Torreperogil
Torreperogil is a town of over 7,500 inhabitants in Province of Jaén, Andalucia, Spain. Their people in the "comarca" (region) are known by the use of the exclamatory phrase "¡Bárcia!". Other places in this municipality are El Paso, Los Pinos, the square El Prado from which the Cazorla Mountains are visible, and Las Torres Oscuras, the oldest part of the town, with architecture of the Middles Ages. It is also the location of several non-permanent events.
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Torreperogil is a town of over 7,500 inhabitants in Province of Jaén, Andalucia, Spain. Their people in the "comarca" (region) are known by the use of the exclamatory phrase "¡Bárcia!". Other places in this municipality are El Paso, Los Pinos, the square El Prado from which the Cazorla Mountains are visible, and Las Torres Oscuras, the oldest part of the town, with architecture of the Middles Ages. It is also the location of several non-permanent events.
==History== The town was founded by a knight called Pero Xil when in the 13th century he built a tower. The town grew up around this tower. Pero Xil was an example of the Cristian Knight powerful who lived in La Loma de Úbeda. Pero Xil collaborated in the conquest of Ubeda under the orders of Ferdinand III of Castile in 1231.
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