Olvera

There is archaelogical evidence of human habitation in this area for more than 12,000 years (Palaeolithic) and historic for 2,000. Another town settled by the Phoenicians and Romans, whonamed it Hippa or Hippo Nova.
Visigoths from the Baltic regiontook it in the 5th century ACE, and the Berber armies from north Africa in the 9th century. They called it Wubira, or possibly Uriwila, and managed to hold it under the rule of Granada's Nasrid rulers until the town fell to the Christian reconquistadores in 1327.
The Iglesia de Nuestra Signora de la Encarnación church is relatively new, (1841,) built ontop of the old gothic cathedral ontop of a mosque. Up close it is peeling and crcking, so I didn't pay to enter.Leggi altro