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Garrucha
GARRUCHA is a fishing and residential village with an industrial past and is a popular resort. It has had an Ayuntanmiento (Town Hall) since 1865, although this has had no jurisdiction outside of the town itself since 1994.
Garrucha has both a commercial and a fishing port, as well an attractive Pier (promenade), whose railing of Macael marble is more than a kilometre long. The Pier has gardens and pedestrian walks.
Garrucha's coastal position has meant that it has needed military dispositions since at least the Middle Ages:
The first documented tower was of Moorish origin and was destroyed in the earthquake of 1518.
During the reign of Philip II the city of Vera built a new
tower, which has also disappeared.
The Castillo de JesUs Nazareno or Bateria de Escobetas, with four cannons, was built in 1768 and 1769 by Francisco Ruiz Garrido from a general plan designed in 1765 by the military engineer Jose Crame; the work was paid for by the Cordoban aristocrat Antonio Rafael de Mora y Saavedra in exchange for promotion to Captain in his cavalry regiment. The fort is currently being restored by the architect Eduardo Blanes Arrufat, and will be used for cultural events.
A visit to the Parish Church de San Joaquin, or the Hermitage de la Virgen del Carmen, patron saint of Garrucha, is recommended. A procession from here to the sea takes place every 16th of July.
