Torre de Miguel Sesmero

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Torre de Miguel Sesmero
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Coordinates: 38°37′N6°48′W / 38.617°N 6.800°W / 38.617; -6.800
Country Spain
Autonomous community Extremadura
Province Badajoz
Municipality Torre de Miguel Sesmero
Area
  Total58 km2 (22 sq mi)
Elevation
324 m (1,063 ft)
Population
 (2018) [1]
  Total1,265
  Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
WebsiteAyuntamiento

Torre de Miguel Sesmero is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain (Europe).

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Currently being built in a large area of the municipality, the second solar-thermal plant biggest in Europe, so that these people contributes greatly renewable energy activities to help preserve the environment.

Located on Ruta de las Cruces (Itinerary Crosses), designed to raise awareness of the chapels, churches and religious buildings built on the region's Llanos de Olivenza. It is within the Judicial District of Olivenza.

History

The origin of Torre de Miguel Sesmero, could be Celtic, giving it the name Saluxtogi 2,600 years ago. After a settlement was Roman giving rise to another name: Turrilux.

The stories tell that the town's name was due for a tower built to defend the people in the wars against Portugal, which subsequent to these conflicts, the town was deserted.

They also say that in medieval times, Don Miguel Pico found a treasure in the land of the people, and given that Don Miguel was sexmero (land dealer), they named in their honor and the people had repopulation. In 1531 had only 332 inhabitants.

It also relates the origin of its name to a tower located between the village houses at the edge of the square, which had to be part of a fort which was demolished around 1841.

Formerly known as Tower's Almendral , since it depended on the village. Both villages held a contest in the 7th century of which has little documentation.

It was founded in the 14th century, around the year 1392 and this is when it is given the name Torre de Miguel Sesmero. Have found documents confirming that the village's land were the Bishop of Badajoz.

The designation of Villa was awarded 1635 upon payment of 11,000 ducats Felipe IV and 1465 joined with Almendral the Ducado de Feria with a real gift.

Between the months of September to October 1643, the Portuguese troops under the command of the Duke of Obidos, wanted to besiege Badajoz, but decided to abandon its efforts to wipe out some border towns, including Torre de Miguel Sesmero, achieving a state of fear throughout the area caused many villagers to leave the village and the surrounding region.

In the fall of the Francisco Franco's dictatorship the locality is in county constitutional in the region of Extremadura. From 1834 was integrated into the Judicial District of Olivenza.

In the census of 1842 had 259 households and 970 residents. His coat was adopted on February 27, 1986.

Notably, in Torre de Miguel Sesmero was one of the First Workers' Congresses in 1902 saying the strikes of laborers looking for work improvements. Home to a major focus of federal Republicans have been the book of Manuel Díaz Ordóñez and Maria Jesus Milan Agudo, Press and rural republicanism in Badajoz twentieth century. Memory chips.. Publications Department of the Diputación de Badajoz, Badajoz. 2009. ISBN   978-84-7796-191-8. VIII awarded the prize Arturo Barea (2008).

Said Vicente Navarro del Castillo, 14 inhabitants of Torre de Miguel Sesmero left for the conquest of America, among them being the most important Bartolomé Martínez Menacho, who play the following positions church Vicar of the cathedral chapter of Lima ( Peru), Bishop of Panama and the archbishop of Santa Fe de Bogota (Colombia).

The conquest of America

Many were those who traveled to America in the early discovery. In this village there were also others, such Torreño:

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