Morón de la Frontera
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Morón de la Frontera is a Spanish
town in Seville province
, Andalusia
, 63 km South-East of Seville
. It is primarily known as being home to Morón Air Base
. The most remarkable monuments are the Moorish castle ruins and the main church (San Miguel). The town had a population of approximately thirty thousand people in 2002.
Spain
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town in Seville province
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...
, 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...
, 63 km South-East of Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...
. It is primarily known as being home to Morón Air Base
Morón Air Base
Morón Air Base is located at in southern Spain, approximately southeast of the city of Seville and northeast of Naval Station Rota. The base gets its name from the nearby town of Morón de la Frontera - although its is actually located in the municipality of Arahal.Morón's massive flight line,...
. The most remarkable monuments are the Moorish castle ruins and the main church (San Miguel). The town had a population of approximately thirty thousand people in 2002.
Famous people
- Fernando VillalónFernando VillalónFernando Villalón Daoíz y Halcón, conde de Miraflores de los Ángeles was a Spanish poet and farmer.-Life:...
, poet - Diego del GastorDiego del GastorDiego del Gastor was a renowned flamenco guitarist.Diego del Gastor was the best known exponent of the guitar playing tradition of Morón de la Frontera, Sevilla. Today, this tradition has been inherited by his nephews Diego de Morón, Agustin Rios Amaya, Paco and Juan del Gastor, several...
, guitarist - Ramón Castellano de TorresRamón Castellano de TorresRamón Castellano de Torres is a Spanish artist. The critics of art are in the habit of cataloguing him as a fundamentally expressionist painter, but his long artistic career and for his wide variety of styles and cultivated technologies makes it extremely risky to do it so categorically.The son...
,historian and painter - Juan Antonio Carrillo Salcedo, Law teacher