The Post Office

The post office is an entity entrusted to receive, sending, handling or delivering mail. It is the establishment where the letters settle for his sending and the received ones are gathered. In addition it offers services as air paragraphs, postage and handling and supplies of packaging also it is necessary to remember the services of forms, drafts of money, change of coins and bank services between others. Inside the office the post office are processed for his delivery. The office management of post office is Calleja del Campo, 5, his postal code is 14540 and it is not necessary to forget that it is in La Rambla, Cordoba.

The post office of La Rambla was inaugurated in the year 1978 and was started using in the current site at the end of the 70s, previously it was many years located in the Calle Empedrada in Don Tomas Prieto del Rosal’s house that was a chief of this post office and when step was retired to the current site in the Calleja del Campo. The first chief of this post office was Jose Alonso Ramos who was of Montanches of the province of Caceres

Phone number:957 68 40 98

Business hour

Sunday Closed
Monday 8:30–14:30
Tuesday 8:30–14:30
Wednesday 8:30–14:30
Thursday 8:30–14:30
Friday 8:30–14:30
Saturday 9:30–13:00

 

The Wall

 

 

This place is the last thing that we can see about the wall that protects the castle. The last part of the wall was demolished in the 19th century to build the street that is in front of the castle.

The origin of the wall and the castle is muslim, they were built in the Middle Age to defend the territory due to its position (they are looking to the “Campiña”), we can say that if the castle and the wall had been Christian, the location was found in the high part of the town.

Muralla1

So, as wall as castle are older than some near castle like the Montemayor’s castle, Monturque’s castle or Espejo’ castle. This castles was built by the christian.

 When Jaime Valls Sánchez was mayor, the “Jardines de Andalucía” was built for the castle and the wall have got a Christian appearance.

Muralla3

References:

  • Asociación cultural de La Rambla.
  • Reviewed by María Ruiz Crespín (course 2015/2016).
  • Original article by Francisco Salces Valenzuela.

Youth House

This area is part of the Town Youth Council.

casa de la juventud

Youth House

 

OFFICES.

-GUADALINFO CENTER.

The Guadalinfo Center is a public space which has got 20 computers with access to broadband internet. This center is opened for all the citizens but especially for those who are unfamiliar with the new technologies, trying to avoid the “digital divide”.

 

Interior view

Interior view

Moreover, Guadalinfo organizes many activities, as:

  • Learning to shop online.
  • Creating a website.
  • Retouching old photos.
  • Typing.
  • Applying
  • for scholarships and state subsidies.

Opening hours:

Monday to Friday. from 11:00h to 13:00, from 15:30 to 20: 30h

-THE YOUNG OFFICE.

The young Office is a place where you can access to the internet as well as get information about  languages courses, masters, Specific courses for the unemployed, Scholarships, Workshops and activities organized by the Youth area among other things

Interior view

Interior view

 

Opening hours:

Monday to Friday from 9’30h to 13’30h, from 17’00h to 21’00h

Email: juventud@larambla.es/          Tlf: 957682428

-Leisure liVING ROOM

This room has a football, several board games and a Wii console. Also, they have DVD and projector and free wireless internet connection.

It has the same timetable as the Young’s office.

-LOCAL BROADCASTER (ONDA PASSION).

in 1989 a group of young radio fans started this project and nowdays it is one of the main stations in La Campiña Sur. You can find more information and news about Onda Pasion  on the link below.

References: http://www.larambla.es/

House of the tithing

casa de los diezmos

This place of “La Rambla” called House of the Tithing was built around the 18TH century, but we don´t know exactly the date of its raising. It is said that Miguel de Cervantes could have visited this place in 1587. After a time, this house was transformed in a particular house where some of the richest families of “La Rambla” lived.

we  don´t Know the date of the refurbishing of the facade, the bars that are situated on the Windows that has a modernist style. Due this art´s style we can say that this house is about the begining of the XX century. if we continue throught the diminished arch, we finally arrive in a big lobby.

Patio de servicio desde el zaguánDetalle de ventana a la calle LabradoresFachada hacia la calle Jesús

House-Museum of Alfonso Ariza

 

In this location we are Alfonso Ariza’s House – museum, it is structured in two buildings concerning a court. In the first body there is located the house of the artist, store of his work, an office, and three rooms of exhibitions.

In three rooms and the court a permanent exhibition is located, in the room one we find painting materica and assemblies, in the room two we can see drawings and metal of small format, in the room 3 we will be so much impresionism gestual and abstract as ceramics and sculpture in terracotta and, finally, in the court we will be able to find sculpture in iron.

In the second body, we are a court and a landscaped zone, where there is distributed an area of workshop and a didactic classroom. In addition it possesses two rooms for itinerant exhibitions of differents artists.

