Aldeanueva de Ebro

Aldeanueva de Ebro municipality
Aldeanueva de Ebro - View of the town with the bell tower (campanario) of the Iglesia de San Bartolomé
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Province :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Comarca de Alfaro
Coordinates	42 ° 14 ′  N , 1 ° 53 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 14 ′  N , 1 ° 53 ′  W
Height :	345  msnm
Area :	39.08 km²
Residents :	2,761 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	70.65 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26559
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26008
administration
Website :	Aldeanueva de Ebro

Aldeanueva de Ebro is a place and a municipality (municipio) with 2,761 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northeast of the Spanish autonomous region of La Rioja . It belongs to the Rioja Baja wine region .

Location and climate

The place Aldeanueva de Ebro is located in the valley of the Ebro about 60 km (driving distance) southeast of the provincial capital Logroño at an altitude of about 340  m ; the historically and culturally significant city of Calahorra is only approx. 12 km to the northwest. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 530 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	2,205	2,753	2,800	2,491	2,732

Despite the phylloxera crisis in viticulture, the increasing mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms, the population of the place has remained relatively constant.

economy

In earlier centuries, many of the town's residents lived largely as self-sufficiency, either directly or indirectly (as craftsmen and tradesmen) from the agriculture in the area . In Roman times, a trade route connected the cities of the Ebro Valley (Gracurris , Calahurris and Caesaraugusta) with the Cantabrian coast and the Iberian Meseta . Viticulture , which has been practiced since Roman times , gained in importance, especially in the 19th century, when French winemakers settled in the Ebro Valley to produce wine based on the French model.

history

Aldeanueva de Ebro - Altar retable of the Iglesia de San Bartolomé

Aldeanueva de Ebro - Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios

Aldeanueva de Ebro - Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Portal

Bronze Age pottery shards were found in the municipality. Celtiberian , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces are missing. In the 8th and 9th centuries, the area was under the influence of the Banu Qasi . Around the year 920 Sancho I of Navarre conquered the upper Ebro valley; he managed to establish a small Christian empire in the Iregua Valley . At the beginning of the 11th century, the area under Sancho III. a heyday of Navarre ; he divided his kingdom in will between his three sons, which in the following period led to ongoing conflicts between the kingdoms of Navarre , Castile and Aragon . In 1076 the area was occupied by Alfonso VI. conquered by Castile . In the Middle Ages and in the early modern period, the place belonged to the manor (señorio) of the diocese of Calahorra until its citizens received full city rights (villa) in 1664 in return for a considerable sum of money .

Until the major territorial reform of 1833, Aldeanueva belonged to the old Castilian province of Soria ; then the small town was slammed into the newly created province of Logroño . In 1980 the name of the Province of Logroño was changed to La Rioja ; it also received the status of an autonomous region .

Attractions

• The in 16./17. Iglesia de San Bartolomé , built almost entirely of brick in the 18th century, is a three-aisled hall church ; the square tower (campanario) with its octagonal bell- shaped floor should belong to the last construction phase. The three equal ships (naves) are of late Gothic -style vaults is of stucco covered; The pillars and outer walls are clad with natural stone slabs. The highlights of the furnishings are the three altarpieces (retablos) , of which the middle one dates back to around 1575/80 and was made by Arnao de Bruselas in the Renaissance style; The two side baroque altars and the two pulpits are also worth mentioning.
• The rather large Ermita de Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios , also made of bricks, may date from the 16th century, but the entire west facade with its bell gable (espadaña) shows clear baroque features.
• The Ermita de Nuestra Señora del Portal , also built entirely of bricks, served as a hospital and theater in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1860 it was restored and used again for cultic purposes; perhaps the bell gable (espadaña) above the west facade, which is divided into fields, dates from this time. The chapel has served as a regional wine museum since the 1960s .
• On the outskirts of the city there is a bullring (Plaza de Toros) from the late 19th century.

Web links

Commons : Aldeanueva de Ebro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Aldeanueva de Ebro - Photos + Quick Facts (Spanish)
• Aldeanueva de Ebro, tourism etc. - photos + information (Spanish)

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. ↑ Aldeanueva de Ebro - Climate tables
3. ↑ Aldeanueva de Ebro - population development
4. ↑ Aldeanueva de Ebro - History
5. ↑ Aldeanueva de Ebro - Church
6. ↑ Aldeanueva de Ebro - Ermita / Wine Museum