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Cañada Rosal

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Cañada Rosal, a mix of cultures 

Cañada Rosal is located in the heart of Seville’s La Campiña region, bordering the province of Córdoba. A small agricultural town where you can let all your cares drift away while discovering its remarkable history. The town is only about 250 years old, but its culture, cuisine and unique traditions are its most significant tourist attractions. 

Cañada Rosal is one of the towns founded by King Carlos III at the end of the 18th century. A vision of the Enlightenment that, along with other unsettled lands in Seville, Córdoba and Jaén, was populated by German and French settlers. It should not come as a surprise, therefore, that you may meet locals with foreign surnames and features. The legacy of those settlers is still very much alive in the town. For instances, the Fiesta de los Huevos Pintados, a traditional event in northern European countries, is celebrated on Easter Sunday. 

Would you like to know more about the charming town of Cañada Rosal? Come and discover this town with a mix of cultures. 


Getting to Cañada Rosal

If travelling by car from Seville, take the A-4 motorway, also known as Nacional IV. Then, at Luisiana, take exit 468, enter the SE-9104 and continue until your destination. 

There is no train station in the town. However, Grupo Valenzuela buses regularly run from Prado de San Sebastián Bus Station to Écija, and stops at Cañada Rosal. 


Getting around

Being a small town, you can easily visit the historic centre on foot. You can also hike in its natural surroundings. 


Reasons to visit

  • An ideal place to enjoy the tranquillity of an authentic agricultural town. 
  • Visit the Shrine to the Virgen de la Milagrosa and learn out about its legends. 
  • Taste the handmade local morcilla and butifarra, a real delicacy. 
  • Do not miss the Fiesta de la Segregación in August. The streets are decorated to celebrate Cañada Rosal’s independence from the neighbouring town of La Luisiana in 1986.
  • Find out about the Fiesta de los Huevos Pintados on Easter Sunday, a tradition established by the first settlers.
  • Gazpacho is typical here, especially with beans. Why don’t you try it?


What to see 

Start your visit at the Plaza de Santa Ana, the town centre. You can visit the Santa Ana Church, the patron saint of the town along with San Joaquin. It also houses the Cristo del Amor, a 16th-century clay sculpture. This church was rebuilt in 1970 after being destroyed in the Civil War. 

The town’s most picturesque place, the Callejón de Flores Pistón, is next to the parish church. An alley crisscrossed by horseshoe-shaped arches and decorated with flowerpots tended by the locals. This is the most photographed place in Cañada de Rosal. 

Now walk along the streets of this young town and experience its history. You can still see the houses that belonged to the first settlers, those who came from Central Europe in the 18th century to populate this new town. Another place to explore is the Plaza del Fuero de las Colonias

To learn about the origins of Cañada Rosal, you have to go to Finca la Suerte on the outskirts of the town and visit the Nuevas Poblaciones Interpretation Centre. A 300 square-metre exhibition space in which the ambitious colonisation programme carried out by Carlos III in the 18th century is explained. Only then will you understand the traditions, lifestyle and feelings of this La Campiña town.

Finally, the Shrine to the Virgen de la Milagrosa is also here. A pilgrimage takes place every May in honour of this highly revered Virgin Mary. 


Places to visit

  1. Town Hall
  2. Callejón de Flores Pistón
  3. Shrine to the Virgen de la Milagrosa
  4. La Plaza del Fuero de las Colonias Fountain 
  5. Santa Ana Parish Church and Plaza de Santa Ana
  6. Nuevas Poblaciones Interpretation Centre


Surroundings

Cañada Rosal is 83 kilometres from Seville, in the heart of the La Campiña region. This town, which borders with the province of Córdoba, was created under the Fuero de las Nuevas Poblaciones project. Drover’s trails and rose gardens intermingle along the landscape. 

Comarca
La Campiña
Extension
25.00 Km²
Altitude
156.00 m
No. of inhabitants
3.307

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