Valenzuela, Spain

The highest areas are the eastern one, where the elevations of El Gato (403 masl), Cerro de Fuente María (439 masl) and Cerro Boyero or Alto de la Dehesa (475 masl) are aligned. This last hill is crowned by an oval plateau of about 14 hectares. Its altitude with respect to the foot is 180 m in the north, although in the other slopes the level difference is smaller. Its northern skirt, in which the town is, is the least steep and its opposite slope, the steepest.

In the center of the municipality, Las Barquillas (319 masl), Haza Renta, El Cahíz (329 masl) and Los Terreros stand out. To the north, Las Albarizas (313 masl), La Silera (319 masl) and Zamarrón.

The lowest level, 260 meters above sea level, is located in the Algarbe stream, northwest of the term.

Two types of soil predominate: vertisols and gypsisols.

Vertisols are found in depressions between loamy hills. They are deep soils, gray or brown gray more or less dark. They crack in summer and get muddy in winter. The dedication of these soils is the cultivation of cereals and cotton, although currently it is also dedicated to an olive grove.

Gypsisols have been developed on plaster marls of the trias. They sit in the gentle hills of the countryside. They have carbonates so they are classified as calcium gypsisols. They have a low content of organic matter, alkaline pH, are usually muddy clay or clay, dry hard and compact and wet plastics. In the lower horizons they have small pieces of crystallized plaster. They are largely grown in olive groves.

Spanish sketch of Valenzuela's relief and hydrography

38 companies are registered, 25 of them dedicated to trade, transport and hospitality, and 6 to the industry (INE. 2012). Predominates (2009) the cultivation of the olive grove (1,122.07 hectares on a total of 1,123.57 hectares dedicated to woody crops), followed by wheat (228 hectares over 369.14 hectares of herbaceous crops). (Source: Instituto de Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia). Of the six companies dedicated to the industry, the two most important are oil mills. This fact, together with the practical monoculture of the olive grove, causes almost all employment to be seasonal.

The active population (2,001) was 609, with the unemployment rate being 67% (Source: Institute of Statistics and Cartography of Andalusia)

Other economic data can be found in the "Economic data form". The external link is at the end of the article.

Jesus and Mary Hospital

• Jesus and Mary hospital. Built in 1809.40 after being abandoned and used as a barn at the end of the 19th century, in 1923 the chapelwas restored by the pastor, who also added another part to his house. In 1925 the girls' school was installed43 and the following year it was completely reformed to house the other classrooms. From the postwar period until its abandonment in 1960, approximately, several families were housed. From it the bell tower is preserved, recently restored. The rest of the building has been restored and turned into a cultural center.
• Cerro Boyero: it has been discovered an anthropomorphic relief and an Iberian inscription, whose graphic signs belong to the Southern Iberian Paleo-Hispanic system.
• Hermitage of Calvary: construction of the late seventies crowned by the "umbrella" of the tower of the former parish of the Assumption. The town dominates from the hill Boyero.
• Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption. Built in 1977 of new plant in part of the site of the old church built in the eighteenth century. A recent restoration has endowed it with baroque elements characteristic of some Andalusian temples.
• Juan el Impresor cultural center: former barn remodeled as an auditorium. The denomination corresponds to the founder of the first printing press in India: Juan Rodríguez de Bustamente (1536-1588), Jesuit born in Valenzuela.

• Holy Week: the so-called "Sermon of the Square" takes place on Good Friday morning, where passages from the Bible are represented.
• Fiestas de San Roque: fair held from August 14 to 17.
• San Isidro: Held the weekend after May 15, with a solemn procession and a pilgrimage in which the whole town participates with floats, horses.
• Procession of Corpus: it is the most important festival of this population. It has been declared of national tourist interest and included in the Digital Guide of the Intangible Heritage of Andalusia. The streets are adorned with the famous carpets known by the children of the town, made of multicolored sawdust. It is celebrated on Saturday and Sunday following Thursday of Corpus Christi. In the early hours of Saturday, the sawdust is placed, an activity in which tourists or townspeople can participate, and on Sunday morning the carpets, pots, corners, altars, sheets and all the articles with which they have traditionally been traditionally exposed Decorated the streets for these holidays. In the afternoon there is the "exit from custody" - a beautiful tradition - on its silver throne with the children who accompany it.
• Virgen de la Cabeza: the Thursday before the last Sunday of April says goodbye to the flags that will accompany the older brothers to the pilgrimage. The following Monday I sell the image of the Virgin in procession