Azqueta
| Igúzquiza municipality: Azqueta | |||
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| Autonomous Community : |
 Navarre
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| Province : | Navarre | ||
| Comarca : | Tierra Estella | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 38 ′ N , 2 ° 5 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 570 msnm | ||
| Residents : | 64 (2011) INE | ||
| Area code: | 31125000100 | ||
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| Mayor : | Salvador Garín Zabala (Igúzquiza Association) |
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Azqueta is a village on the Spanish Camino de Santiago French Way , it is the Autonomous Community of Navarre . The place belongs to the municipality of Igúzquiza .
history
Theobald II granted the place a Fuero in 1246 . Until 1346 the village was owned by the Church of Pamplona and then passed to the Navarre Crown.
The lawyer and statistician Pascual Madoz wrote about the village in 1847 in his geographical-historical inventory of Spain: “… cold, but rather healthy climate. (The place) has 18 houses, some of them very small, a parish hall, which also houses the primary school, where sixteen children of both sexes compete ... More than twenty springs gush at various points, the water of which is almost the best in the province the inhabitants for domestic use, the cattle trough and other purposes ... Population: 15 farms, 104 souls. "
Attractions
The parish church of San Pedro is of medieval origin and was rebuilt in the 16th century. Despite the recently completed restoration, the current appearance - a mixture of Gothic and Renaissance styles - results from the changes made at that time. Only the tower dates from 1949, but uses the original foundations. The floor plan is that of a Latin cross , a longitudinal and a transept are covered by stately vaults, the keystones of which are adorned with portrait busts. Inside is the baroque - altarpiece from the 16th century by the sculptor Pedro Imberto noteworthy as well as a by Pedro de la Torre carved small altarpiece, the Holy of. Magdalena is dedicated. During the restoration, a mural was also uncovered that was hidden behind the wall covering. The stone baptismal font is Romanesque .
There is a 16th century house near the church, the cornice of which is decorated with balls in the style of the Catholic Kings . In the lower part there is the gate with a newly worked coat of arms. There are three other coats of arms above the archway: two small ones with the letters IHS and a larger one above. In the center there are other buildings from the 16th century.
Local festivals
- first Sunday in May: pilgrimage to the Ermita de la Purísima
- June 29th: Patronage festival
- second Saturday of September: Día del Valle (day of the valley of Santesteban de la Solana, in which Azqueta is located)
Web links
- Info about the Camino Francés
- Azqueta on the website of the Municipality of Igúzquiza ( Memento of June 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
- AZQUETA in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Clima frío aunque, bastante sano. Tiene 18 casas, muy pequeñas algunas de ellas, casa municipal, en cuyo recinto existe la escuela de primeras letras, a la que concurren 16 niños de ambos sexos,… En varios puntos del mismo brotan mas de 20 fuentes, cuyas aguas, las mejores acaso de toda la provincia aprovechan los habitantes para surtido de sus casas, abrevadero de ganado y otros objetos ... Población: 15 vecinos, 104 almas. “in: Pascual Madoz, Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y susamar posesiones de España , Madrid, 1845-1850
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