Basconcillos del Tozo

Basconcillos del Tozo municipality
	Basconcillos del Tozo - hamlet of Hoyos del Tozo
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Páramos
Coordinates	42 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 59 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 42 ′ N , 3 ° 59 ′ W
Height :	910 msnm
Area :	120.67 km²
Residents :	293 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.43 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09126
Municipality number ( INE ):	09045
administration
Website :	Basconcillos del Tozo

Basconcillos del Tozo is a place and a municipality (municipio ) consisting of several hamlets (pedanías) and individual farms (fincas) with a total of only 293 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the north of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and León .

Location and climate

The place Basconcillos del Tozo is located in the southern foothills of the Cantabrian Mountains a good 53 km (driving distance) northwest of the provincial capital Burgos at an altitude of about 910 m . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 720 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	910	1,147	1,344	373	295

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to a lack of jobs and a migration of a large part of the population to the cities since the 1950s ( rural exodus ). The municipality also includes the hamlets (pedanías) Arcellares , Barrio Panizares , Fuente Úrbel , Hoyos del Tozo , La Piedra , Prádanos del Tozo , La Rad , San Mamés de Abar , Santa Cruz del Tozo , Talamillo , which have only around 10 to 30 inhabitants del Tozo and Trasahedo .

economy

For centuries, the region has been characterized almost exclusively by agriculture, which is mainly used for self-sufficiency ; Animal husbandry is of great importance . Tourism (rental of holiday apartments) is playing an increasingly important role.

history

Finds from the Celtic , Roman , Visigothic and even from the Islamic - Moorish period have not yet been made in the municipality. Although the first written mention of the place name dates back to 1511, it is assumed that the establishment of the place and that of the other villages in the area at the instigation of the second Count of Castile , Diego Rodríguez Porcelos (r. 873-885), goes back, which - after the driving back of the Moors - tried hard to repopulate ( repoblación ) the area.

Attractions

Basconcillos del Tozo - Church

Fuente Úrbel - Church

Fuente Úrbel - apse

Basconcillos del Tozo

The Romanesque Iglesia de San Cosme y San Damian dates from the 12th century. The archivolt portal on the south side protrudes slightly from the wall; one of the arches shows a ball-stick decoration . The nave and the flat-closing apse are barrel vaulted . In the apse there are remains of late medieval frescoes , including depictions of a Last Judgment and a Last Supper . A baroque altarpiece (retablo) stands in the west of the church.

Arcellares

The essentially Gothic Iglesia de San Esteban Protomártir has a Romanesque south portal; the interior shows late Gothic rib vaults .

Fuente Úrbel

The Romanesque apse of the small village church, built from precisely hewn stones, is extraordinarily rich, especially inside.

Hoyos de Tozo

The Romanesque Iglesia de la Santa Cruz is made of rubble stones and has a bell gable (espadaña) added or renewed later and a south porch. The portal is slightly pointed at the apex and presents archivolts with a geometric decoration.

La Piedra

The apse of the later largely newly built church of Santa María shows developed Romanesque styles.

Pradanos del Tozo

The Romanesque Iglesia de San Martín was later extended to include a south porch. The bell tower (campanario) should also be from a later time.

San Mamés de Abar

Built from precisely hewn stones and dedicated to St. Dedicated to Mamas of Cappadocia , the church was built in the 15th or 16th century. Next to the bell tower is a polygonal broken stair tower .

Talamillo del Tozo

The Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary . The apse is of Romanesque origin; other components were replaced later.