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The population of Mancha Real is located east of the capital, in the foothills of Sierra Magina and more specifically at the foot of the Eagle Peña. It's only 19 km. from the city of Jaén.
Its municipal term, a long strip of land, is one of the most industrial municipalities of the province, extending from the foothills of Sierra Mágina, to the south, to the Guadalquivir River, to the north.
To the south of the term are the forest lands of the municipality, descending from here to the Guadalquivir River and becoming an olive countryside.
The town of Sotogordo also belongs to Mancha Real.
In addition to having a great olive tradition, it was one of the industrial cores the most powerful of the province, especially the sectors of wood, the information technology with the manufacture of computers and industry of manufacturing of tools and agricultural machinery.
To the southwest of the town, just 3 km. of the urban core, next to the Natural Park of Sierra Magina, is the Eagle Peña, an area of great environmental interest.
The church stands out from its architectural heritage Parish of San Juan Evangelista, the Old Convent of the Barefoot Carmelites, the Torre del Risquillo and the Castle of Riez, the last two in the municipal term.
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Culture
- Parish Church of San Juan Evangelista, is the most important monument in the town. Declared Good of Cultural Interest in 1983, it was built in various phases between the 16th and 18th centuriesThe names of the most prestigious architects such as Andrés de Vandelvira, a master in the construction of the Jaén Cathedral, are linked to the building. The trail presents a temple of three ships with the flat header, columnary and sacristy supports, with vaulted vaults on the side and spherical ships at the central. The main coverof extraordinary bill and beautiful composition, mannerist, made of stone and structured as an altarpiece. Its most striking elements are the half point arc that opens the door, the double Ecstasy columns that flank her, ornamental grounds as diamond tips or structuressuch as pilasters and semicircular parties. The tower and with the first body without decoration to whom they point strong foothills; second body with balconies with a half-point arc on imposts, crate pilasters and triangular front with shield on the eardrum; body of bells, presents vases on the four corners on which the octagonal body is raised, which it holds, in turn, a pyramidal chapitel.
- Convent of the Barefoot Carmelites of Real Mancha. From this convent, founded by San Juan de la Cruz in 1586, is preserved a small part of the facade, a canvas divided into three sections by pilasters, the smooth sides and the central with the door. It consists of a half-point arch on imposts with highlighted key and jambas supported in the zócalo. The axis of the pilassas is crowned with pyramidal pinacles.
- Torre del Risquillo. They are remains of a bajomieval tower (tower of the homage of the old castle), probably from the 13th century that conserves 4 m high and is located on a small hill a few meters from Cortijo Risquillo.
- Castle of Ríez. It is integrated into the Cortijo de Ríez, and is an ancient fortress existing in the Auringi countryside. It is erected next to the Roman road from Guadix to Catulus. This fortress was destroyed by the northern barbarians who left only the foundations. In the time of Fernando III, the Holy One was rebuilt by the Arabs and looted and burned. He protected Baeza's path with Jaén.. At the foot of the remains of the enclosure are various archaeological pieces such as a mill and a catapult bullet. It's been declared Good of Cultural Interest.
Nature
The municipal term of Royal ink consists of 98.78 km2 surface, with a height of 757 m above sea level. In general terms, we can say that it is an agricultural municipality, right on the border between Sierra Mágina and the southern countryside of Jaén, where the areas covered by the crops, mainly olive trees, dominate.
The highest altitude areas are located in the south of the municipality, in the foothills of Sierra Mágina, The Morron with 1540 m. and the White Mojon with 1495 m altitude, are the ceilings of the municipality. In the term of Real Mancha, they are distinguished four ecosystems:: forest and forest land, agricultural ecosystems, rivers and humid areas and modified ecosystems.
The forest ecosystem is located in the South of the municipality, where pine, oak, oaks and complaints predominate. In agricultural ecosystem the dominant species is olive, as well as other arable or cereal crops.
The wetlandsnear the river basin, in Mancha Real, have an extension lowwhich would be located to the north, near the Guadalquivir River.
The modified ecosystems would be made up of those areas where removed indigenous vegetation to dedicate it to olive crops or recreational areas.
The fauna of the term the small game cynetic species, hares, clumsy pigeons, rabbits, partridges, badges; olive fauna: carbonaries, cobblestones, owls, cernikals, hawks...; and reptiles: lizard, hocucuda viper, salamanchees, creams...
Eagle Peñaan area of environmental interest:
Although it is outside the limits of the Natural Park, the Peña del Eagle saw, it can be considered as entrance door to the Natural Park of the Sierra Magina.
