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What to see and do in Cantillana

What to see and do in Cantillana (Vega del Guadalquivir, Seville): 9 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 2 Curiosities · 4 Historical milestones

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Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Cantillana 400 m

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What to see and do in Cantillana

Cantillana
Village
Ferdinand III conquered Cantillana in April 1247 and donated it in 1248 to the Order of Santiago. In 1611 Philip III raised the lordship to the county of Cantillana, with Juan Antonio Corzo Vicentelo de Leca y Toledo as its first count.
Torre del Reloj de Cantillana
Monument
Former 12th-century military fortress converted into the town gate in the 15th century and today the municipality's clock tower.
Blas Infante, notario en Cantillana
Curiosity
Blas Infante worked as a notary in Cantillana between 1910 and 1923, and there he encountered the 'Santo Dios,' an old sung rogation used by farmers to pray for rain, which he took as the basis for composing the anthem of Andalusia.
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Cantillana
Monument
A 16th-century parish temple built under the patronage of the Counts of Cantillana.
Naeva, la Cantillana romana
Historical milestone
The Turdetani settlement of Llia or Hipalia became, in Roman times, Naeva, a city mentioned by Pliny, with an important river port on the Guadalquivir and its own mint, which struck coins bearing a female head and a shad fish. In the Later Roman Empire the name evolved into Cantillana when the ending '-ana' was added to the demonym Cantillus.
Muertes de dos arzobispos de Sevilla en Cantillana
Historical milestone
The archbishop of Seville Gonzalo de Mena died in Cantillana in 1401, during a plague epidemic, and archbishop Diego de Anaya also died in the town, in 1437.
Estancias de los Reyes Católicos en Cantillana
Historical milestone
Queen Isabella the Catholic stayed in Cantillana in 1478 during a trip to Seville, and in 1502 she camped there again together with Ferdinand the Catholic, signing a document of monastic transfer in the town.
Condado de Cantillana
Historical milestone
In 1567 Philip II sold the town of Cantillana to Juan Antonio Vicentelo de Leca, who became its first count.
Mantones de Manila de Cantillana
Curiosity
Cantillana is known for the artisanal work of fringing Manila shawls, a hand-knotting craft practiced by women in the town since the 19th century.