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IV Countess of Castellar
1556 – 1626
She was born in Madrid in 1556. Daughter of Francisco Ramírez and Ana de Mendoza, she married Fernando de Saavedra, IV Count of Castellar, on April 8, 1584, thus obtaining the title of IV Countess of Castellar. She had six children: Ana, Juana, Ana María, Beatriz, Gaspar Juan and Baltasar.
Professor of Organic Chemistry-research
1904 – 1979
He was born in 1904 in El Viso del Alcor. Since he was little, he had concerns about inventing devices that could make life easier. One of his first inventions was a meter to sell liquid products (such as oil) in stores, a device that he created when he was a 12-year-old intern at the Salesians of Utrera. Méndez studied Chemical Sciences in Seville and finished these studies at the Central University of Madrid.
Friar-Chronicler of the Order of the Discalced Mercy
1596 -1668
He was born in Granada on February 2, 1596. As a teenager he entered the Mercedarian Convent of San Laureano. He took the habit in 1611, professed a year later, studied Arts and Theology in Seville, and was ordained a priest in 1619.
Hernando de Santa María, General Commissioner of the Discalced Mercedarians, entrusted Pedro de San Cecilio with the arduous task of historicizing the reformed Order of Mercy, a task that he carried out with the writing of the Annales of the Discalced Order of Our Lady of the Merced Redemption of Christian captives, published in 1669 and republished in facsimile edition in Madrid in 1985. Therefore, he was the first general chronicler of the Order of the Barefoot Merced (OMD).
I Count of Castellar
1410 – 1458
Son of Fernán Arias de Saavedra and Leonor Martel de Peraza, he obtained the lordship of his house due to the premature death of his brother Fernán or Hernán in 1410. He was appointed mayor of Jimena de la Frontera in 1431 and, in March 1434, took the neighbor Castellar whose mayor’s office he also assumed.
Known as ‘The Famous’, regarding his activities, the chronicler Palencia wrote that his “vigilance and extraordinary courage brought his enemies to despair, defeated a hundred times by him.”
Painter
1940 – 2014
He was born in El Viso del Alcor on November 19, 1940. At the age of twelve, Juan felt a great attraction to Art and convinced his father to have Professor Antonio Gavira give him lessons on technique, drawing and colors in Mairena of the Alcor.
The young visueño lived until his adolescence in his hometown, later moving to Madrid to perfect his technique. He first leaned towards abstract and modern art, and then towards landscape.
Flamenco singer
1970…
He was born in El Viso del Alcor in 1970 into the “Los Janega” cantaora family. Discovered by Antonio Mairena, “Niño Segundo” began singing at the age of 8 in the Peña Flamenca “El Rincón del Pilar” in his hometown and a little later in peñas in Huelva, Badajoz, Alicante,…
At the age of 12 he won the prize of the Seville Provincial Federation of Flamenco Entities. Subsequently, he performed at festivals throughout Spain with figures such as Camarón or Fosforito, in 1984 he recorded a program for Spanish Television on the occasion of the International Year of the Child and from the age of 20 he performed in tablaos such as Casa Patas (Madrid) or El Cordobés (Barcelona). .