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Almendralejo () is a town in the
Province of Badajoz The province of Badajoz () is a province of western Spain located in the autonomous community of Extremadura. It was formed in 1833. It is bordered by the provinces of Cáceres in the north, Toledo, Ciudad Real in the east, Córdoba in the s ...
,
Extremadura Extremadura (; ext, Estremaúra; pt, Estremadura; Fala: ''Extremaúra'') is an autonomous community of Spain. Its capital city is Mérida, and its largest city is Badajoz. Located in the central-western part of the Iberian Peninsula, it ...
, Spain. It is situated 45 km south-east of
Badajoz Badajoz (; formerly written ''Badajos'' in English) is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in the autonomous community of Extremadura, Spain. It is situated close to the Portuguese border, on the left bank of the river Guadiana. The population ...
, on the main road and rail route between Mérida and
Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...
. , it has a population of 33,975. It was the site of a battle and massacre in 1936 during the
Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebelión, lin ...
.


Historical overview

The beautiful large silver
Missorium of Theodosius I The Missorium of Theodosius I is a large ceremonial silver dish preserved in the Real Academia de la Historia, in Madrid, Spain. It was probably made in Constantinople for the tenth anniversary (decennalia) in 388 AD of the reign of the Emperor ...
, one of the best surviving examples of Late Antique Imperial imagery, was found here indicating that an important late ancient Roman site must be in the vicinity. The "Albero de ferria" at Almendralejo, constructed in 1747, was one of the earliest examples of a large scale hydropower dam. It was long and high. It was a rubble-masonry structure and had several buttresses to strengthen it. Some of these were roofed over to house a mill and it was the first dam to contain a
water wheel A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists of a wheel (usually constructed from wood or metal), with a number of blades or buckets ...
actually within its structure. There was a battle and massacre here in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. The future Queen Letizia of Spain married Alonso Guerrero Pérez, a writer and teacher in Almendralejo in 1998. The marriage was dissolved by divorce in 1999.


Geography

Almendralejo is situated about to the southeast of Badajoz on the railway line between Seville and Mérida. It is to the south of the River Guadiana on an extensive plain, with the slightly raised area to the south being known as the Tierra de Barros. The town grew rapidly at the end of the nineteenth century as the roads and railways were developed. It has broad streets and handsome buildings. The economy is centred on agriculture with extensive cultivation of cereals, fruit and grapes. There are many vineyards around the town, with a local red wine being produced, and the area is also known for the production of brandy.


Culture

Notable historical buildings of Almendralejo include the church of the Purification, the Iglesia Parroquial de Nuestra Señora de la Purificación, finished in 1515, in
Gothic Gothic or Gothics may refer to: People and languages *Goths or Gothic people, the ethnonym of a group of East Germanic tribes **Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths **Crimean Gothic, the Gothic language spoken b ...
style. It has a well-proportioned tower and a seventeenth century
retablo A retablo is a devotional painting, especially a small popular or folk art one using iconography derived from traditional Catholic church art. More generally ''retablo'' is also the Spanish term for a retable or reredos above an altar, whether ...
(devotional painting). The Palacio del Marqués de Monsalud is a seventeenth century building now used as council offices. The building surrounds a central courtyard, and on the ground floor there are arches mounted on pink granite columns, and a pedestal decorated with eighteenth century Seville tiles; on the first floor there is a red ceramic balustrade supported by small granite columns with arches. It was the birthplace of the revolutionary poet
José de Espronceda José Ignacio Javier Oriol Encarnación de Espronceda y Delgado (25 March 1808 – 23 May 1842) was a Romantic Spanish poet, one of the most representative authors of the 19th century. He was influenced by Eugenio de Ochoa, Federico Madrazo, ...
, and houses a museum of Roman antiquities found in the region.
Carolina Coronado Victoria Carolina Coronado y Romero de Tejada (12 December 1820 – 15 January 1911) was a Spanish writer, famous for her poetry, considered the equivalent of contemporary Romantic authors like Rosalía de Castro. As one of the most well-known p ...
(full name: Victoria Carolina Coronado y Romero de Tejada) (12 December 1820 – 15 January 1911) was a Spanish writer, famous for her poetry, considered the equivalent of contemporary Romantic authors like
Rosalía de Castro María Rosalía Rita de Castro (; 23 February 1837 – 15 July 1885), was a Galician poet and novelist, considered one of the most important figures of the 19th-century Spanish literature and modern lyricism. Widely regarded as the greatest Galic ...
. As one of the most well-known poets writing in mid-19th-century Spain, she also played a diplomatic role (she was married to Horatio Perry, the American Secretary of the U.S. Legation in Madrid.) She both negotiated with the Spanish royal family in private and, through a series of widely published poems, promoted the aims of the Lincoln administration, especially abolition of slavery.


