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Lora de Estepa

Field	Value
name	Lora de Estepa
settlement_type	Municipality
image_shield	Escudo de Lora de Estepa.svg
pushpin_map	Spain
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Spain
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Spain
subdivision_type1	Autonomous Community
subdivision_name1	Andalusia Andalusia
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	[[File:Flag of Diputacion de Sevilla Spain.svg	23px]] Seville
subdivision_type3	Comarca
subdivision_name3	Sierra Sur de Sevilla
leader_party	PSOE
leader_title	Alcaldesa
leader_name	Salvador Guerrero Reina
area_total_km2	18
elevation_m	452
population_as_of
population_footnotes
population_total
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+1
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code

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.

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.{{cite news|url=http://www.loradeestepa.es/opencms/opencms/loradeestepa/municipio/Historia/index.html|title=Lora de Estepa - Historia|accessdate=2 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091224222526/http://www.loradeestepa.es/opencms/opencms/loradeestepa/municipio/Historia/index.html |archive-date=24 December 2009 |url-status=dead

Roman era

The area was eventually conquered and colonized by Romans. 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. 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.

Medieval history

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

References

Works cited

References

"Lora de Estepa - Yacimientos Arqueológicos".
Francisco Miguel Merino Laguna. "Historia de Lora de Estepa".

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