With the recently conditioned access and trails, it offers us the possibility to make a circular route that will allow us to observe the fantastic panoramic of many points in the province, while we discover the vegetation that dominates this area.
On the rise we will crown The Morron and The White Mojónfrom where we can see El Almadén and El Aznaitín as representatives of Sierra Magina. A good choice is to get close. to the recreational area from where we'll get some spectacular views of the municipality from Real Mancha.
Parties and Events
The festival of Mancha Real is wide and unique, from which we highlight the following celebrations:
- San Joséon March 19. The importance of the wood sector is felt the celebration of the day of San José, patron of the carpenters, and in its honor a monumental failure in the style of the Levine. A party that is considered to be of Regional Tourist Interest.
- Holy Week. During Holy Week, the four cofradies of the town process through the streets of Mancharrealeña reminiscent of the Passion of Jesus.
- San Marcoson April 25. Real Mancha pattern.
- The "Monkeys." The 2nd and 3er September Sunday. A party with an ancient tradition in which there is no lack of procession. The night before they gather in the square and go all over the town singing some popular coffins (16th and 17th centuries), inviting people to participate the next day at the party.
- Romeria and Feria in honor of the Virgin of the Rosary. The Romeria, which has no specific date, is held for a weekend. The people of the village go up to the hermitage and encampa all weekend in the surroundings of the sanctuary of the Virgin to accompany her. The Saturday Mass is held in the sanctuary to which all the rosemary people attend. The Sunday The transfer from the Sanctuary to the Church of the people takes place. After the Romeria, in the following days the Fair is held in on the 7th of October, day of the Virgin of the Rosary. In those days the "target" morning or the most diverse attractions for big and small.
- The Immaculate Conceptionon December 8. It's the Patrona de Mancha Real.
Gastronomy
In the municipality the industry of making sausages, where natural products preserved in oil have been processed, stands out. One of the most popular is the morcilla. The basic ingredients are: pork butter, onion and pig blood; and the main fences: sweet pimenton, cinnamon, nutmeg, nail, caravan, salt, oregano and optionally the thyme.
The typical dishes coincide with those of the Sierra Magina region and all of them revolve around olive oil:
- The Calandrajos. They have as ingredients water, flour and salt for wafers. In the frying pan a saffrito of tomato, garlic, onion, green pepper, a little spicy and rabbit, hare or partridge. When cooked the meat is added the wafers and let be boiled. They're served in the same pan.
- The Migas. It was a dish used to take advantage of hard bread. They are fried in a frying pan of garlic teeth, to which the bread is added until it is touched. The crumbs are usually served with fried peppers, torreznos, sardines, grapes and melon.
- Pipirrana: a salad in which tomatoes, cooked eggs, green peppers, onions, tuna are chopped...
- Gazpachos, which carry almost the same ingredients as the piirfrog, but are batted and left with the liquid presentation.
In the pastry shop:
- The Sweet Gachas. They are made from roasted flour, bread, milk, cinnamon, sugar, olive oil and matalahúva or anis. They're typical of All Saints Day.
- The Boring. Made with a bread made of oil and egg cooked in the center. It's consumed on Easter.
- The Drinks. Oil, wine, flour, a little anise and sugar.
- Other: Roscos, gusanillo...
History
The first signs of human presence on the lands de Mancha Real go back to Paleolithic, in the settlement of the Soguero. In Neolithic, V and IV millennium BC and the Bronze age, III millennium BC, there was a proliferation of settlements in the area, including those of Piedras Gil, Cerro Moreno, Cerro Alcalá and Peñaflor.
From the Iberian stage has been recorded in the settlements of El Toril and Las Casicas. From the Roman times is located in Cerro Alcalá la Ossigi Latonium.
During Islamic period the area was populated by small villages or houses; one of them is that of Peñaflora which had between 20 and 30 houses.
After the Christian conquest, this population was kept scattered around control towers, including Peñaflor, Requillo, the Sordo Tower, etc.
The current core population was founded by Carlos V in 1537 and the villa took the name of The Jaén Manchuelafor being dependent on this city. The reason for its foundation is in the process of repopulating these lands after the completion of the Reconquista for the defense of the roads.
The boom and consolidation of the population, determined the struggle for Jaén's independence. Philip II, 1557, granted the title of villa and thus the independence of the city of Jaén, not without having paid the amount of 58,000 reais.
The importance that La Manchuela de Jaén acquired is a testimony to the stop on the regio journey of Philip IV in 1653which led the jurists of the village, in thanks to the king for his visit, to decide that they will henceforth be called e Real-time.The population continued to develop to 11264, and today it is a people, for its industry and agriculture, with a hopeful future.
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