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.
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.
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).
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.