Castilleja de la Cuesta is a town and municipality

Municipality

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 in the province of Seville

Seville (province)

Seville is a province of southern Spain, in the western part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the provinces of Málaga, Cádiz, Huelva, Badajoz, and Córdoba.Its area is 14,042 km²...

, in the autonomous community of Andalusia

Andalusia

Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...

, Spain

Spain

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Hernán Cortés

Hernán Cortés

Hernán Cortés de Monroy y Pizarro, 1st Marquis of the Valley of Oaxaca was a Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century...

 died in this town on December 2, 1547. He is not buried there however, because his remains were returned to Mexico as directed in his will. They currently rest in the "Templo de Jesús" which is part of the Hospital de Jesús Nazareno

Hospital de Jesús Nazareno

The Church and Hospital of Jesús Nazareno are supposedly located at the spot where Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma II met for the first time in 1519, which was then the beginning of the causeway leading to Iztapalapa. Cortés ordered the hospital built to tend to soldiers wounded fighting with the...

 in Mexico City

Mexico City

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It was the birthplace of actor and dancer Eduardo Cansino, Sr., the father of Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth

Rita Hayworth was an American film actress and dancer who attained fame during the 1940s as one of the era's top stars...

, as well as Charlton Athletic

Charlton Athletic F.C.

Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...

 footballer Miguel Ángel Llera

Miguel Ángel Llera

Miguel Ángel Llera Garzón is a Spanish footballer who plays for Sheffield Wednesday on loan from Blackpool in England, as a central defender.-Spain:...

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Castilleja de la Cuesta is the place of production of the "Tortas de Aceite

Tortas de Aceite

The Torta de Aceite, is a light, crisp and flaky Sevillian sweet biscuit in the shape of a torta, the Spanish flatbread. Tortas de aceite have been made for over 100 years in the Seville region....

." These are some waffle-thin "tortas" made with olive oil and having a hint of anis. They are exported to many countries, including the USA.