Prado del Rey is a city located in the province of
Cádiz
Cádiz ( , , ) is a city in Spain and the capital of the Province of Cádiz in the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is located in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula off the Atlantic Ocean separated fr ...
, Spain. According to the 2005
census
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, the city has a population of 5,968 inhabitants.
History
Human remains have been found dating back to the
Paleolithic
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but the first mention in ancient sources of activity in the area described what was in the Roman city of
Iptuci, cited by
Pliny as a "
Civitas
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" capable of minting its own currency. From this period are preserved wall paintings, ramparts, the Memorial stone on the facade of the Church, and a copper plate detailing a treaty between the Roman colony
Ucubi (Córdoba) and the municipality Iptuci.
Prado del Rey was later part of the border with the
Nasrid
The Nasrid dynasty ( ''banū Naṣr'' or ''banū al-Aḥmar''; ) was an Arab dynasty that ruled the Emirate of Granada from 1232 to 1492. It was the last Muslim dynasty in the Iberian Peninsula. Twenty-three sultans ruled Granada from the foun ...
kingdom of Granada
The Emirate of Granada, also known as the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, was an Islamic polity in the southern Iberian Peninsula during the Late Middle Ages, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty. It was the last independent Muslim state in Western Europe.
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(this border was very unstable) and the control of this city frequently changed hands.
After a period of Arabic hegemony, it was conquered by
Alfonso VII
Alphons (Latinized ''Alphonsus'', ''Adelphonsus'', or ''Adefonsus'') is a male given name recorded from the 8th century ( Alfonso I of Asturias, r. 739–757) in the Christian successor states of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula. ...
.
It remained depopulated until
Carlos III I refounded in the 18th century, with the plan of resettlement in southern Andalusia Assistant Sevilla D.
Pablo de Olavide
Pablo de Olavide y Jáuregui (Lima, Viceroyalty of Peru, 25 January 1725 – Baeza, Spain, 25 February 1803) was a Spanish politician, lawyer and writer.
Biography
He was born in a rich and influential ''criollo'' Basque family in Lima and ...
and divided his land from 189 settlers from the
Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park
The Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park () is a natural park in the northeastern part of the province of Cádiz in southern Spain. The park encompasses, within its , a complex of mountain ranges, known collectively as the Sierra de Grazalema, which, ...
and
Ronda
Ronda () is a Municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Málaga, within the autonomous community of Andalusia.
Its population is about 35,000. Ronda is known for its cliffside location and a deep canyon that ca ...
.
Demographics
See also
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List of municipalities in Cádiz
Cádiz is a province in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain, which is divided into 45 municipalities. Spanish census, Cádiz is the 8th largest of the 50 provinces by population, with inhabitants, and the 34th largest by land area, ...
References
External links
Prado del Rey- Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía
Municipalities of the Province of Cádiz
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