Fuencaliente is a municipality located in
Ciudad Real Province,
Castile-La Mancha, Spain. According to the 2012
census
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, the municipality has a population of 1111 inhabitants. The village of
Ventillas is part of its municipal term.
Geography and history
The
cave paintings
In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The term usually implies prehistoric origin. These paintings were often created by ''Hom ...
of ''
Peña Escrita'' and ''La Batanera'' are located in caves within the municipal limits of Fuencaliente and there are remains of human presence in the area since the
Chalcolithic
The Chalcolithic ( ) (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper. It followed the Neolithic and preceded the Bronze Age. It occurred at different periods in di ...
age.
The name ''Fuencaliente'' is derived from the Spanish term for
hot springs
A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a Spring (hydrology), spring produced by the emergence of Geothermal activity, geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow ...
and the town was mentioned in chronicles dating back to 1158 at the time of the foundation of the
Order of Calatrava
The Order of Calatrava (, ) was one of the Spanish military orders, four Spanish military orders and the first Military order (society), military order founded in Kingdom of Castile, Castile, but the second to receive papal approval. The papal bu ...
.
1,332 m high
Bañuela
Bañuela or La Bañuela, also known as ''La Mójina'', is the highest peak of the Sierra Morena, Spain
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, the highest point of the whole Sierra Morena system, is located atop
Sierra Madrona
Sierra Madrona is a mountain range of the Sierra Morena, Spain. It is located in Ciudad Real Province, in the region of Castile-La Mancha as well as the Córdoba Province (Spain), Córdoba and Province of Jaén (Spain), Jaén provincial limits, ...
range near Fuencaliente.
References
External links
Fuencaliente, geologia y relieve
Municipalities in the Province of Ciudad Real
Sierra Morena
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