CARMONA, SPAIN
«24 March 2024»

Photos © Ruud Leeuw

 

 

Looking for some early sunshine, escaping our wet & gloomy climate, we flew to Sevilla on March 22nd. After a day trip to Cadiz we visited Carmona on Sunday 24th. It came recommended in our guidebook.
Only a few days later we found adversity (weather) on our path, soon followed by a traumatic event.
But for now we enjoy a report on our sunday morning in Carmona, it brought us more than we had hoped for ☺

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Carmona, Andalusia 2024
Entering 'Old Town' through a magnificent gate!
Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
The 'Puerta de Sevilla' on the 'Plaza Blas Infante'.

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw

Carmona, Andalusia 2024
We happened to visit on Palm Sunday and found people leaving church in a procession. Just lucky☺

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
Intricate decorations and olive branches are carried during this Palm Sunday procession

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw

Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter.
The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels.
Its name originates from the palm branches waved by the crowd to greet and honor Jesus Christ as he entered the city. Palm Sunday marks the first day of Holy Week. [¬ Wikipedia]

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
He seems a bit annoyed to see a tourist (there were none I saw except us) taking pictures..


 

Inside the church, the Iglesia de San Bartolome
Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
Not sure what that historic sign 'Casa de la Primitiva Hermandad de los Nazarenos de Carmona (1597)' signifies...
EMAIL

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
Olive branches for those who did not bring the yellow palm decorations

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
One of three floats parked inside the church

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
What are those two puppets up there doing? EMAIL

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
Float no.2 and no.3; massive and weighty to walk around in the cobble stone streets!

Carmona, Andalusia 2024
Float no.3 (one of three pasos) awaiting perhaps a Holy Week procession.

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
A manificent church esspecially because there are at least 2 more in Carmona!

 

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
We continue with the procession...

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
I like that comical look of the priest ☺

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
In the distance could be the Iglesia de San Pedro, we did not follow that far.

 

Carmona, Andalusia 2024 - by Ruud Leeuw
We took a break on the city square for coffees, very much a local affair.
Soon we saw participants of the procession returning and pass us by.

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What a fantastic building, must be dating back to the Moorish period..?

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I love such congregations on local squares!


 

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We passed several churches, pehaps we should explore Carmona further on some future visit.

Carmona, Andalusia 2024

Carmona, Andalusia 2024

 

I considered myself lucky to come across a photo exhibition of a local or regional photo club. Very nice work indeed!
Carmona, Andalusia 2024

Carmona, Andalusia 2024

Carmona, Andalusia 2024

Carmona, Andalusia 2024
VII Exposición Fotográfica de Primavera, in Museo de la Ciudad de Carmona

Carmona, Andalusia 2024
I enjoyed the fine setting of the photo exhibition too; next time I'll buy a ticket for thus museum.


 

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We continued to, what we thought to be a castle ruin...

Carmona, Andalusia 2024

Carmona, Andalusia 2024
The Alcázar del Rey Don Pedro is now converted to the Parador de Carmona.
It looked expensive and we did not venture inside, entrance I thought to be for guests only.

Carmona, Andalusia 2024
A commanding view on the surrounding country side

Carmona, Andalusia 2024

'Following the demise of the Caliphate of Córdoba in the early 11th century, Carmona (Qarmūna) was seized by Hammudid Berbers, and then by the also Berber Birzalid clan, becoming the head of the taifa of Carmona, a petty kingdom, which was conquered by the Abbadid taifa of Seville by 1067.
An Almoravid stronghold after the Almoravid conquest of the taifa of Seville, it was finally subdued by the Almohads after a settlement.
It was briefly occupied by Ibn Hamusk, before reverting to the Almohads in 1161.' [¬ Wikipedia]

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'In 1247, Ferdinand III of Castile captured the town.
During the Late Middle Ages, the town preserved a Muslim-majority population ruled by a Christian minority.
The citadel of Carmona, now in ruins, was the principal fortress of Peter the Cruel (from 1350 to 1369), and contained a spacious palace within its defences.
Towards the end of the 15th century Carmona had an estimated population of about 8.000.
By the dawn of the Early Modern period, Carmona's economy was agriculture-based'. [¬ Wikipedia]



 

We did not explore the area around the parador for it had been quite a walk for us and we retraced our steps
Carmona, Andalusia 2024


Carmona, Andalusia 2024

femenspain.org/justicia-ana-buza
Carmona, Andalusia 2024

'The residents of the town of Carmona took to the streets (March 2023) to demand justice for Ana Buza, demanding that the justice system recognize that her case was not a suicide, but a sexist murder perpetrated by her partner, as multiple indications affirm and as the victim's family maintains.'

'The events occurred in September 2019, and were archived after 36 hours, counting only on the statements of her partner who indicated that the young woman had committed suicide by jumping from the moving vehicle.
In November of that same year, the victim's family managed to have the case reopened, given her claims that Ana was suffering abuse from her partner, which was confirmed by the psychologist that Ana was going to because of the control that her partner exercised over her.
Despite these statements, and the fact that the forensic expert and accident reconstruction conclude that the death was due to an intentional hit-and-run, the judge has not changed the sentence on the case.

In July 2021, the case was reopened again at the request of the prosecutor's office, but again, the report made this time by the Civil Guard again stated that Ana Buza's death had occurred because she had jumped from the moving vehicle, without the possibility that there had been any run over. In the court's ruling, the evidence presented by Ana's family was rejected.'

 

Carmona, Andalusia 2024
Perhaps too early for oranges on the trees?

Carmona is a town of southwestern Spain, in the province of Seville; it lies 33 km north-east of Seville.
The city is built on a ridge overlooking the central plain of Andalusia; to the north is the Sierra Morena, with the peak of San Cristobal to the south.
Carmona is known for its thriving trade in wine, olive oil, grain and cattle, and holds an annual fair in April.
[¬ en.wikipedia.org:_Carmona,_Spain]

Carmona, Andalusia 2024

Carmona, Andalusia 2024

Carmona, Andalusia 2024
The community comes together and share their sunday, exchanging news and gossip.


 

 


Created 15-May-2024 | Updated 24/05/24