Porzuna

History

Numerous archaeological remains from the Lower and Middle Paleolithic have been found in the Porzuna district. They are prehistoric tools such as cleavers and double-axes, which illuminate a site of the first settlers for a long period of time. Porzuna was the site of Romans and Visigoths, and it is from these civilizations that historical remains have been found such as those of a villa in La Porcuna Vieja, coins and carved stones of a Visigothic church (6th century) that are currently part of the archeology collection of the Ciudad Real Museum. It is probable that, in the Muslim period, the lands of Porzuna belonged to the Castle of Malagón, and that the Bullaque river served as the natural eastern limit of the Kingdom of Badajoz until that kingdom disappeared. It is in the 12th century when the term of Porzuna becomes property of the Order of Calatrava. In 1245 a document from the Archbishopric of Toledo and the Order of Calatrava on the payment of taxes appears for the first time under the title of Fuente Porcuna. Such a name may have made reference to the existence of a spring used by wild boars for drinking. After numerous confrontations, the terms of Porzuna and El Robledo were dispossessed of the Order of Calatrava in favor of Villa Real (today Ciudad Real) and it would not be until 1329 when, by sentence of Alfonso XII, Villa Real was forced to return Porzuna source and indemnify the Malagón Commander for the grievance. It was at this time that a demographic increase began to take place at the same time that Fuente Porzuna would be renamed Puebla de Padilla in reference to the master of the order. In the middle of the 16th century, Porzuna was sold to the Marshal of Castilla Ares Pardo de Saavedra. From there, civil conflicts arose that were resolved with…

Most-observed species

• Common Wood-Pigeon

  Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  303
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  290
• corn bunting

  Emberiza calandra Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  277
• Spotless Starling

  Sturnus unicolor Temminck, 1820 · Aves
  268
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  233
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  221
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  219
• European Goldfinch

  Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  211