Villaharta
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Romance compound. Villa plus harta (Latin farta, 'abundant, opulent'), designating 'prosperous town'.
Hamlet of Cordovan Sierra Morena, old property of the Belalcázar Santiago commandery. Its name commemorates the fertility of the Guadiato river valley.
Evolution of the name
- villa farta medieval Latin 9th–11th centuries
- Villaharta medieval Castilian from 1240
Glossary
- Order of Santiago
- Military order founded in 1170 by Pedro Fernández de Castro for the defence of the Christian frontier and the protection of pilgrims to the Camino de Santiago. After the reconquest of the Guadalquivir valley (1212-1248), it received territorial commanderies in Sierra Morena and the Cordovan Campiña (Bélmez, Belalcázar, Villaharta). Its territorial patrimony was the largest of the peninsular military orders.
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