Villanueva del Trabuco
A town in the administrative district of Antequera,
has a population of five thousand inhabitants. It's
main centre is "La Plaza del Prado"; in
it is situated the "Fuente de los Tres Caños",
from which flows, even in times of drought, one of
the best water in the whole of the province.
Other buildings of interest are its´ Nineteenth
Century parish church and the shrines of "San
Juan", "San Isidro", "San
Antonio" and of "La Virgen del Puente".
The first documentary reference which exists relating
to a place called Trabuco dates back to the year 1620
and its refers to an estate of more than 300 fanegas
(about 474 bushels) belonging to the municipal district
of Archidona. The town centre as such, emerges in
the Eighteenth Century, when King Carlos III decides
to repopulate certain areas of Andalucía with
foreign colonists. Catholics, Flemish and Germans
become the first inhabitants of Trabuco which, a few
years later, specifically in May 1808, achieved the
final segregation.
The festivities in honour of its´ patron saint,
"La Virgen de los Dolores", takes place
during the month of September. Other festivities of
interest are "La Candelaria", on the first
night of February, "Carnavales", the processions
of Holy Thursday and Good Friday and, on the occasion
of the feast day of San Marcos, "El Sanmarqueo"
on the 25th of April. For the fair, one has to wait
until June and on the 24th, 25th and 26th of August,
takes place what was once classified as the most important
"feria del Ganado" of the province, whose
origins date back to 1853.
From the town's wide and varied gastronomic
offering, the popular "olla", "el
guisillo de San José", "el gazpachuelo"
and "la porra fría" has to be highlighted.
Just as recommendable are its particular "gazpachos",
with paprika (pimentón) and cold garlic and
almond soup (ajoblanco) and "las papanduas".
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