Alfonso Ariza (1920-1989) was born in La Rambla (Córdoba) and realized a career of fine arts. Along his life, it realized multitude of exhibitions, both individual and collective.

The great dream of this versatile artist rambleño, real made in July, 1995 with the public opening of his doors and his presentation in company. But the great challenge was to provide with content and life to the museum, which the people were impregnating with the spirit of investigation and innovative that Alfonso Ariza always had.

With this character they have come developing a great number of activities that have included from the workshops of formation, to literary meetings, poetical readings, pictorial exhibitions, of sculptures or ceramic facilities. It is necessary to emphasize between other activities the Scholarship of sculpture in mud “Alfonso Ariza”, that every summer, in the last six years, congregates in La Rambla to a group of national and international artists, who are employed at the workshops for three weeks and expose works realized during this period of time.

Regardless the realized still they continue there being done many things more. In August, 2002 Alfonso Ariza notified to himself for the Council of Culture of the Meeting of Andalusia the incorporation of the House – museum in the Network of Museums of Andalusia.

Consulted sources

Cordobapedia

Official Portal of Tourism of Spain

Original article of Alfonso Blancar Castillero

Cheked by Antonio Ramírez Luque

Alfar School

 

 Alfar School is a project whose objective is that tourists, no matter their age, can finish their visit to this place with a general knowledge about the world of pottery and ceramics. Moreover, it attemps to present the history and pottery tradition of the City of La Rambla.

 It also tries to transmit the enormous sacrifice by pottery artisans to keep standing their tradition.

 In the cozy facilities located at the entrance of the industrial estate Los Alfares, in the main access to La Rambla, Carmen del Río is able to unleash the creative abilities of their students, mainly schoolchildren.

 “People who visit Alfar School leave us enchanted and, indeed, all children tell us that when they are older, they want to be potters. Moreover, it is a very educational activity because it allows a live and direct demonstration on process and how to make the typical jugs of La Rambla.” Carmen says proudly, whose love for mud and clay runs in the family because her grandparents initiated an activity that directly and indirectly generates about 200 jobs in the village.

 Carmen del Río doesn’t stop proposing initiatives, so she has the support of Andalucía Emprende, which has advised her on the development of her project and her own website, which you can see here.

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Sources consulted:

Alfarescuelablog

Diariocordoba

The house where Alejandro Lerroux was born

 

 

This house was inhabited by the family Lerroux-García in 1864. The 4th March of this year Alejandro came into the world, fifth son of a military veterinarian. He stayed only 40 days in “La Rambla” because his family had to move due to the father´s profession. In 1875, The family settle down in Barcelona, place where Lerroux began his studies which he didn´t finish until he was 59.

 lerroux3He had different jobs until he started working as an editor in “El País”, where he became director in 1893. In the nineties, he began to realte with politicians of the moments like Ruiz Zorrilla. At the beginning of the 20th century, he began his interest in the republicanism; next, he joined in the party of “La Unión Republicana” where he bacame member of parliament in 1901, 1903 and 1905. After the dissolution of this party, he founded the “Partido Republicano Radical” in 1908.

He was exiled two times, in 1907 and 1909. He got back to his seat in 1910, moment in which his republicanism changed and wasn’t as revolutionary as it was before.

After Primo de Rivera´s coup d´état, in 1926 he participated in the creation of the “Alianza Republicana” and afterwards, in the “Pacto de San Sebastián” in 1930.

With the electoral victory of the traditionalist alliance, in 1933, Alejandro Lerroux García was proclaimed president.At the beginning of 1936, the Parliament was dissolved and Lerroux´s party didn’t obtain good results in the next election.

After the beginning of the Civil War, Alejandro exiled to Portugal, where he stayed until 1947, moment in which he returned to Spain. He moved to Madrid, where he died in 1949.

Source:

Text:

Alejandro Lerroux

Documento Los Pueblos de Córdoba/ biografias

Pictures:

http://www.larambla.es/index.php?mact=GaleriasDeImagenes,m8,default,1&m8galeria=1&m8volver=1&m8returnid=155&page=155

House of Culture

 

 

At first, this place is located in Convento Square between Flores and Guevara Streets. The hole building is fomated by three public buildings that were inaugurated in 2012.

  • Fernando Almena Library
  • The House of Culture Mayor Diego León
  • Nursery – Nursery School

This building is located in the place formerly occupied by the House of the people, which represents a symbol in the history of the Spanish labor movement until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1936 .

At first , these houses were designed as meeting places and centers of political awareness as well as being a symbol of socialism and presence. On the other hand , it is clear cultural and educational work . The emergence of libraries and writing instruction to the workers or their children , completing the important work of the Second Republic in terms of public education.

