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What to see and do in Fuentes de Andalucía

What to see and do in Fuentes de Andalucía (Comarca de Écija, Seville): 14 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 5 Monuments · 4 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 3 Historical milestones

When to go to Fuentes de Andalucía: festival calendar

January: Fiestas Patronales de San Sebastián y la Virgen del Rosario (January 20 and October 7)
February: Carnaval de Fuentes de Andalucía (fin de semana antes de Cuaresma hasta Domingo de Piñata (variable, febrero-marzo))
June: Altares de San Juan (June 24)
August: Feria de Agosto de Fuentes de Andalucía (tercera semana de agosto, miércoles a domingo)

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What to see and do in Fuentes de Andalucía

Fuentes de Andalucía
Village
The municipal district was formed in the 19th century by the union of the former lordships of Fuentes and La Monclova. The town was incorporated after the reconquest around 1248, and in 1606 Philip III granted Gome de Fuentes Guzmán the title of marquis of Fuentes.
Castillo de la Monclova
Monument
Medieval fortress with Renaissance additions, today owned by the ducal house of Infantado, which gives its name to one of the two former lordships (Fuentes and La Monclova) that merged to form the current municipality.
Fuentes de Andalucía se llamó Ucrania
Curiosity
In April 2022, the town council temporarily changed the municipality's name to 'Ukraine' for two weeks, in solidarity with the Ukrainian people after the Russian invasion, and renamed streets after cities such as Kyiv, Odesa, Mariupol, Kharkiv, and Kherson.
Conjunto Histórico de Fuentes de Andalucía
Historical milestone
The old town of Fuentes de Andalucía was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural, Spain's highest level of heritage protection, with the category of Conjunto Histórico (Historic Ensemble) in 2002, in recognition of its historical, scenic, ethnological, and monumental value.
Iglesia de Santa María la Blanca de Fuentes de Andalucía
Monument
Notable example of Mudéjar architecture later transformed to a classical style; it was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural, Spain's highest level of heritage protection, with the category of Monument in 2003.
Palacio de los Marqueses y conventos mercedarios de Fuentes de Andalucía
Monument
During the 17th century, Fuentes de Andalucía's most historically and artistically significant monuments were built: the Palacio de los Marqueses, the Mercedarian convent of San José, and that of the Madres Mercedarias Descalzas de la Encarnación.
Torre telegráfica de la Monclova
Monument
19th-century tower belonging to the optical telegraph line, located next to the Castillo de la Monclova, evidence of the visual communication system that linked Madrid with Cádiz before the electric telegraph.
Silo-Mirador de la Campiña
Monument
Former grain silo converted into a cultural space and viewpoint over the Seville countryside, an example of the reuse of the municipality's agro-industrial heritage.
Marquesado de Fuentes
Historical milestone
On 15 February 1606 the title of Marqués de Fuentes was granted to Gome de Fuentes Guzmán, giving rise to the noble lordship that gave the town its name and government over the following centuries.
Reconquista de Fuentes en 1248
Historical milestone
The town was reconquered from the Muslims in 1248, and by 1255 it is already mentioned in the privileges granted by Alfonso X to Carmona, whose district (alfoz) it belonged to in the following centuries.
Carnaval de Fuentes de Andalucía
Activity
Carnival with masks and murgas singing coplas about the previous year's events, held the weekend before Lent through Domingo de Piñata. It has been declared a Fiesta de Interés Turístico de Andalucía since 2008.
Altares de San Juan
Activity
24 June tradition of setting up a family altar with the image of a saint and throwing water with flower petals, celebrated in the streets of Fuentes de Andalucía.
Fiestas Patronales de San Sebastián y la Virgen del Rosario
Activity
Fuentes de Andalucía celebrates its patron saints San Sebastián on 20 January and the Virgen del Rosario on 7 October.
Feria de Agosto de Fuentes de Andalucía
Activity
Formerly known as the Fiesta de la Ermita, it is held at the El Postigo fairground during the third week of August, from Wednesday to Sunday, with fair stalls and rides.