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Utrera is located to the
southeast of Seville, in a landscape of olive groves, wheat fields
and vast cattle ranches, famous for the breeding of fighting bulls.
The town's origins are extremely remote, as proven by archaeological
finds going back to the Chalcolithic period, and which indicate that
the culture was not only of local origin, but also linked to other
prehistoric peoples of the Mediterranean basin.
However, it was the Romans who left the deepest mark on Utrera.
There are some tombs from the early Christian (Visigothic) period,
which were later re-used by the Moors after the Arab invasion.
The first strictly historical record we have of Utrera dates back to
the mid 13th century, when Alfonso X the Wise consolidated the
conquest of Seville and shared out the former Moorish lands. |
