Aguaderas
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| subdivision_name1 = Murcia
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| subdivision_name2 = Lorca
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Aguaderas is a village in Murcia, Spain. It is part of the municipality of Lorca.
As of 2022, Aguaderas has about 800 inhabitants, of which 413 are males.{{cite web|url=http://econet.carm.es/inicio/-/crem/sicrem/PU_lorcaCifrasNEW/P8016/sec3.html|title=Portal Estadístico de la Región de Murcia - CREM|website=econet.carm.es|language=Spanish|date=21 February 2023|access-date=21 January 2025}}
Aguaderas' economy is primarily agricultural, with livestock (cattle and pigs) and small farms growing seasonal crops (including broccoli, artichoke, melon, and watermelon).{{cite web|url=https://www.campoder.es/territorio/aguaderas/|website=campoder.es ASOCIACIÓN PARA EL DESARROLLO RURAL (Association for Rural Development)|language=Spanish|title =Aguaderas|access-date=21 January 2025}}
History
Aguaderas was part of New Carthage, a colony of Carthage.
The area was colonized by the Roman republic before 100 BCE.
It became part of Islamic Spain in about 711. It was part of the Emirate of Granada until 1452. On 17 March 1452, the combined forces of the Kingdom of Castile and its client kingdom, the Kingdom of Murcia, took over as part of the Reconquista in the Battle of Los Alporchones. The Aguaderas Castle, site of the battle, was built in the 12th and 13th centuries, as a fortification to control the rural district.{{cite web|url=https://www.monumentalnet.org/monumento.php?r=MU-CAS-052&n=Castillo+de+Aguaderas|website=www.monumentalnet.org Spanish Monuments |title=Castillo de Aguaderas; Castillo de la Alquería de Beas / Alquería de Beas I|language=Spanish|year=2024|access-date=21 January 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.xn--castillosdeespaa-lub.es/es/content/aguaderas-castillo-de|website=www.xn--castillosdeespaa-lub.es ASOCIACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE AMIGOS DE LOS CASTILLOS (Spanish Association of the Friends of Castles) |title=Aguaderas, Castillo de|language=Spanish|year=2024|access-date=21 January 2025}}
There was a brief skirmish at Aguaderas during the Spanish Civil War on 30 March 1938.{{cite web|url=https://patrimonioculturaldearagon.es/patrimonio/posicion-defensiva-tozal-de-las-aguaderas/|title=Posición defensiva Tozal de las Aguaderas|website=Patrimony of Aragon|language=Spanish|year=2024|access-date=21 January 2025}}
Culture
There is a major week-long annual festival each October in Aguaderas, to honor the Blessed Virgin.{{cite web|url=https://www.lorca.es/agenda/detalleagenda.asp?idagenda=4831|title=Agenda Eventos Lorca, Detalle de evento de la agenda, Inicio La Ciudad Agenda Eventos Lorca, FIESTAS DE AGUADERAS |language=Spanish|year=2024|access-date=21 January 2025}} Traditional Spanish folk music is still performed in Aguaderas.{{cite web|url=https://murciaetnografica.com/xviii-encuentro-de-cuadrillas-en-aguaderas-lorca/|website=murciaetnografica.com (Murcia ethnography)|title=XVIII ENCUENTRO DE CUADRILLAS EN AGUADERAS (Lorca)|date=10 November 2022|language=Spanish|access-date=21 January 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://alicantetoday.com/traditional-murcia-folk-music-in-the-countryside-of-aguaderas-lorca-december-5_1682114-a.html?Banner=6|work=Alicante Today|date=16 November 2021|title=Traditional Murcia folk music in the countryside of Aguaderas Lorca: December 5|language=English|access-date=21 January 2025}}
There is a small Church southeast of the village called Ermita Sacristán, which is the site of some traditional cultural events.{{cite news|url=https://www.laverdad.es/murcia/lorca/reencuentro-folclore-tradicional-pedania-lorquina-aguaderas-20231204000408-nt_amp.html|quote=El entorno de la ermita de El Sacristán, en la pedanía de Aguaderas... (The surroundings of the hermitage of El Sacristán, in the district of Aguaderas ...)|title=Reencuentro con el folclore tradicional en la pedanía lorquina de Aguaderas: Un millar de personas revive la música popular antigua en el festival de cuadrillas Campo de Lorca, que cumplió su decimonovena edición. (Re-acquaintance with traditional folklore in Lorca's district of Aguaderas: 1,000 people relive traditional folk music at the Campo de Lorca festival of groups, which celebrated its 19th annual festival.)|work=La Verdad|first=Inma |last=Ruiz|date=4 December 2023|access-date=22 January 2025}}
Transportation
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The RM-D7 and RM-D8 are two paved regional roads that go through the village.
There is no regularly scheduled public transportation to the village. The closest train stations are in Lorca, including Lorca-Sutullena railway station, which is served by the Cercanías Murcia/Alicante commuter trains. The station is about a 15 minute drive from the village or almost two hours' walk. LatBus offers only on-call and school bus services.
Politics
During the election campaign of 2015, the People's Party held a rally and meal for more than 300 people in the village (almost half the population turned out).{{cite news|url=https://www.murcia.com/lorca/noticias/2015/11/29-comida-de-convivencia-en-aguaderas.asp|work=murcia.com|title=Más de 300 apoderados e interventores del PP de Lorca participan en una comida de convivencia en Aguaderas (More than 300 representatives and representatives of the Popular Party of Lorca participated in a social meal in Aguaderas)|date=29 November 2015|language=Spanish|access-date=21 January 2025}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.regmurcia.com/servlet/s.Sl?sit=a,209 Official website]
- [https://bibliotecaregional.carm.es/directorio/centro-de-lectura-marchena-aguaderas/ Library website]