 

Biography of Fernando Almena ( town house became the house of culture)
Born and lives in La Rambla to 25 years. He currently resides in Majadahonda .
Quantity Surveyor / Architect planning and technical diploma in business administration from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. He has taught school technical architecture of Granada .
It starts in the literature as a playwright . Nurture theater and narrative genres in which emphasizes his work in children’s literature, for which he has also published a book of poetry .
Member of the boards of the Association of Authors Theatre , the Association of Writers and Artists and the Spanish Association of Theater for Children and Youth.
He has premiered several works for adults and children. He has published more than thirty books , other editions and translations of his work.

Bibliography:

  • Information extracted in an interview with Maria Lorena Muñoz Elcinto.
  • This post has been elaborated by Juan Manuel Muñoz Ruiz(2014-2015) and Antonia Ruano Ruiz(2015-2016)
  • https://www.larambla.es/biblioteca

Square of The Chain


On April 16, 1482, Boaddil “El Chico” (the Granada´s King) invaded La Rambla, where the “Sarracenos” made big damages. The didn´t go into the walled. However, they accumulate the cattle and the grain. Moreover, they took three hundred of prisoners.

The next day, they went to Santaella, and they did the same. On April 18 they ran to Ecija to invade it, but they informed that a great army ran there, so they were removed and they went to Lucena, Boaddil and his army blocked the city, but they informed that near Cabra moved troops with 3000 infants and 1500 horses again.

Boaddil was prisioner, he was liberated of death and he was run to the Tower of Calahorra in Cordoba and he was introcuced The Catholic Kings.

The three hundred of prisioners of La Rambla were liberated and they came back on 26 April. They were received with the ringing of bells, and they ran to the Church to give thank to God. With the shackles that they carried it was built a chain around the Church. Cosenquently, it is known as “Plaza de La Cadena”.

This is one of the corner most beautiful of this city. Here it is found the front plateresque of the Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, it was built in 1530. Futhermore, the Bell Tower, which it was built in the century XVIII.

Another place of the square is Hospital Asilo Santísimo Cristo de los Remedios. Inside you can see the Hermitage of “Hermanas Mercedarias de la Caridad”.

Also, in this place there is a commemorative plaque, due to on 8 February, in 1521 was celebrated the first assembly of members of parliament of andalucian´s cities, lend his fidelity to emperor Carlos I.

Finally, you can see how to arrive here:

Sources of information:

·http://cordobapedia.wikanda.es/wiki/Plaza_de_La_Cadena_(La_Rambla)

·http://laramblacofradiera.blogspot.com.es/p/plaza-de- la-cadena- la-rambla- cordoba.html

House where borned corporal Bolineo

 

José Ruíz Gómez was born on June 17, 1877 in the bosom of a family from La Rambla.

In December 1895,  he joined the 17 Cuban battalion  as a volunteer  in Córdoba. He was promoted in  March 1896 and continued in  Córdoba until  November 10  of that year when he travelled to Barcelona as a member of the Philippines Expeditionary 8th Battalion, embarking on the steamship León XIII, with destination to the Philippines archipelago.

Thanks to  his behavior in the anti-rebel fighting, he was awarded his first merit military medal cross with red distinctive by the Captain General of the Philippines on April 22. At the end of June he took part  as a member of the steering wheel column of Calcumpil in operations with the insurgents of Bocane, therefore receiving the Silver Cross of merit military medal with red distinctive.

On the Peninsula, he was soon known the exploits of which would become known as <Cabo de Bolineo> given the press got rid in praise, asking honours and decorationss for soldiers and especially for Ruíz Gómez. Primo de Rivera, however, denied that had ocurred that siege, stating that it was Cape who sent a telegram to the war’s minister , being spread throughout Spain. Madrid newspapers, suchs as El Nacional, ridicule with the possibility that such conduct does not exit, in the case of a simple geographical accident. Fortunately, soon after, became known as the <heroism> which can be termed as <First of Philippines> if it took place and that the corporal was José Ruíz. Thereafter, Córdoba’s diaries  asked top honors.

As for the whereabouts of Ruíz Gómez, since May was it ignored, confirmed later that he was in possession of the tagalogs. Months after their freedom, to know his return, La Rambla was prepared to welcome it deserved. Between living and applause, became paternal home, at whose door reserve Adolfo Aguilar and Castilla Captain delivered a patriotic speech extolling its merits and rewarded little that so far, had been, then dispersing participants.

Ultimately, José Ruíz Gómez stressed in their own right in one of the wars that had further repercussions for the Spanish society of the time.

Bibliography: Revista Ámbitos número 2