Trebujena

Trebujena is a white village near the province of Seville. It is located in the area of the marshes of the Guadalquivir, where there are many kinds of waterbirds. It is part of the Wine Route. Its fertile lands cultivated with wines, cereals and olive trees provide it with excellent oils and wines.

Trebujena history dates back to prehistoric times, more exact in the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. Evidence points out that Trebujena is located on the borders of the lost city of Tartessus, which was an ancient region in the Guadalquivir River valley. It is belived that Tartessus was probably destroyed in 500 BC and may be identical to the Tarshish mentioned in the Bible.

In the period around 200 BC, Trebujena was occupied by the Romans. The town was at that time a rich agricultural town. The Romans later on were conquered by the Visigoths and this region was later under the Muslims, who in turn were conquered by the Christians towards the year 1250, the end of the crusades. Some time after this, the town was deserted and repopulated again under the rule of the Spanish monarch Alfonso X. Trebujena was granted the Charter of Privileges by the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1494, but fell into constant land disputes among the neighboring towns and their Dukes.

Throughout occupations by Phoenicians, Greeks, Muslims, and Romans, Trebujena went through several name changes. The most notable name of the town for a time was “Trabuxena.”