Demographics

The graph below shows the change in population since 1842.Data from the National statistics Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadística (España)), Retrieved 2011 with a later addition. Colors= id:a value:gray(0.9) id:b value:gray(0.7) id:c value:rgb(1,1,1) id:d value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:700 height:350 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:36000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:b increment:6000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:a increment:1000 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:c BarData= bar:1842 text:1842 bar:1857 text:1857 bar:1877 text:1877 bar:1887 text:1887 bar:1900 text:1900 bar:1910 text:1910 bar:1920 text:1920 bar:1930 text:1930 bar:1940 text:1940 bar:1950 text:1950 bar:1960 text:1960 bar:1970 text:1970 bar:1981 text:1981 bar:1991 text:1991 bar:2001 text:2001 bar:2011 text:2011 bar:2012 text:2012 PlotData= color:d width:20 align:left bar:1842 from:0 till: 5810 bar:1857 from:0 till: 9452 bar:1877 from:0 till: 9712 bar:1887 from:0 till: 12206 bar:1900 from:0 till: 12587 bar:1910 from:0 till: 13573 bar:1920 from:0 till: 15488 bar:1930 from:0 till: 17597 bar:1940 from:0 till: 21276 bar:1950 from:0 till: 21410 bar:1960 from:0 till: 21104 bar:1970 from:0 till: 22168 bar:1981 from:0 till: 23720 bar:1991 from:0 till: 24268 bar:2001 from:0 till: 27521 bar:2011 from:0 till: 34319 bar:2012 from:0 till: 34694 PlotData= bar:1842 at: 5810 fontsize:s text: 5,810 shift:(-10,5) bar:1857 at: 9452 fontsize:s text: 9,452 shift:(-10,5) bar:1877 at: 9712 fontsize:s text: 9,712 shift:(-10,5) bar:1887 at: 12206 fontsize:s text: 12,206 shift:(-10,5) bar:1900 at: 12587 fontsize:s text: 12,587 shift:(-15,5) bar:1910 at: 13573 fontsize:s text: 13,573 shift:(-15,5) bar:1920 at: 15488 fontsize:s text: 15,488 shift:(-15,5) bar:1930 at: 17597 fontsize:s text: 17,597 shift:(-15,5) bar:1940 at: 21276 fontsize:s text: 21,276 shift:(-15,5) bar:1950 at: 21410 fontsize:s text: 21,410 shift:(-15,5) bar:1960 at: 21104 fontsize:s text: 21,104 shift:(-15,5) bar:1970 at: 22168 fontsize:s text: 22,168 shift:(-15,5) bar:1981 at: 23720 fontsize:s text: 23,720 shift:(-15,5) bar:1991 at: 24268 fontsize:s text: 24,268 shift:(-15,5) bar:2001 at: 27521 fontsize:s text: 27,521 shift:(-15,5) bar:2011 at: 34319 fontsize:s text: 34,319 shift:(-15,5) bar:2012 at: 34694 fontsize:s text: 34,694 shift:(-15,5)


Sport

CF Extremadura Club de Fútbol Extremadura was a Spanish football team based in Almendralejo, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 1924, it played two seasons in La Liga, and held home games at '' Estadio Francisco de la Hera'', with a capa ...
represented the town in domestic
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
competitions. Founded in 1924, they reached their peak in 1996 when they secured promotion for the
1996–97 La Liga The 1996–97 La Liga season, the 66th since its establishment, started on 31 August 1996 and finished on 23 June 1997. Promotion and relegation Teams promoted from 1995–96 Segunda División * Hércules * Logroñés * Extremadura Teams rel ...
season for the first time in their history. After relegation at the end of their inaugural season in La Liga, the club returned to the top division for the 1998–99 season, again failing to stay in the top division. Following several years of financial problems, the club folded eventually in 2010. In 2007, another football club known as
Extremadura UD Extremadura Unión Deportiva was a Spanish football team based in Almendralejo, in the autonomous community of Extremadura. Founded in 2007, it last played in Primera División RFEF – Group 1, holding home games at '' Estadio Francisco de la He ...
was founded as a continuation of the financially struggling previous club. As of 2018, Extremadura UD are playing in the
Segunda División The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División, commercially known as LaLiga SmartBank for sponsorship reasons, is the men's second professional association football division of the Spanish football league system. Administrated by the Lig ...
(the second level of the
Spanish football league system The Spanish football league system consists of several professional, semi-professional and non-professional leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. The top two tiers of the male league pyramid— Primera División ( La Li ...
). With a capacity of 11,580 seats,
Estadio Francisco de la Hera Estadio Francisco de la Hera is a football stadium in Almendralejo, Spain. It is the home ground of CD Extremadura 1924. CF Extremadura’s first permanent ground was called Campo de Santa Aurora which was on Camino Alange. This was used from 192 ...
is the home ground of the club.


Gallery

File:Almendralejo Calle Ricardo Romero.jpg, Calle Ricardo Romero File:Palacio de Monsalud.jpg, The town hall ''Palacio de Monsalud'' File:SP278 Plaza de Esponceda Almendralejo extremadura Spain 2 Oct 2012.JPG, Plaza Esponceda File:Plaza de Espronceda, Almendralejo.jpg, Carolina Coronado Theatre at Plaza Esponceda


References


External links

* {{Authority control Municipalities in the Province of Badajoz