Castilleja de la Cuesta

Castilleja de la Cuesta
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Coordinates: 37°23′N6°03′W / 37.383°N 6.050°W / 37.383; -6.050
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Andalusia
Province	Seville
Government [1]
•  Mayor	María Carmen Herrera Coronil (PSOE)
Area [2]
• Total	2.17 km2 (0.84 sq mi)
Elevation	96 m (315 ft)
Population  (2023) [3]
• Total	17,167
• Density	7,900/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Website	www.castillejadelacuesta.es

Castilleja de la Cuesta is a town and municipality in the province of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.

Castilleja de la Cuesta has a local specialty, the "torta de aceite". ^[4] This is a thin, crisp baked good made with olive oil and a hint of anise. ^[4] They are eaten throughout Spain and exported to many countries. ^[5]

Notable people

• Hernán Cortés — Died here on December 2, 1547. ^[6] His body is interned in the Templo de Jesús of the Hospital de Jesús Nazareno in Mexico City.
• Eduardo Cansino Sr. — Born here, father of actress Rita Hayworth. ^[7]
• Miguel Ángel Llera — Born here, footballer and football manager who played for Scunthorpe United. ^[8]
• Pepe Luis Vázquez Garcés — Died here on 19 May 2013, bullfighter and later bull breeder. ^[9]

See also

• List of municipalities in Seville

References

1. "El PSOE saca tres ediles más y consigue la mayoría absoluta en Castilleja de la Cuesta". Diario de Sevilla (in European Spanish). 26 May 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
2. "Entidades Locales". ssweb.seap.minhap.es. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
3. "Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute)". www.ine.es. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
4. "E.T.G. Tortas de Aceite de Castilleja de la Cuesta". www.mapa.gob.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 April 2024.
5. "Tortas de aceite: de Castilleja de la Cuesta a la despensa global". Traveler (in European Spanish). 15 February 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
6. Thomas, Hugh (7 April 1995). Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico. Simon and Schuster. p. 600. ISBN   978-0-671-51104-3 . Retrieved 21 April 2024.
7. "Iconic Bodies/Exotic Pinups: The Mystique of Rita Hayworth and Zarah Leander" (PDF). www.atiner.gr. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
8. "Miguel Ángel Llera, el español cuyo 'invento' usan en el City, el Leicester, el Arsenal..." Marca (in Spanish). 6 April 2020. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
9. Lorca, Antonio (20 May 2013). "Muere Pepe Luis Vázquez, la armonía, la belleza y la gloria del arte del toreo". El País (in Spanish). ISSN   1134-6582 . Retrieved 27 April 2020.