Beas De Segura
Beas de Segura is part of the Sierra de Segura, with almost a quarter of its territory within Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas Natural Park. As of 2019, Beas de Segura has an area of 159.25 km. As of 2016 its padrón municipal registered a population of 5,380 inhabitants, making it the most populated municipality in the region, as well as a center of influence over the neighboring towns.
The majority of its lands are agricultural areas dedicated mainly to the production of olive oil, which is why it is integrated into the Jaén province of the Spanish Association of Olive Producing Municipalities (AEMO). Its olive oil production has allowed its oil industry to be included in the Sierra de Segura denomination of origin. Olive oil production, livestock ranching, and tourism constitute Beas de Segura's main economic activities.
History
The first vestiges of human civilization in the area date from the Lower Paleolithic, when small groups of humans lived on the banks of the Guadalimar River. No human skeletal remains have been found, but a rich lithic industry has been found at Puente Mocho, some of whose tools are displayed at Madrid's Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales and the Museo de Jaén. As of 1979, the Puente Mocho lithic industry is considered among the oldest of its kind in Andalusia.
From the Roman era remain the ruins of the Puente Mocho over the Guadalimar River. It is said that Saint Teresa of Ávila crossed this bridge on her way to Seville after founding Convento de Carmelitas Descalzas (Beas de Segura), the first such convent in Andalusia. The convent of Beas was declared as an Asset of Cultural Interest on April 25, 1979, and years later, on March 22, 1983, was inducted into the General Catalog of Andalusian Historical Patrimony.
For centuries Beas de Segura has hosted festivities in honor of San Marcos from April 22 to April 25, the principal of which is the so-called toro ensogao ("bull on a rope"). This festival was declared an Andalusian "Festival of National Touristic Interest" in 2008.
See also
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía. "Decreto 10/1986, de 5 de febrero, por el que se declara el Parque Natural de las Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas". Junta de Andalucía (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-06-15.
- ^ "Beas de Segura". Andalucía pueblo a pueblo (in Spanish). Instituto de Estadística y Cartografía de Andalucía. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
- ^ INE. "Cifras de población referidas a 1 de enero de 2016". ine.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-01-18.
- ^ "Centros de recursos del olivo". AEMO (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ^ ORDEN de 23 de abril de 1993. "por la que se aprueba el Reglamento de la denominación de origen Sierra de Segura y de su Consejo Regulador". juntadeandalucia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-05-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Jesús Carrasco Rus; Cayetano Aníbal González; Isidro Toro Moyano (1979). "El yacimiento paleolítico de Puente Mocho (Beas de Segura, Jaén): Nuevos hallazgos". Boletín del Instituto de Estudios Giennenses (in Spanish) (99): 81–96. ISSN 0561-3590. Retrieved 2025-02-03.
- ^ BOE del 22 de marzo de 1983. "Denominación del Bien: Convento de Carmelitas Descalzas de San José del Salvador" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-12-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ BOJA del 16 de septiembre de 2008. "Declaración de Interés Turístico". juntadeandalucia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2010-05-20.
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