Castilleja de la Cuesta explained

Official Name:	Castilleja de la Cuesta
Pushpin Map:	Spain#Spain Andalusia
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Spain and in Andalusia.
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Spain
Subdivision Type1:	Autonomous community
Subdivision Name1:	Andalusia
Subdivision Type2:	Province
Subdivision Name2:	Seville
Government Footnotes:	^[1]
Leader Party:	PSOE
Leader Title:	Mayor
Leader Name:	María Carmen Herrera Coronil
Area Footnotes:	^[2]
Area Total Km2:	2.17
Elevation M:	96
Population As Of:	2023
Population Footnotes:	^[3]
Population Total:	17167
Population Density Km2:	auto
Timezone:	CET
Utc Offset:	+1
Timezone Dst:	CEST
Utc Offset Dst:	+2
Website:	www.castillejadelacuesta.es

Castilleja de la Cuesta is a town and municipality in the province of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain.

Castilleja de la Cuesta has a local specialty, the "torta de aceite". This is a thin, crisp baked good made with olive oil and a hint of anise.^[4] They are eaten throughout Spain and exported to many countries.^[5]

Notable people

Hernán Cortés — Died here on December 2, 1547.^[6] His body is interned in the Templo de Jesús of the Hospital de Jesús Nazareno in Mexico City.
Eduardo Cansino Sr. — Born here, father of actress Rita Hayworth.^[7]
Miguel Ángel Llera — Born here, footballer and football manager who played for Scunthorpe United.^[8]
Pepe Luis Vázquez Garcés — Died here on 19 May 2013, bullfighter and later bull breeder.^[9]

Notes and References

News: El PSOE saca tres ediles más y consigue la mayoría absoluta en Castilleja de la Cuesta . 21 April 2024 . Diario de Sevilla . 26 May 2019 . es-ES.
Web site: Entidades Locales . ssweb.seap.minhap.es . 21 April 2024.
Web site: Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute) . www.ine.es . 21 April 2024.
Web site: E.T.G. Tortas de Aceite de Castilleja de la Cuesta . www.mapa.gob.es . 21 April 2024 . es.
Web site: Tortas de aceite: de Castilleja de la Cuesta a la despensa global . Traveler . 21 April 2024 . es-ES . 15 February 2021.
Book: Thomas . Hugh . Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico . 7 April 1995 . Simon and Schuster . 978-0-671-51104-3 . 600 . 21 April 2024 . en.
Web site: Iconic Bodies/Exotic Pinups: The Mystique of Rita Hayworth and Zarah Leander . www.atiner.gr . 21 April 2024.
News: Miguel Ángel Llera, el español cuyo 'invento' usan en el City, el Leicester, el Arsenal... . 21 April 2024 . Marca . 6 April 2020 . es.
News: 27 April 2020 . Lorca . 20 May 2013 . Antonio . 1134-6582 . es . El País . Muere Pepe Luis Vázquez, la armonía, la belleza y la gloria del arte del toreo .