Castillejo de Robledo

Castillejo de Robledo municipality
Castillejo de Robledo - castle ruins and church
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Soria
Comarca :	Tierras del Burgo
Coordinates	41 ° 33 ′  N , 3 ° 30 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 33 ′  N , 3 ° 30 ′  W
Height :	962  msnm
Area :	52.98 km²
Residents :	103 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	1.94 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	42328
Municipality number  ( INE ):	42058
administration
Website :	Castillejo de Robledo

Castillejo de Robledo is a place and a small northern Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 103 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the west of the province of Soria in the autonomous region of Castile-León . The place is recognized as a cultural asset ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) in the Conjunto histórico-artístico category . The Catholic parish belongs to the Diocese of Osma-Soria .

location

The place Castillejo de Robledo is located in a valley basin at an altitude of about 960  m , about 27 km (driving distance) southeast of Aranda de Duero ; the neighboring municipality of Peñaranda de Duero, which is worth seeing , is just under 30 km north. The small towns of San Esteban de Gormaz , Burgo de Osma and Berlanga de Duero are further east; the provincial capital Soria is about 100 km northeast. The climate is harsh in winter, but temperate to warm in summer; Rain (approx. 495 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	344	749	982	193	117

As a result of increasing drought and the mechanization of agriculture and the resulting lower demand for labor, the number of inhabitants has declined sharply since the middle of the 20th century; there is also the abandonment of numerous small farms.

economy

As a result of the altitude, the agricultural yields, which were primarily used for self-sufficiency , are low. That is why livestock and dairy farming have always played an important role. The place is now part of the Ribera del Duero wine region . In the last few decades, income from tourism has increased significantly in importance.

history

Not much is known about the history of the small town. During the Islamic period , the area was depopulated and was not repopulated ( repoblación ) until the 11th and 12th centuries by immigrants from the Christian north, but also by Christians from southern Spain (" Mozarabers " ) . In 1311 there was a settlement of the Knights Templar here , to which the foundation and / or the further development of the place can possibly go back.

Attractions

Iglesia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

Portal of the Church

• A ruined castle, which formerly belonged to a fortress of the Knights Templar , which was dissolved in 1312 at the Council of Vienne by Pope Clement V under pressure from the French King Philip IV , dominates the small town. The castle was then handed over to the Order of St. John , who, however, hardly cared about it, so that at some point it fell into disrepair.
• The single-aisled Romanesque church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción with its bell gable ( espadaña ) over the portal-free and windowless west side probably dates from the first half of the 12th century. The apse is divided into three parts by two services ; two cornices - the lower one cranked around the services - ensure a horizontal structure. The almost completely walled up windows are framed by small inserted columns with capitals and spanned by profiled arches, which are preceded by an outer arch with a jagged frieze. A console frieze , some of which is figurative, runs under the eaves . The church's greatest treasure, however , is the multi-tiered High Romanesque portal protected by a south porch ( portico or galería porticada ), the geometric decoration of which (including a diamond rod ) with a dominant, almost three-dimensional multi - pass arch is very varied. The nave is covered by an open roof truss ; only the apse and the fore choir are vaulted and decorated in a later period (15th century?) with a monochrome blue tile mosaic that seems to imitate a sky. The front of the triumphal arch is designed as a double-headed green snake.

Surroundings

• The small hermit church Ermita de los Mártires has a flat end of the choir and is surmounted in the west by an oversized three-arched bell gable. The remains of medieval frescoes were uncovered inside the church.

Web links

Commons : Castillejo de Robledo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Castillejo de Robledo, historical buildings - photo + info (Spanish)
• Castillejo de Robledo, sights - photos + information (Spanish)
• Romanesque churches in the area of ​​Berlanga - photo + info (arteguias, 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. ↑ Castillejo de Robledo - climate tables
3. ^ Castillejo de Robledo - population development
4. ^ Castillejo de Robledo - History