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Lora de Estepa is a city located in the province of Seville, Spain. According to the 2006 census (INE), the city has a population of 831 inhabitants.

Lora de Estepa
Municipality
Coat of arms
Lora de Estepa Location in Spain
Coordinates: 37°16′N 4°49′W
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Andalusia
Province	Seville
Comarca	Sierra Sur de Sevilla
Government
• Alcaldesa	Salvador Guerrero Reina (PSOE)
Area
• Total	18 km2 (7 sq mi)
Elevation	452 m (1,483 ft)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	860
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

History

Prehistory

The area around Lora de Estepa has been inhabited by humans since Paleolithic times. Local caves were used as tombs during the Copper Age, and later on people from the Tartessos and Iberian cultures settled in the region.[2]

Roman era

The area was eventually conquered and colonized by Romans.[3] It has been speculated that Lora de Estepa might have been the Roman town of "Lauro" that is mentioned by Florus in his Epitome of Roman history, Book 2. If this identification is correct, Lora de Estepa was the site of an important battle of Caesar's Civil War in 45 BC, during which Caesarian forces cornered and killed Gnaeus Pompeius the Younger, son of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. Equating Lauro with Lora de Estepa is, however, still speculative and strongly disputed among historians.[4][5] In any case, the Roman town at Lora de Estepa was known as "Olaurum" by the 1st century, and served as regional hub for communication and trade. In course of the late antiquity (4th-7th century) Olaurum was largely abandoned, as its population was ruralized and moved to numerous minor hamlets at the nearby villae.[3]

Medieval history

After the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, the local settlement came to be known as "Al-auriat".[6] Little is known of the town's history under Muslim rule, though the whole region was only sparsely inhabited during this time.[3] The town was conquered by the Christians in 1250 and given to the Order of Santiago,[6] but remained a contested war zone until the Christian conquest of Antequera in 1410. Afterwards, the region's population increased again,[3] and by the 16th century the local town was known as "Lorilla" or "Lora Menor".[6]

References

Works cited

• Lowe, Benedict J. (2002). "Sextus Pompeius and Spain: 46-44 BC". In Anton Powell; Kathryn Welch (eds.). Sextus Pompeius. London: Duckworth Overlook. pp. 65–102. ISBN 0-7156-3127-6.
• Konrad, Christoph F. (1994). Plutarch's Sertorius. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press.

External links

• Lora de Estepa - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía

На других языках

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- [en] Lora de Estepa

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[es] Lora de Estepa

Lora de Estepa es un municipio español de la provincia de Sevilla, Andalucía. En 2016 contaba con 848 habitantes, según el INE. Su extensión superficial es de 18 km² y tiene una densidad de 47,15 hab/km². Se encuentra situada a una altitud de 452 metros y a 116 kilómetros de la capital de provincia, Sevilla.

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[ru] Лора-де-Эстепа

Лора-де-Эстепа (исп. Lora de Estepa) — населённый пункт и муниципалитет в Испании, входит в провинцию Севилья, в составе автономного сообщества Андалусия. Муниципалитет находится в составе района (комарки) Сьерра-Сур-де-Севилья. Занимает площадь 18 км². Население 873 человека (на 2010 год). Расстояние 116 км до административного центра провинции.

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