The completion of this parish church, dedicated San Pedro Ad Víncula, was continuously postponed until well into the nineteenth century owing to a trinity of local limitations; the absence of political autonomy, the inexistence of local nobility or bourgeoisie and the lack of economic resources.

The olive oil mill of Aceites Azaharoliva is situated in a farmhouse whose construction dates back to the times of Queen Isabel II, when she gave a soldier she dearly trusted a manor in the lands of the town.

The tourist office of Escañuela is located in the Town Hall, opening from Manday to Friday.

Festivals in Escañuela are Cabalgata Reyes Magos, Fiesta de San Antón, La Candelaria, Día de Andalucía, Semana Santa, Romería de la Virgen de Alharilla, Fiesta de la Víncula and La Vinculilla.

Archaeological remains found in the area surrounding Escañuela confirm that there has been human settlement in this municipality since the third millennium BC. In the place known as Pozo de Marisancho, remains of dark pottery from this period of the Copper Age have been found.

Escañuela is formed entirely of cultivated lands, dependent on the local olive monoculture. The small irrigation systems stemming from the Arroyo Salado de Arjona, once dedicated to herbaceous creeks, have been colonized by new olive plantations, which now provide an income to the town’s 940 inhabitants.