La Iruela

La Iruela, a small and beautiful town located in the northeast of the Sierra de Cazorla region. In its western part are the farmland, the rest of the municipality is a mountain area reforested with pine forests. It belongs to the Natural Park of the Sierras de Cazorla and Las Villas, being its main gateway. The municipality of La Iruela, as if it were a puzzle, is made up of numerous nuclei, 17 districts are those that make it up. Burunchel, El Palomar, El Burrueco, Arroyo Frío, Fontanares, La Estrella, Mortalejos, Tramaya, El Pocico, San Martín, Pasada Barrero, Los Tíscares, Arroyos de Plaza, Juntas de Muriel, Nubla, Cortijo Enroque and Cañamares. The economic activity of the municipality rests on two basic pillars: olive cultivation and nature tourism, also highlighting forestry activity. Among its historical heritage we mention the medieval castle, the ruins of the church of Santo Domingo de Silos and the town hall. La Iruela has been declared a Historic-Artistic Site in 1985.

History

The first indications of human presence in the area of La Iruela date back to the Copper Age (III millennium BC), with intense occupation until the Bronze Age. In the second half of the second millennium B.C. there was a depopulation of the area, which researchers still do not explain, until in the second century B.C. we witness a proliferation of settlements.

Nature

La Iruela is one of the 23 municipalities that make up the Natural Park of the mountains of Cazorla, Segura and Las Villas

Gastronomy

The first indications of human presence in the area of La Iruela date back to the Copper Age (III millennium BC), with intense occupation until the Bronze Age. In the second half of the second millennium B.C. there was a depopulation of the area, which researchers still do not explain, until in the second century B.C. we witness a proliferation of settlements.

Parties

La Iruela has as its patron saints Santo Domingo de Silos, whose feast day is celebrated on December 20, and the Immaculate Conception, which celebrates on the 8th of the same month, although its summer festivities, which take place from August 27 to 30, are dedicated to Our Lady of the Forsaken.