{"id":3827,"date":"2025-07-23T14:15:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayuntamiento-galera.demos-idento.es\/history\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:51:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:51:42","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/en\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group main-historia\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container texto-texto is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Over 5,000 Years of History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p-principal\">The first documented settlement within the municipality dates back to the Late Neolithic period, in a storage pit excavated at Cerro del Real, dated between 3769\u20133642 cal BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Early Copper Age (3000\u20132700 cal BC), numerous settlements have been documented, although the population in the area remained very sparse.<br\/><br\/>During the Bronze Age, a large number of settlements are known in Galera, including Castell\u00f3n Alto, where the Mummy of Galera was discovered. These are the oldest mummified remains on the Iberian Peninsula.<br\/><br\/>After the abandonment of virtually all Argaric settlements, the Late Bronze Age Culture of the Southeast (1400-1250 cal. BC) represents a restructuring of settlement patterns, with a significant reduction in the number of settlements. At this time, a new settlement was established at Cerro del Real.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The Iberian settlement was structured around the oppidum of T\u00fatugi, located on Cerro del Real, which reached its peak between the end of the 5th century and the 3rd century BC.<br\/><br\/>The necropolis of T\u00fatugi is located north of the settlement and across the Orce river, covering an extensive area characterized by a landscape of small hills used for the placement of artificial burial mounds that cover a chamber.<br\/><br\/>Tomb 20 was the first to be built and stands out both for its architecture, constructed with precise measurements and astronomical orientation, and for its grave goods, among which the Goddess of Galera was found.<br\/><br\/>With the landing of Roman troops at Emporion in 218 BC, a period of nearly two centuries known as Romanization began.<br\/><br\/>We do not know what kind of relationship the inhabitants of Iberian T\u00fatugi established with the Romans, but the fact that the city continued to be inhabited and retained its Iberian name suggests it did not resist violently, unlike other nearby settlements where violent resistance has been documented.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(0,0,0) 21%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%)\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4288\" height=\"2848\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3539\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/Vista-general-Valle-y-Castellon-Alto-min.jpg\" style=\"object-position:58% 100%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"58% 100%\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"pretitulo uppercase\">About Galera<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-large-font-size\">Argaric Culture<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>During the Bronze Age, the Argaric Culture developed in the southeastern Iberian Peninsula, forming one of the most complex and significant societies known up to that time. 4,000 years ago, they created one of the earliest urban and state-level societies in the western Mediterranean. If you travel to the Altiplano region of Granada, specifically to the municipality of Galera, you can visit the fascinating Argaric archaeological site of Castell\u00f3n Alto, dating from between 1900\u20131600 BCE.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns container texto-img is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Morisco Revolt<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"p-principal\">The Morisco uprising in Galera was part of the Rebellion of the Alpujarras, which began in 1568 during the reign of Philip II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Moriscos, Muslims who had converted to Christianity, rose up in arms in protest against restrictive measures imposed by the crown, including the Pragmatic Sanction that limited their customs and culture. Galera became the focal point of Morisco resistance in the region, enduring a prolonged siege before ultimately falling to John of Austria and his army.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"543\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/historia-galera-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3717\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim wp-block-cover__gradient-background has-background-gradient\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(0,0,0) 37%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%)\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-3719\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/Galera-1.jpg\" style=\"object-position:66% 100%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"66% 100%\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"pretitulo uppercase\">About Galera<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-large-font-size\">Galera Today<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting in 1591, the locality was repopulated again with families who were granted plots of land to settle in the area.<br\/><br\/>In the flattest area of the village, around the church, streets were laid out and spaces designated for the construction of homes to be occupied by the new settlers. Thus, Galera has remained inhabited up to the present day.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 5,000 Years of History The first documented settlement within the municipality dates back to the Late Neolithic period, in a storage pit excavated at Cerro del Real, dated between&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3678,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-basico.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3827","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>History | Ayuntamiento de Galera<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/en\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"History | Ayuntamiento de Galera\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Over 5,000 Years of History The first documented settlement within the municipality dates back to the Late Neolithic period, in a storage pit excavated at Cerro del Real, dated between...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/en\/history\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ayuntamiento de Galera\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-29T09:51:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ermita-cerro-virgen-1er-plano-min-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1279\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/en\/history\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/en\/history\/\",\"name\":\"History | Ayuntamiento de Galera\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/es\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/en\/history\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/en\/history\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ermita-cerro-virgen-1er-plano-min-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-23T12:15:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-29T09:51:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/en\/history\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/en\/history\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/en\/history\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ermita-cerro-virgen-1er-plano-min-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/Ermita-cerro-virgen-1er-plano-min-1.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1279},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/en\/history\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"History\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/es\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ayuntamientogalera.es\/es\/\",\"name\":\"Ayuntamiento de Galera\",\"description\":\"Official information from the Galera Town Hall: history, services, news, events, contact, and procedures. 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