a privileged place of surveillance for centuries. It was built by the Arabs, and its strength gives us good proof of the remains of the canvases of their destroyed walls. Its ruins were declared in 1985, Good of Cultural Interest. From its viewpoint, very close to the ruins of the castle, on top of one of the highest hills of the entire contour, we will get impressive views of four different provinces: Ciudad Real, Granada, Albacete and Jaén's own.
- The parish church of San Pedro. It rises in an explanade located in a peñasco, on the site of an ancient medieval temple. The construction takes place between the end of the 16th century and the first third of the 17th century. It impresses its outer appearance: magnificent shillery, counter-strong and step to access the southern cover, which has a half-point arch flanked by cramped pilasters. The most important element is the tower, square floor and two bodies, the bass with two windows, and separated by a ledge; the second body with canyon vault and snail staircase. By removing the set a cornice with three gargools with anthropomorphic figures.
- Palace of the Endowment. It is a baroque building, popularly known with the "House of Inquisition". The good syllable and the rectangular-floor courtyard are noted for its zapatas, wooden beams and dogrous columns.
- Miloco Bridge. It is a Roman bridge over the Guadalimar River that divides the terms of Chiclana de Segura and Beas de Segura. And according to document 1575, the passage between the two municipalities "tax-free." It is built in an alternated quarry with masonry and supports a stretch of the Roman road that corresponds to the Via Andalinesa. With a length of almost 100 meters and supported on six eyes formed by half-barrel vaults. The name of "mocho"is due to the lack of the top railing that acts as a railing.
Nature
Miloco Bridge. This old Roman bridge, located on the avenue of the Guadalimar River and in which we will find various archeological in its surroundings, offers a beautiful panorama of the contour. To move to the place we will have to use a vehicle as it is 16 km away. of the city centre.
Virtually from any point in the historical centre, due to the height at which it is located, we will get fantastic images of the sea of olive trees that flood the area. Next to the river line are the lands dedicated to gardens, almost hidden by the lush vegetation of the river: willows, alms and mimberas. We can also observe the most steep, repopulated slopes of coniferous and shrouded mountains surrounding this town: the Sierra de Segura and Sierra Morena.
The cynetic fauna, both of major and of minor hunting, is abundant. Here we will find wild boars, mountain goats, go and deer; and others like: hares, rabbits, quails and parrots.
It will also be easy to see in the air the majestic flight of the rapes that nestle in these hills.
Parties and Events
The parties of Chiclana have as their main motive the devotion they feel for their patron, the Virgin of Nazareth. The second Sunday of May takes place the "Romeria de la Carrasca" in honor of the patron. A Romeria to which the neighbors of the Sale of Saints join, a pedany that currently belongs to Montizon. A holiday that has a curious legend (We tell it at the end)
The day 8 September The celebrations are held again in honor of the patron, within which the traditional bulls of braves take place.
Also since time immemorial is celebrated the San Marcos holiday, arising from the vote made by the chiclaneros to the saint, patron of the farmers and of the countryside, when they were threatened by a plague of locusts that fed on the breads of the term Chiclana and adjacent. To this fact is the tradition of eating that day, 25 April, the bannazos of San Marcos.
From the folklore point of view, a local dance consisting of an airous jota stands out.
Gastronomy
They understand the chickpeas on the good table. And its kitchen is based on two main ideas: to use virgin olive oil for its peas and to use as ingredients those products that get from its gardens, mountains or rivers. Among its most traditional dishes are:
- "Ajoharina" which is the oldest dish in the region, made of fresh potatoes and vegetables to be processed with flour and pepper.
- "Hare Andrajos"where the broth of the meat is added a saffrito of onion, tomato, pepper and flour dough. (Hence his name, because they look like jirons of broken fabric.)
- "Galians"an ancient vianda that the shepherds took at the foot of the cabin. The galianera, is a cake of unleavened bread that the shepherd cooked in a sheep's leather.
- "Migas" accompanied by olives, radishes, torreznos and a fruit like melon.
- "Gachamita.", is a cake that is prepared with flour, slices and olive oil, which are usually accompanied by chorizo.
History
In the term of Chiclana one of the most significant elements of Iberian culture was found: a solid silver fhibula which, on one side, represents a hunting scene and, on the other, a female deity kneeled by two horses. This piece, together with a set of coins found, constitute what was called "the treasure of Chiclana", dated around the 1st and 2nd centuries BC
In the Roman era there is a proliferation of agricultural settlements in the term, villas, including the Calar de la Mucha.
Chiclana will be conquered by Fernando III around 1235. The king gave it to the Order of Santiago, becoming the head of the Santiaguista commission of Montizón-Chiclana. And for many years I would be his co-ordinator the warrior-poet Jorge Manriquewho was one of the 13 knights leading the Order of Santiago.
From the beginning of the contemporary era to point out two facts: the destruction caused by the Napoleonic troops in 1811 and the frequent running that the supporters carried out in the framework of the First Carlist War, they raided these lands in 1838.
The population belonged to the Kingdom of Toledo and the Order of Santiago until the disappearance of the Military Orders in the 19th century. He would then become dependent on the Beas de Segura Abbey, the Segura de la Sierra party, so he added the "Segura" to his traditional name.
Legend of the Virgin of Nazareth and the Christ of Expiration.Here we reflect a legend that is rooted in the population:
It tells the popular voice that when the sale of the saints belonged to Chiclana, both the chiclaneros and the veners, they celebrated the Romeria together in honor of the Virgin of Nazareth and the Christ of the Expiration in a place called the "Cortijillo de la Virgen". When King Charles III promulgated the Fuero de las Nuevos Poblaciones de Sierra Morena in 1767, the new population of Montizon, to which it was to belong Venta de los Santos, there was a conflict between the parishioners to determine who would be left with the beautiful Gothic image of the Virgin of Nazareth.
In the dispute the bishop will intervene, who decides to draw both images, wanting the chance that the image of the Virgin would correspond to the Sale of Saints, while that of the Christ to Chiclana.
The legend tells us that when the children of both populations went to raise the images that had been in their luck, they could not raise them from their weight. They decided to change the carrier's bands and the venters were able to lift the image of Christ and the chiclaners that of the Virgin of Nazareth, which was interpreted as a divine plan that the Virgin of Nazareth should be from Chiclana.
Literature
In this town you will get to know Jorge Manrique in a very direct way, as he served here as Commander and lived here for long periods.
In Chiclana you will also discover one of the few Interpretation Centres in Spain dedicated exclusively to the poet.
Chiclana de Segura's connection with Jorge Manrique comes from the fact that the town became the head of the Encomienda de Montizón, administered by the Order of Santiago.
Chiclana de Segura pays tribute to the poet, in this case with the opening, in 2013, of an Interpretation Centre dedicated to Jorge Manrique; with the identification of the Palacio de la Encomienda, where he may have resided; with the castle viewpoint, where he lived for the longest and administered the Encomienda; and with the annual celebration of the Festival de la Encomienda, as well as with the recent creation, in 2016, of the Jorge Manrique National Poetry Prize.
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