Past and present

Hello, my friends.

Benamejí has changed in these years.
Today, I am going to talk about the main changes.

In the past, "La Grieta" was a dangerous place, because when was raining or the weather was bad, there were earth movements and "La Grieta" ate the houses of the village. We lost a big piece of land and many population were homeless.  By Internet we can check the information about this incident in the year 1989. Fortunately, the situation changed and in the year 1999 the village inaugurated the new balcony and all the problems were solved.


    
 In the past                                             At the present

On the other hand, another incredible change of the village has been the gradual change that has suffered the main square "Plaza de La Constitución".
First of all, in the square, there was a marvelous palace, that was demolished. It was very sad, because this building was a symbol. Instead of this site, the mayor decided to build a town hall.
Population was contrary to this idea, but they couldn´t do anything.


"Palacio de Benamejí"

However, this square was not the definitive, and nowadays we have a totally and different square.
The fountain of lions was changed by a big fount more modern.
The white banks was replaced by a dark iron banks.
Moreover, the square that in the past was divided in two pieces, at the present time is only one piece.



At the present


Finally, the only thing that never changes is the devotion for "Virgen de Gracia",
We have a important event in September, and every year we celebrated "La Romería", where a lot of people drink, eat and dancing during the day.

In the past "Virgen de Gracia" had a silver crown and at the moment the crown is golden.



In the past                                         At the present


See you soon,