Montilla Explained

Montilla
Translit Lang1 Type:Spanish
Translit Lang1 Info:Montilla
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Spain
Pushpin Map:Spain#Spain Andalusia
Pushpin Relief:1
Coordinates:37.5867°N -4.6386°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Spain
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous Community
Subdivision Name1:Andalusia
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Córdoba
Leader Party:PSOE
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Rafael Llamas
Area Total Km2:168.5
Elevation Footnotes:(AMSL)
Elevation M:371
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST (GMT +2)
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:14550
Area Code:+34 (Spain) + 957 (Córdoba)
Website:Town Hall

Montilla (pronounced as /es/) is a town and municipality of Spain, located in the autonomous community of Andalusia., the town had a population of 23,209, which makes it the fourth most populated municipality of the Province of Córdoba. It lies 32 miles south of the provincial capital, Córdoba.

Food and drink

The olive oil of the district is abundant and good, and it is the peculiar flavour of the pale dry light wine of Montilla that gives its name to the sherry known as Amontillado. Montilla is the largest component of the Montilla-Moriles designated wine region. The large wineries Alvear and Gran Barquero are located in Montilla, which has an annual vendimia (wine-harvest) festival.

Cultural heritage

Local folkloric figures are the witches "las Camachas", mentioned by Cervantes in the "Dialogue of the Dogs". The central portion of that work is set in a convent which today contains the town hall (in Spanish, ayuntamiento).

Notable residents

Montilla was the birthplace of "The Great Captain," Gonzalo or Gonsalvo of Córdoba (1453-1515), and contains the ruined castle of his father, Pedro Fernández de Córdoba. El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega lived thirty years in Montilla, and the future saint Juan de Ávila lived for the last fifteen years of his life in Montilla, where he is buried.

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37.5833°N -42°W