Osuna () is a town and
municipality in the
province of Seville
The Province of Seville ( es, Sevilla) is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Málaga, Cádiz in the south, Huelva in the west, Badajoz in the north and C ...
, southern
Spain, in the
autonomous community of
Andalusia. , it has a population of c. 17,800. It is the location of the Andalusian Social Economy School.
Among famous people associated with Osuna is
Juan de Ayala, the commander of the first
European ship to enter the
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the big cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland.
San Francisco Bay drains water from a ...
in
California.
The
battle of Munda, the last battle won by
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (; ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC), was a Roman general and statesman. A member of the First Triumvirate, Caesar led the Roman armies in the Gallic Wars before defeating his political rival Pompey in a civil war, and ...
in person, was probably fought outside Osuna, halfway to
Écija near
La Lantejuela
Lantejuela is a municipality located in the province of Seville, Spain, with a population of 3,834 in 2018. It is from Écija and from Seville. The region around Lantejuela is the most likely place for the ancient Battle of Munda
The Battle ...
.
In popular culture
In
Michelangelo Antonioni
Michelangelo Antonioni (, ; 29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian filmmaker. He is best known for directing his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents"—''L'Avventura'' (1960), ''La Notte'' (1961), and ''L'Eclisse'' (1962 ...
's film, ''
The Passenger'', the character Locke (played by
Jack Nicholson) is assassinated in a hotel set in Osuna (Hotel de la Gloria), although actually filmed in Vera (AlmerÃa), Spain.
In 2014, parts of the fifth season of HBO's ''
Game of Thrones
''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...
'' were filmed in the town.
See also
*
List of Dukes of Osuna
*
Turdetani
*
University of Osuna
The University of Osuna ( es, Universidad de Osuna), officially the ''Colegio-Universidad de la PurÃsima Concepción en Osuna'' ("College-University of the Immaculate Conception in Osuna") was a university in Osuna, Kingdom of Seville, Spain from ...
*
Collegiate Church of Osuna
Collegiate may refer to:
* College
* Webster's Dictionary, a dictionary with editions referred to as a "Collegiate"
* ''Collegiate'' (1926 film), 1926 American silent film directed by Del Andrews
* ''Collegiate'' (1936 film), 1936 American musi ...
References
External links
Information about Osunafrom the Andalusian Statistical Institute (in Spanish).
Municipalities of the Province of Seville
House of Osuna
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