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Data of the Town

The Bell

Town

Type of Entity: Town: The Bell

Municipality

The Bell / Region: Country Hills

Province

Seville

Community

Andalusia

Habt. / Ine 2004

5236

 

Town hall

Direction

Square of Andalusia, 6

ZIP code

41429

Phone

954 19 93 65

Fax

954 19 93 61

Office Tourism

To contact with telf. quoted

Official web

The Bell

Web of Interest

The Bell I populate of Seville tourist information

E-mail municipality

campana@dipuse villa.es

 It seems that his name comes of epoch of the reconquest of Andalusia for the Christian armies. The origin of the human establishments goes back up to the epoch prehistoric, as the remains found in the area demonstrate it, in the place called the "Thicket" and in the "Well of the Reed mace".

Also Roman traces are in the Cañuela, the Table and Hamlet of the Admiral. His current name can derive from two words: one, the place of the Town, the Bell or Country; her other one, the word that defines the series of towers provided with bells that were serving in times of the reconquest to call to the battle in case of hostile attack.

In the XVth century it obtained the "title of town", and it was donated to Don Miguel Bocanegra for king Juan II. The first one delivered it later to his daughter by way of dowry, on having married with Count of Arches. Later it went on to the royal family, and finally Mrs Ann, sister of Felipe II sold it to the Marquess of Villanueva of I laugh, in whose family remained until 1810, date of the abolition of the dominions.

It is necessary to emphasize the parochial church of Santa Maria Blanca, of XVIth century, neoclassic of the XIXth century. Also it possesses in his interior interesting decorative elements, also they emphasize his sculptures and paintings of the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries.

Church of San Sebastian, of the beginning of the XVIIIth century although with added later. It lodges religious sculptures and linens of XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries.

Church of the St Lawrence. It was constructed throughout the XVIIIth century and XIX. It is necessary to emphasize a socket of tiles that it possesses of the XVIIIth century and crucified of the XVIth.

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