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DON’T BE FOOLED,IT ISN’T APRIL FOOL’S DAY IN SPAIN!That comes on December 28th, otherwise known as Santos Inocentes or Día de los Inocentes (Innocent Saints’ Day).PROSPERO COMMENTS: As with Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and so on, the dates are different in Spain, Britain, the US and other countries, which makes it easy to avoid any [...]
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April showers on April Fool’s Day, and on Monday. Getting better on Tuesday…
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A proposal was made today on TiojimenoDigital that we should send in our questions to the four (so far) mayoral candidates, Pascual Collado (PSOE), José Antonio Castilla (Partido Andalucista - PA), Sandra Gallego (PP) and Sebastián Gutierrez Gil (Partido Tesorillo Independiente). The idea is that we send in our questions and we will then be [...]
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Spanish tradition, and Church exigiencies (more in the past than the present), required that meat be avoided on Fridays in general, but more so on Good Friday. When cod was less of a luxury item than it is today, it was considered a food that ‘levelled’ the rich with the poor (according to Harriet Gilmour) [...]
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The nearest Semana Santa (Holy Week) processions to Jimena are at San Roque and they are well worth seeing as part of a cultural heritage that is particularly present in Andalucía and especially in Seville. As a Roman Catholic country, these processions can be seen all over Spain with different degrees of fervour and attraction.There [...]
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Cloudy tomorrow, with chance of rain showers. Ah, well…Find out more here.
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Cellist Michael Jones, occasional resident of Jimena, is giving a concert of Bach Suites on Sunday, May 6th, at the Misericordia Church, below the castle. Exact time and ticket price (if any) will be confirmed closer to the date.
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A new experiment is launched today at the XEMINA Adult Education Centre on Calle Sevilla opposite the prehistoric boat monument.
The idea – which is BRILLIANT! – is that students of Spanish for Foreigners and those studying English should get together to practice the language they are learning by listening to native speakers in English and [...]
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The fourteenth edition of the History & Archaeological Symposium of Jimena was inaugurated this evening at the Reina Sofía Cultural Centre (Estación) with a lecture on the ‘Sociological Evolution of Jimena de la Frontera through its History’ by José Regueira Ramos, Official Chronicler of the municipality and renowned historian of the area.The symposium is scheduled [...]
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The Vivero de Empresas (business ‘nursery’ 
of Jimena was inaugurated this afternoon. Located in the new building on the right as you drive into Estación from Jimena, it is an initiative of the Chamber of Commerce of the Province of Cádiz, which encourages young businesses with a network of support, such as IT facilities, information, [...]
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