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The current Bed origin dates back to a farmhouse Arabic belonging to Abu-Alkama. With Fernando III current name appears already with his . Located in the region of the Aljarafe, his territory is delimited by Santiponce, Valencina of Concepcion, Castilleja de Guzmán, Castilleja of the Slope, You will Take and Seville.
The municipal territory characterizes for the big change of his levels, existing account that in his enclave two areas distinguish natural clearly differentiated. On the one hand, the Vega of The Guadalquivir (Occident) and for other the High plateau of the Aljarafe (east). The change goes from 10 ó 12 m of the Vega, with presence of soils inundables for the Guadalquivir, up to 100 m of average height of the cornice of the Aljarafe, reaching them in Beds Hills of the Carambolo and Saint Brígida 87 and 115 m respectively.
He acquired celebrity for the Pronouncement of General Riego, 1 of January of 1.820, that proclaiming the political freedoms and her They grant constitution of 1.821 to him the title of city and the use of proper shield
or "escutcheon".
Monuments:
Parochial church of Our Lady of Grace
His works directed by Pedro Silva between 1760 and 1761, begin in 1723 and they do not end until 1800, year in which it is inaugurated. It consists of three ships covered by vaults of different type and his front is smooth with two doors, frontal one and other one in the left side. major reredos is of neoclassic style and it is decorated by sculptures and reliefs of the same one, although he emphasizes especially in the niche central the image of the Virgin of Grace of the XVIIIth century. In side ships find several reredoses with sculptural works as well as paintings of enough interest. In the left image of the Painful one emphasizes it and of Crucified of Vera Cruz, to the right the modern sculpture of the Big Power and an original reredos rococo with an original relief of the Virgin of the Antigua, of the XVIIth century. choir is to the feet and contains an organ that Elizabeth II gave to the Parish in the middle of the XIXth century. The font proceeds of the Church of the O of the beginning of the XVIIth century. Finally he emphasizes a series of pieces of gold work in the office of the parish priest.
Tower of the Farmhouse of Gambogaz
She is included in the farm that was during the XIXth century "cradle of the bourgeoisie and of the agrarian mechanization", thanks to Sevillian lawyer Ignacio Vázquez Gutiérrez. At present monument is considered, although the farmhouse belongs from the War Civil to the family Queipo of Plain. The tower in question is of style Gothic - Mudejar and it has big interest. The following card is her that he retires in the Inventory of Real estate of the Patrimony Historical of the Department of Education, Culture and Sport.
The Treasure of the Carambolo
The hill of The Carambolo is the height most next to Seville, in rim of the plateau of [[Aljarafe. There is one of the highest hills of his alignment, reaching a 60 meters level on the Vega of Triana. His estimable situation, opposite to the Vega of Triana, offered to this hill a position privileged for the seat of Towns primitive. According to the teacher Carriazo, "The grounds of the crown of the hill were acquired in 1940 by the Real Society of Shot of Pigeon". From earlier, there existed the legend of which the hill was containing one treasure. His discovery had to wait up to 1.958, with achievement of new works of enlargement of the building sedates of Society of Shot Pigeon. This treasure consists of 21 golden pieces of 24 carats, with a 2.950 grams entire weight. The pieces in question are:
- A necklace, with two branches of chain, finished in a ring and one crossbar; a pin fusiforme, 16 kidlings cadenitas and seven pendants with aspect of signatory stamp. - Two bracelets cylindrical. - Two pectoral ones in the shape of turtle - Sixteen badges of different sizes
For the teacher Carriazo, these pieces were, protohistóricas and Andalusian, probably tartéssicas. Between many other remains, there stand out different classes of ceramics, chinas and glasses, some of thin yellowish clay and others of mud of different color (greyish, reddish, blackish) although all of neolithic aspect. All these finds, in addition to the magnificent treasure, provide to Beds of a cultural past possibly in kinship with the culture tartéssica. At present a reproduction of the same one finds in the Archaeological museum of Seville.
Chapel of Our Lady of Guide
It is inside the type of building of oriental origin destined to religious ends as small oratory that they were placing to the outskirts of the cities and near to the ways. they name rábitas and believers were surviving thanks to the alms of . In the Way of Guide, in the bed locality and much near to the municipal term of Castilleja of the Slope it is possible to visit this chapel with square plant covered by dome octogonal on horns and in whose interior figure a set of arcades and columns merely decorative. The chapel dates of Almohad period and lately to the state in danger of collapse. To avoid this a ship has been necessary to lean to two waters. As anecdote one can mention that every year the pilgrims rocieros do stopped here to produce cult to his virgin.
Holidays
Holy Week: Sacramental brotherhood and Nazarenes' brotherhood of Our Father Jesus del Gran Poder and Our Lady of the Pains. Station of Atonement the Maundy Thursday, being the only brotherhood that procesiona in Holy Week.
It takes a break: Owing to the birthday of Our Lady of the Pains, Bed boss, the Holidays are celebrated in September Management, with the installation of a beautiful fair that enjoys of big popularity in Seville and his province |
