Carmona, Spain

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Carmona, a town of south-western Spain, in the province of Seville; 43 km (27 mi.) N.E. of Seville by rail. Pop. (1900) 17,215.

City center

Alcázar Carmona portal

Carmona parador

Carmona is built on a ridge overlooking the central plain of Andalusia, from the Sierra Morena, on the north, to the peak of San Cristobal, on the south. It has a thriving trade in wine, olive oil, grain and cattle; and the annual fair, which is held in April, affords good opportunity of observing the costumes and customs of southern Spain. The citadel of Carmona, now in ruins, was formerly the principal fortress of Pedro of Castile (r. 1350–1369), and contained a spacious palace within its defences. The principal entrance to the town is an old Moorish gateway; and the gate on the road to Cordova is partly of Roman construction. Portions of the ancient college of San Teodomir are of Moorish architecture, and the tower of the church of San Pedro is an imitation of the Giralda at Seville.

In 1881 a large Roman necropolis was discovered close to the town, beside the Seville road. It contains many rock-hewn sepulchral chambers, with niches for the cinerary urns, and occasionally with vestibules containing stone seats (triclinia). In 1881 an amphitheatre, and another group of tombs, all belonging to the first four centuries A.D., were disinterred near the original necropolis, and a small museum, maintained by the Carmona archaeological society, is filled with the mosaics, inscriptions, portrait-heads and other antiquities found here.

Carmona, the Roman Carmo, was the strongest city of Further Spain in the time of Julius Caesar (100–44 B.C.), and its strength was greatly increased by the Moors, who surrounded it with a wall and ornamented it with fountains and palaces. In 1247 Ferdinand III. of Castile took the city, and bestowed on it the motto Sicut Lucifer lucet in Aurora, sic in Wandalia Carmona ("As the Morning-star shines in the Dawn, so shines Carmona in Andalusia").

For an account of the antiquities of Carmona, see Estudios arqueologicos e historicos, by M. Sales y Ferré (Madrid, 1887).

[edit] Films

Given the rich historical-artistic patrimony that has Carmona, they are numerous the filmed films Integra or partially in this locality, in particular more than 50. The Location Manager Guild of America, association that groups to the most excellent localizers of scenes for the running of cinema productions and television of the U.S.A., in its vistita to Spain, has shown special interest by the center of this city, that continues attracting the interest of the audio-visual product people in charge that have turned to Carmona the enclave of Andalusia in which more films, announcements, etc., have been rolled. Some products filmed in Carmona are:

Manolete (2006) Menno Meyjes
Carmen (2003) Vicente Aranda
Una pasión singular (2002) Antonio Gonzalo
Amar y morir en Sevilla (2001) Víctor Manuel Barrera
Fugitivas (2000) Miguel Hermoso
Nadie conoce a nadie (1999) Mateo Gil
Solas (1999) Benito Zambrano
Yerma (1998) Pilar Távora
La duquesa roja (1997) Francesc Betriú
Belmonte (1995) Juan Sebastián Bollaín
En la Boca no (1991) André Tecniné
Los invitados (1987) Víctor Manuel Barrera
Carmen (1984) Francesco Rosi
Tierra de rastrojos (1980) Antonio Gonzalo
La espuela (1977) Roberto Fandiño
Pepita Jiménez (1976) Rafael Moreno Alba
Manuela (1976) Gonzalo García Pelayo
Los Duendes de Andalucía (1967) Ana Mariscal
Diego Corriente (1962) Antonio Isasmendi
La Cruz de Mayo (1955) Florian Rey
Un caballero Andaluz (1954) Luis Lucía
El sueño de Andalucía (1951) Luis Lucía
¡¡Ole torero!! (1949) Benito Perojo
Malvaloca (1942) Benito Perojo

[edit] External Links

[1] - Roman Baetica Route
[2] - Tourism Office
[3] - Carmona Film Office
[4] -Museum of the city of Carmona
[5] -Pgou of the city
[6] -Olavide in Carmona
[7] -Film Fest

[edit] References

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

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