Torredonjimeno


 * Map of Torredonjimeno

Population:** 13.773
 * Distance:** 115.6 Km
 * Altitude:** 587m
 * Website: http://www.andalucia.org/modulos.php?modulo=atlasIframe&pk_mun=230050&nuevoidioma=eng

Festivals:** __Pilgrimage in honour of Nuestra Señora de la Consolación__, celebrated 5 to 8 September. __Feast of San Pedro__, celebrated 27 June to 1 July

__**Places to Visit:**__ __Church of Santa María__, 16th century. Gothic construction with Romanesque elements. __Church of San Pedro__. With a Mudejar coffered ceiling. __Chapel of Nuestra Señora de la Consolación__. Renaissance style. Built in times of the Catholic Kings. __Castle__, 13th century. Built on the site of an old Roman fortress. The walls, façade and towers remain.

The Roman Tucci makes reference to two villages probably inhabited by the "Túrdulos", Martos and Torredonjimeno. During Roman times, these two villages made up the colony Augusta Gemini, also known as Tuccitana. They were later called Ossaria and Tosiria. From Visigoth times we had the Treasure of Torredonjimeno, discovered in 1926 and later destroyed after using the gems. During the al-Andalus period, it was reduced to merely a fortress. King Fernando III reconquered the village in 1229. The Order of Calatrava called it Torre-Ximeno and later Torredonximeno. King Felipe II granted it a royal privilege separating the village from the jurisdiction of Martos and in 1911 King Alfonso XIII made it a city.
 * History:**

Ginés Liébana, painter. Francisco Roldán, sailor and colonizer. Saints Juana and María, daughters of the Governor Fernández de Martos. Rafael Alvarez "El Brujo", actor.
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