Montilla

Montilla
Municipality
View of Montilla
Coat of arms
Montilla Location in Spain
Coordinates: 37°35′12″N 4°38′19″W / 37.58667°N 4.63861°W / 37.58667; -4.63861
Country	Spain
Autonomous Community	Andalusia
Province	Córdoba
Comarca	Campiña Sur
Government
• Mayor	Rafael Llamas (PSOE)
Area
• Total	168.5 km2 (65.1 sq mi)
Elevation(AMSL)	371 m (1,217 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	23,836
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (GMT +2) (UTC+2)
Postal code	14550
Area code(s)	+34 (Spain) + 957 (Córdoba)
Website	Town Hall

Montilla is a town and municipality in southern Spain, in the province of Córdoba, 32 miles south of the provincial capital, Córdoba. As of 2003, the town had a population of 23,245. The olive oil of the district is abundant and good, and it is the peculiar flavour of the pale dry light wine of Montilla that gives its name to the sherry known as Amontillado. Montilla is the largest component of the Montilla-Moriles designated wine region. The large wineries Alvear and Gran Barquero are located in Montilla, which has an annual vendimia (wine-harvest) festival. Montilla was the birthplace of "The Great Captain," Gonzalo or Gonsalvo of Córdoba (1453-1515), and contains the ruined castle of his father, Pedro Fernández de Córdoba. El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega lived thirty years in Montilla, and the future saint Juan de Ávila lived for the last fifteen years of his life in Montilla, where he is buried. Local folkloric figures are the witches "las Camachas", mentioned by Cervantes in the "Dialogue of the Dogs". The central portion of that work is set in a convent which today contains the town hall (in Spanish, " ayuntamiento).

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References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Montilla". Encyclopædia Britannica. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 786. 

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Municipalities in the province of Córdoba
Adamuz Aguilar de la Frontera Alcaracejos Almedinilla Almodóvar del Río Añora Baena Belalcázar Bélmez Benamejí Bujalance Cabra Cañete de las Torres Carcabuey Cardeña Castro del Río Conquista Córdoba Doña Mencía Dos Torres El Carpio El Guijo El Viso Encinas Reales Espejo Espiel Fernán Núñez Fuente Obejuna Fuente Palmera Fuente la Lancha Fuente-Tójar Guadalcázar Hinojosa del Duque Hornachuelos Iznájar La Carlota La Granjuela La Rambla La Victoria Los Blázquez Lucena Luque Montalbán de Córdoba Montemayor Montilla Montoro Monturque Moriles Nueva Carteya Obejo Palenciana Palma del Río Pedro Abad Pedroche Peñarroya-Pueblonuevo Posadas Pozoblanco Priego de Córdoba Puente Genil Rute San Sebastián de los Ballesteros Santa Eufemia Santaella Torrecampo Valenzuela Valsequillo Villa del Río Villafranca de Córdoba Villaharta Villanueva de Córdoba Villanueva del Duque Villanueva del Rey Villaralto Villaviciosa de Córdoba Zuheros

Coordinates: 37°35′N 4°38′W / 37.583°N 4.633°W / 37.583; -4.633