Event date: 15/08/2010

• FAIR

  Estepa

  Event for Folklore and tradition

  00:00 - 23:59

  Estepa’s Fair was first celebrated as such in 1872. It owes its organization and format to the 5th Marquess of Cereverales, who was the mayor of the city at that time. The Fair is arranged to coincide with the boisterous celebrations traditionally held in honour of the Octava de Nuestra Señora del Carmen, a religious celebration which used to take place in September near the church. September saw the completion of a series of agricultural activities and the beginning of the new crop cycle. It was also the ideal time to buy and sell livestock, and the moment when the Marquesses used to arrive to do the accounts for their Estates.
  The date also coincides with the celebrations in honour of the Virgen de la Asunción and the conquest of the city by Ferdinand III.

Event date: 01/09/2010

• “Mantecado" Route. ESTEPA

  Estepa

  Event for Cuisine

  01/09/2010 00:00 - 31/12/2010 00:00

  To Visit “mantecados”, anisette and olive oil factories, belonging to this route, contact with us:

  Estepa Tourist Office
  H.E. Estepa Town Hall
  Unnumbered, Aguilar y Cano Street
  41560 Estepa (Sevilla)
  Tel. 955912066 / 955912717
  Fax: 955912479
  E-mail: oficinadeturismo@estepa.com

  In the Saint Claire Convent, the documentation of the 18th century talk about the buy of some covers for the “torteras” (utensils that were used to make “mantecados”). The origin of the production of these delicious Christmas cakes in Estepa is due to Filomena Micaela Téllez. Her husband, Manuel Fernández Tenllado distributed the delicious cakes, which were cooked by his wife, in the nearby villages and cities. This is how the first family company dedicated to the mantecados production and commercialization emerged. During the course of the first half of the 20th century there were almost 300 “mantecados” and “polvorones” factories (the great majority of them were family companies). Actually, the technology more advanced is wisely combined with the tradition of the ancient recipes belonging to our ancestors.
  The merger of many family companies have yielded to a sector more industrialized exporting to nationwide and worldwide. This ancient town is plenty of aromas every autumn.

Event date: 11/09/2010

• ÉCIJA FLAMENCO EVENING

  Écija

  Event for Folklore and tradition

  00:00 - 23:59

  An evening of performances by some of the very best Flamenco artists, aimed at reviving Andalusia’s traditional evenings of Flamenco singing and dancing.

Event date: 18/09/2010

• SANTA EUFEMIA

  Antequera

  Event for Easter week and religious festivals

  00:00 - 23:59

  A procession in honour of Saint Eufemia using traditional candelas (small bonfires) is held in Antequera on the Saturday before 16th September. On the following day, a Solemn Mass is celebrated in honour of both the Saint’s day and the capture of the city by Christian forces in 1410.

Event date: 08/12/2010

• Festival of the Immaculate Conception

  Puente Genil

  Event for Easter week and religious festivals

  00:00 - 23:59

  Puente-Genil has solemnly celebrated the day of Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción ever since the residents of the old city chose this representation of the Virgin Mary to be the Patrona de la Villa (patron saint of the town) in 1650.