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Origen del dicho 'andarse por los cerros de Úbeda'

Úbeda, La Loma, Jaén

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Origen del dicho 'andarse por los cerros de Úbeda'

Curiosity · Úbeda, La Loma, Jaén

Image of Úbeda, not of the place itself.

Spanish expression meaning to ramble or digress. Legend attributes it to Captain Álvar Fáñez, who is said to have gone missing before the 1233 conquest and, on reappearing, explained that he had got lost among the city's hills.

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