Country Spain Comarca Campiña Sur Postal code 14550 Population 23,622 (2014) Province Province of Córdoba | Autonomous Community Andalusia Time zone CET (UTC+1) Elevation 371 m Local time Saturday 6:23 AM | |
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Area code(s) +34 (Spain) + 957 (Córdoba) Weather 7°C, Wind NE at 3 km/h, 88% Humidity | ||
Montilla is a town and municipality in southern Spain, in the province of Córdoba, 32 miles south of the provincial capital, Córdoba. As of 2003, the town had a population of 23,245.
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Map of 14550 Montilla, C%C3%B3rdoba, Spain
Food and drink
The olive oil of the district is abundant and good, and it is the peculiar flavour of the pale dry light wine of Montilla that gives its name to the sherry known as Amontillado. Montilla is the largest component of the Montilla-Moriles designated wine region. The large wineries Alvear and Gran Barquero are located in Montilla, which has an annual vendimia (wine-harvest) festival.
Cultural heritage
Local folkloric figures are the witches "las Camachas", mentioned by Cervantes in the "Dialogue of the Dogs". The central portion of that work is set in a convent which today contains the town hall (in Spanish, ayuntamiento).
Notable residents
Montilla was the birthplace of "The Great Captain," Gonzalo or Gonsalvo of Córdoba (1453-1515), and contains the ruined castle of his father, Pedro Fernández de Córdoba. El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega lived thirty years in Montilla, and the future saint Juan de Ávila lived for the last fifteen years of his life in Montilla, where he is buried.