Sabiote

Nature

Sabiote with an extension of 112 km² and at an average altitude of 840 m. on the sea level, it is on the top of the plateau of La Loma, framed by the Guadalimar River to the north, and by the Guadalquivir River to the south.

The view that offers us its term is typical "olive seas " that in a soft way, both on the north and south slopes, they go down until they find the valleys of the Guadalimar and Guadalquivir rivers, to the north and to the south, respectively.

From the urban centre panoramic that are visible are spectacular: to the north the foothills of Sierra Morena, to the south Magina saw and the depression of Guadalquivir, and to the east the Serras of Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas.

But in addition to this great framework in which it is located, Sabiote has places of special interest, including:

• Cañada Real del Paso, recreational area just 3 km. of the town of the town.

• The Source of the Corridor. It is a natural mushroom of great beauty with a natural waterfall and a cave in the vicinity.

• The Source of HealthIt's his stalactites and the birth of a stream.

• Olvera's jump, a water jump over the Guadalimar River, where we can practice the fishing of the barb.

The Sabioteños the plant resources which offers them the ground to maintain some traditional activities. We can still find samples of the craft made with spartum and palmand the most traditional gardening made of leather and wool carpets.

Sabiote, in the shadow of Ubeda can go unnoticed, but we have already seen that it is a town with a historical-artistic heritage and a natural heritage that makes it a worthy representative of the most characteristic of the region of La Loma Fuck you.

Parties and Events

• Holy Week. When Holy Week comes, Sabiote, he takes his works of religious art to the streets to commemorate the Passion of Christ. Its origins start in the 16th century when the first cofradies were created, Our Father Jesus Nazarene, Our Lady of Soledad and that of the Most Holy Christ of the Exhibition. An assistance that is increasing over the years, both for the quality and value of the sizes and for the bands of music, which are dressed in nazarene perform process marches.

• San Ginés, whose celebration dates back to the times of Fernando III. They take place between 22 to 26 August. The day 25, day of the Patron, the image of the Saint Gines is processed from the church of St. Peter the Apostle to the hermitage that bears his name. At the end of the procession, the traditional auction of the threads takes place. As a farewell to the parties, a pyromuscular show is held.

• Horse racing. On the occasion of the Festivals of the Virgin of the Star (May 1) The Middle Ages-style horse races are developed. The races take place on the football field and are held at 12 in the morning and 6 in the afternoon.

• The bulls. The Taurin tradition of this town dates back to the 16th century, celebrated in portable squares until 1914, Sunday of Resurrection, the day on which the fixed bullring was opened. The day 24 August, local copattern party, is the Main Taurin Day. The first swords of the tauromaquia have passed through this square.

• The fire of Saint Anton, January 17. The day begins with a religious feast attended by farmers, farmers, craftsmen and the Big Brother. At the end of the Mass the procession of the saint through the streets of the town. At the end of the procession, the Big Brother offers a refreshment to the attendees. In the afternoon the traditional fires where smoke cigarettes of matalahuga and eat chickpeas.

• Virgin of the StarMay 1. She's the patron of Sabiote. In the early morning of this day she is processed on the streets. In the Rosary of the Aurora it is moved to the hermitage of San Ginés, where the Eucharist is celebrated, the Maya are sung and the traditional one is offered to the faithful charity of bread and oil, green beans and wine. In the afternoon, after the prayer of the Rosary, Our Patron is processed until the parish done will remain during the month of May for the offering of flowers, being returned to his sanctuary on the last Sunday of May.

• The Virgin of the Head. The Sabiote Brotherhood is one of the oldest to attend the Romany.

• La Candelariaon February 2.

• San Isidro Labrador, patron of farmers who exhibit their machinery.

• Santa Rita, on May 22, although the hermitage of this saint is in the jurisdiction of Villacarillo.

• Corpus Christi.

• Carnival.

Gastronomy

This town has a wide variety of traditional dishes and some with clear reminiscent of the civilizations that have been on these lands. Among the dishes with the most roots in the population, we highlight:

• "Andrajos": cooked in the broth of boiling minor game pieces with peppermint and a saffrito of vegetables and strips of flour made of jirones that take the name of "talarines."

• "Ajoharina": A saffrito is made with tomato, onion, potato and eggplant. In the frying pan, dry red peppers are tasted, once toast is crushed in the mortar with cumins and salt. When everything is ready, water is added and at the end flour is to be weighed.

• "Bread migas." They are accompanied by chorizo, torreznos, rabanillos, olives, and fruits like grapes or melon.

• "Hare hair soup." That's what the tomato soup is called.

• "Sabioteña Salad." It has cucumber, melon, orange, tomato seasoned with olive oil, chopped garlic, oregano, salt and vinegar.

• "gazpachos salad." The aquasal, oil and vinegar are added with chopped onion and toast.

• "Stand up." It is a modest spicy dish of La Loma that is made with saffrito of vegetables, trimmed with flour, toast and colored with pimenton.

Among the daily dishes are:

• "Muchero," The one who in Sabiote is called "widower" when he has no meat.

• Cortiser riceIn addition to the dressing, it only has a few chopped potatoes.

• Eggplant tortilla.

• Panets: are meatballs made with bread miga and unscratched cod pieces.

From the sweetness stand out:

• Roscos de San Ginés. They are deposited in the ways of the saint when he moves to his hermitage, auctioning himself at the end of the procession.

• "Whites."Of Morisca tradition, it is a mass of oil, flour, egg, and covered with a fragile layer of sugar, egg clear and a lemon chorreon, then taking a solid consistency the white or white bath.

• Other: drunks, buds, cinnamon and powder.

History

It is likely that first settlements daten of the Copper Age, and they would be located in the fertile lands by the Guadalimar River. These settlements are characterized by being watertight settlements, establishing platforms on which the houses would be located, with stone sockets. Remains of these settlements have been found in the area called "The Coward" and "Cerro de la Mula."

We will no longer have any information until the end of the Iberian stage, between the 2nd and 1st centuries. C., where we find a town on the flat on the site "Avenazar's Cortijo," on a terrace of the Guadalimar with 20 or 30 houses.

In the Roman era, the first century, the population is occupied by the small peasants, known as villas.

With the Muslim era, centuries VIII - X, the strategic situation of being on the hill would lead to a "hisn," a shelter, to which the occupants of the houses would come in case of danger. This core would be fortified in the ninth century.

This settlement would be conquered by Fernando IIIbetween 1227 and 1229, and that years later, his son, Alfonso X, to the Order of Calatravawhich would strengthen medieval fortification, to which it would belong until the early 16th century. The Military Order would sell the villa with its land to Francisco de los Cobos, Secretary of Charles V, and after his son Philip II. At this time the castle would be reformed to make it a palace.

The Napoleonic troops when Sabiote left, 1808They would fly the interior of the palace.

As of this date, stability is reflected in the population increase from Sabiote, which at the beginning of the 20th century already had with 7,000 inhabitants. A population that lives from agriculture, mainly from cereal and vineyard cultivation. It will be from the last century when we begin to replace the cultivation of the cereal with that of the olive tree.

The social convulsions of the first half of the 20th century, as well as the Civil War and the emigration to the provincial capitals or industrial areas, will be the causes of population loss to reach 4,302 inhabitants at present.