Ágreda

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Ágreda municipality
Ágreda - town view
Ágreda - town view
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Ágreda (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile LeonCastile and León Castile and León
Province : Soria
Comarca : Moncayo
Coordinates 41 ° 51 ′  N , 1 ° 55 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 51 ′  N , 1 ° 55 ′  W
Height : 930  msnm
Area : 164.93 km²
Residents : 3,001 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 18.2 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 42100
Municipality number  ( INE ): 42004
administration
Website : Ágreda
Moorish Quarter (Barrio Moro)

Ágreda is a small town and a Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 3,001 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and León . The old town of Ágreda was classified as Conjunto histórico-artístico in 1975 ; In parts, the place is reminiscent of a mountain oasis with terraced fields and small plots.

Location and climate

The small town of Ágreda is located on the road between Soria and Pamplona in the extreme north of the Soria province near the border with the autonomous region of La Rioja at an altitude of about 930  m . The provincial capital Soria is about 50 km (driving distance) in a south-westerly direction. The climate is harsh, sometimes temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 555 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2017
Residents 3,179 3.210 3,525 3,260 2,993

Ágreda is one of the few mountain towns in the province of Soria with growing or only slightly decreasing population.

economy

Ágreda is the economic and cultural center in the mainly agricultural north-east of the province of Soria. Farmers, craftsmen, traders and service providers of all kinds have settled here since time immemorial. Since the last decades of the 20th century, tourism has played an increasingly important role in the economic life of the small town.

Iglesia San Miguel

history

There was a Celtiberian settlement in the area of ​​the present city ; Romans and Visigoths , however, left no archaeological traces recyclable, but km southwest to the city about 8 were Muro de Ágreda nearby wall remains unique as a Roman city Augustobriga identified. In the 8th century, the Moors penetrated into the region; Ágreda became an important center of Islamic culture. In 1119 King Alfonso I of Aragon recaptured the area ( reconquista ) , but in 1135 it was conquered by Alfonso VII for the Kingdom of Castile . Ágreda gained importance as a border town between the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon as well as an important center for arts and crafts, where Christians, Muslims and Jews lived in peace for a long time, which is why Ágreda is also known as the "City of Three Cultures".

Attractions

NS de los Milagros
  • Moorish city wall with Puerta árabe
  • The "Torreón de la Muela" standing on the outskirts dates from the time of the caliphate (9th / 10th centuries); it was changed in the Middle Ages and partially redesigned in a modern way at the end of the 20th century.
  • The church of San Miguel , built in the late Gothic style of the 15th century, is dedicated to the Archangel Michael ; it still has a Romanesque tower from the 12th century. The Plateresque altarpiece from the 16th century is well worth seeing - a commissioned work for the archpriest of Ágreda, Garcia Fernández de Carrascón (approx. 1480–1533), whose imposing tomb is in a side chapel.
  • The Virgen de la Peña church was built in the 12th and 13th centuries. Built in the 16th century and extended by two chapels in the 16th century. Today it houses a museum for sacred art.
  • The Basilica of Nuestra Señora de los Milagros was rebuilt in the 16th century on the site of a demolished Romanesque church. The nave is spanned by a star vault in the late Gothic style. A Romanesque font still comes from the old church.
  • La Concepción Monastery was founded in the 18th century; it houses the relics of María de Jesús .
  • A small Romanesque church rises above a former synagogue .
  • The palace Los Castejones dates from the 17th century; attached is a beautiful garden.

  • NS de los Milagros

  • dto., Romanesque font

  • Convento de la Concepcion

  • NS de la Peña

  • San Juan Bautista

  • dto. interior

  • Holy Week in Ágreda

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Ágreda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
  2. ↑ Ágreda - climate tables
  3. ↑ Ágreda - population development