Carabias

Sigüenza municipality: Carabias
	Carabias - San Salvador Church
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile-La Mancha
Province :	Guadalajara
Comarca :	Sierra norte de Guadalajara
Coordinates	41 ° 5 ′ N , 2 ° 43 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 5 ′ N , 2 ° 43 ′ W
Height :	1030 msnm
Residents :	13 (2013) INE
Postal code :	19266
Area code:	19257000900

Carabias is a northern Spanish mountain village with only about 20 inhabitants, which administratively belongs to the municipality ( municipio ) Sigüenza in the Spanish province of Guadalajara in the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha . The Church of San Salvador has been classified as a cultural asset ( Bien de Interés Cultural ).

location

Carabias is located in the barren mountain landscape in the northwest of the province of Guadalajara at an altitude of approx. 1030 m . The distance to the nearby town of Sigüenza is about 11 km (driving distance) in a south-easterly direction. The provincial capital Guadalajara is about 85 km southwest.

economy

With the exception of barley , hardly any grain was possible to grow on the barren soils of the cold plateaus of the Guadalajara province . For centuries, the population lived mainly from breeding sheep and goats, whose milk was used to make cheese, which after laborious transport could be sold at the market in Sigüenza or exchanged for flour, etc. The wool of the sheep was spun and woven into lengths of fabric in winter, from which simple clothing was made. Goat hair was only suitable for making weatherproof throws ( ponchos ) or sacks, ropes, etc. Today tourism plays a not unimportant role in the economic life of the mountain village.

history

After the successful reconquest ( Reconquista ) of the areas in the south of Castile in the 11th century, the place was repopulated ( repoblación ) by Christians from the north but also from the south of the Iberian Peninsula ( Mozarabers ).

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View over the landscape north of Carabias

Attractions

The main attraction of the place is as a cultural ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) classified Iglesia de San Salvador one of over twenty, resting on twin columns from the 12th century, who in the early 13th century arcades existing porch (galería porticada) was grown, which moves around both the south side and the west facade. While the architecture of the vestibule as a whole is based on its great Romanesque models such as San Miguel in San Esteban de Gormaz u. a. recalls that decorated with simple leaf reliefs capitals clearly early Gothic influences. The two simple portals, on the other hand, show Romanesque forms. The bell tower is made of coarser hewn stones than the church building and is likely to have been built a little later. The interior of the church was baroque in the 17th century .
A spring with a neoclassical surround from the 19th century is right next to the church.
The sparsely populated and in places still wooded area is a refuge for animals that have become rare - including wild boars , deer , foxes , stone marten, etc.

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