Santaella
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Santaella is a village located in the province of Córdoba, Spain
Spain
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. According to the 2006 census
Census
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 (INE
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)
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), the village has a population of 6,002 inhabitants.

History

The lands of Santaella have attracted men since its more remote times. Settlements in Santaella date from as early as around the 150,000 to.C. These settlements have been maintained uninterrupted to our days. Fertile countryside with good mwater supplies constituted the basis one where different towns and cultures arrive. Among other inhabitants, the preroman natives, the Roman civilization, the barbaric towns and the Hispanic-Moslem world outstand as relevant in Santaella actual configuration. All of them left their traces in the actual city. It was re-conquered by the king Fernando III toward 1240. Then, Santaella was yielded to the Counsel of Cordoba by its son Alfonso X. Felipe II
Felipe II
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 grants its jurisdictional independence, to pass, later, to be erected in marquisate, recovering its independence in 1735.

Art and culture

Among others, the arabian walls, the homage tower and the Asuncion Church from the XVII century outstand for their relevance and their beauty. As part of its modern artistic development, many upcoming Spanish painters and sculptors are developing their work in Santaella, with the sculptor Francisco Luque
Francisco Luque
Francisco Luque Palma is a Spanish sculptor.- Biography :Born in 1948, at the beginning of the 70s he starts his studies at the School of Applied Arts in Cordoba, Spain and starts participating in collective expositions in the region of Córdoba and Jaén . He is mostly autodidactic, splitting his...

as the best known representative.

External links

  • Santaella - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
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