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Nuestra Señora
de los Remedios | Plaza
de las Flores | La Torre del Reloj | Ruinas
del Castillo de San Luis | The Watchtowers | La
Ermita del Calvario | Castillo
del Nicio
Plaza de las Flores
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| Plaza de las Flores |
Orange Square has had a number of names over the
years, beginning as Plaza Real, it became in turn Plaza
de la Constitución,
Plaza de José Antonio and finally (at least for now), Plaza
de Las Flores. They were great times for the makers of street signs.
Somewhere along the way it was also known briefly as Plaza de
Abastos (Provisions Square), where the markets alternated with bullfights.
Confusing and downright dangerous if you turned up on the wrong
day to buy potatoes. In the square you will find the Casa de
la Cultura, which is itself worth a visit, and contains a good library.
Until forty years or so ago, the building was a hospital - the Hospital
de la Caridad de las Madres Carmelitas Terciarias.
When the square was being renovated in the 1980s,
fragments of Roman and Moorish pottery were uncovered, confirming
that the original town had not been limited to site of the later
castle alone. It became so after the Moorish defeat, and the site
around Plaza de las Flores was not inhabited again until the end
of the 18th century, when the town began to grow once more, breaking
out of the castle walls to spill down the hillside like a slow stream
of lava.
The above text was reproduced from the the book
"In Search of Andalucia" by kind permission of the authors
David Wood and Chris Wawn. Click
here to order your copy from our online book store.
GPS Location: 36º
25' 32'' N 5º 08' 44'' W
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