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What to see and do in Sevilleja de la Jara

What to see and do in Sevilleja de la Jara (La Jara, Toledo): 11 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 2 Nature · 1 Activities · 2 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones · 2 Food and drink

When to go to Sevilleja de la Jara: festival calendar

August: Festival of la Espiga (second Sunday of August)

How far each place is from the centre of Sevilleja de la Jara

High Summit 2.6 km

Towns near Sevilleja de la Jara

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What to see and do in Sevilleja de la Jara

Sevilleja de la Jara
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Jara, in the province of Toledo, founded at the beginning of the thirteenth century by Mozarabs arriving from Andalusia — its name is a diminutive of Seville — and the administrative head of much of the comarca until the end of the eighteenth century, when the separations reduced its jurisdiction; much of the district is a Special Protection Area for Birds, a refuge for the Spanish imperial eagle, the black vulture and the black stork, and its cooking rests on migas pastoras and kid roasted in a wood-fired oven.
Sevilleja, Founded by Mozarabs
Curiosity
The village was founded at the beginning of the 13th century by Mozarabs who came from Andalusia fleeing Almoravid persecution; its name is a diminutive of Seville, in memory of their origin.
Hermitage of el Santo Cristo Arrodillado
Monument
The hermitage of the Santo Cristo Arrodillado, in Sevilleja de la Jara (La Jara district, Toledo), is also known as the hermitage of the Santísimo Cristo Arrodillado or Nazareno. Rectangular in plan and with a single nave, it has an entrance at the foot end and an attached main chapel wider than the nave, in the manner of a camarín (shrine chamber), and has been documented as such since at least the 18th century.
High Summit
Nature
A peak of 1,273 metres located in the Sierra de Sevilleja, in the western sector of the Montes de Toledo, amid pine woods, oak groves, cork oak groves and jaral scrub. Next to it rises another of the sierra's notable peaks, the Collado de Riofrío, at 1,143 metres.
ZEPA of La Jara
Nature
Special Protection Area for Birds covering a good part of the municipal district, a refuge for the Spanish imperial eagle, the black vulture and the black stork.
Spain's First Social Hunting Reserve
Curiosity
In the municipality of Sevilleja de la Jara, in the Toledo district of La Jara, Spain's first social hunting reserve was created, a publicly accessible reserve of more than 30,000 hectares spanning the provinces of Toledo and Ciudad Real. All Spanish hunters can gain access to it through draws and prices set in the annual hunting management plan, and its land is home to partridge, deer and wild boar. Hunting remains the town's main economic driver.
Festival of la Espiga
Activity
Fiesta de La Espiga of Sevilleja de la Jara (Toledo), a summer celebration held on the second Sunday of August, with street parties, traditional games, musical shows, magic and theatre for all ages.
Sevilleja, head of the whole Jara
Historical milestone
From its foundation until the end of the eighteenth century, Sevilleja was the district that administered a good part of the comarca, including the present municipalities of La Nava de Ricomalillo and Robledo del Mazo. The later segregations reduced its jurisdiction.
The rural exodus of Sevilleja
Historical milestone
The municipality reached its maximum in 1950 with 3,374 inhabitants and today does not reach seven hundred. Emigration to Madrid and to the coast emptied the hamlets of the sierra in two generations and left the hills to big game and to extensive livestock.
Shepherd's migas
Food and drink
Shepherd's dish made with crumbled stale bread, garlic, oil and paprika, worked slowly until it comes apart into grains. In the sierra they are served with chorizo, pork rashers and sometimes grapes or sardine, and they are still the food of the hunting days.
Roast kid goat of La Jara
Food and drink
The goat stock that makes use of the scrubland gives the suckling kid that is roasted in a wood-fired oven, dressed only with lard, salt and garlic. It is the dish of the festes majors and the one that sustains the offer of the inns of the Jara sierra.