I live in La Carolina, Jaén, Spain, which is a city on the Southern slope of Sierra
Morena, and South of The Passage of Despeñaperros.
It has a population of 15.198 people. It´s one of the biggest cities in Jaén , and it is 66
Km from Jaén.
Carlos III founded La Carolina in 1767.I think it´s the newest town in the
province of Jaén. It´s one of the cleanest citiest I´ve ever seen, and It´s great
for walking because it´s very flat. It´s flatter than other cities .It´s like a
chessboard.
The city shows paralled and perpendicular streets. There are different kinds of
squares: .circle, octogonal, semicircle, rectangular and square squares.
The best monumentsof the city are:
- The Palace of the Intendant Olavid.
- The Church of The Inmaculate Conception.
-The Jail.
-The Torres de La Aduana ( customs towers?)
-The Pylons Foundation.
-The Monument to St John of the Cross.
-TheMonument to Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.
-The Archaelogical Museum.
-The Despeñaperros Nature Reserve.
-The Natural Park Sierra of Andujar .
La Carolina has a Mediterranean climate. The weather in autumn and spring is
rainy and windy .The summer is very hot.
La Carolina is an industrial city. It´s famous for pickled partridge, partridge paté
( I like it very much!) , olive oil, wild meat, several soups, game meat, rabbit, desserts
like bacon from heaven, rice pudding... .
The biggest tourist attraction in La Carolina is probably the Carnaval.La
Carolina is the most carnaval (carnavalera) town in the province of Jaén.
Everybody goes out in the street wearing a fancy dress .
Groups of people called "chirigotas" sing everywhere.
There are some holidays too:
-Saint John of the Cross.: 24 November
-The fair: 11 to 15 May: It´s very funny. Everybody spends most of the day
in the street dancing, eating and laughing .A lot of people ride horses in the
streets.(I like it a lot , too).
-The Celebration of the Foundation: 1 to 5 June.
I think the best things about La Carolina is itself .It´s a village not as big
as Jaén, It´s quieter and safer than a big town. But I don´t like living here
a long time; I prefer to live in Jaén.
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Hello Concha. I have not looked at the book yet. I knew I had to do a work about my city. I have taken some notes and I've been putting them on the blog. I calculated that my blog will have four parts. Later, I'll do my homeworks for Kate.
ResponderEliminarHi Concha,
ResponderEliminarYour composition is fantastic. You are the best.
See you on Thursday.
great composition Concha,
ResponderEliminarsee you next class.
xoxox