Castrelos (Vigo)
| Municipality of Vigo: Castrelos | |||
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 Castrelos - Igrexa Santa María
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : | Galicia | ||
| Province : | Pontevedra | ||
| Comarca : | Vigo | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 13 ′ N , 8 ° 44 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 50 msnm | ||
| Area : | 2.00 km² | ||
| Residents : | 7,996 (2014) INE | ||
| Population density : | 3,998 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 36213 | ||
| Area code: | 36057070000 | ||
Castrelos is a parish and a district ( entidad local menor ) in the northwestern Spanish city of Vigo in the province of Pontevedra in the autonomous community of Galicia .
location
Castrelos lies at a height of approx. 50 meters above sea level. d. M. above the bay Ría de Vigo and immediately south of the Río Lagares . Castrelos is about two and a half kilometers (driving distance) to the south from the city center; the Bembrive district with its Romanesque parish church ( Igrexa de Santiago ) is only about three kilometers to the east.
economy
Agriculture, especially cattle breeding, traditionally played the largest role in the economic life of the small community; Around 100 storage buildings ( hórreos ) have been preserved in the area. Today the former village is part of the port and industrial city of Vigo.
history
Until 1862 Castrelos belonged to the Order of Malta ; then the place was incorporated into Vigo.
Attractions
- The parish church of Santa María is a late Romanesque building from the early 13th century (consecrated in 1216) with a bell gable from the Renaissance period . The semicircular apse has two richly decorated and almost identical quatrefoil windows , which are arranged in a cross shape. The Gothic west portal, which is barely noticeably sharpened in the apex of the arch, has six set columns with Gothic-looking chalice capitals. The archivolts arches are only slightly profiled ; however, their end faces present ornate star bars and a block frieze as the outer frame. The tympanum shows a cross, which is surrounded by a total of six plant or leaf motifs. The south portal is a little smaller, but almost identical overall; On the side above there are two slim windows framed by small columns. The central cross motif in the tympanum of the north portal is slightly modified; the archivolts are comparable to those of the other two portals. The nave is about 20 meters long and 7 meters wide and is spanned by an open roof truss; the apse is drawn inwards and shows the usual dome vault .
West portal
Tympanum of the west portal
South portal
Tympanum of the north portal
South window of the apse
Central window of the apse
- In front of the church is a baroque cross from the 17th century.
- A single arched medieval stone bridge without side parapet walls crosses the Río Lagares at the northern end of the Parque Público de Castrelos .
- On the eastern edge of the park is the city museum ( Museo Quiñones de León ), inaugurated in 1937 , which presents archaeological finds as well as paintings and handicraft objects (furniture, ceramics, etc.) from the Baroque period to the recent past.
Web links
- Castrelos, church - photos + information (spanish)
- Castrelos, church - photos + information (spanish)
- Castrelos, bridge - photos + information (spanish)
- Castrelos, Museum - Photos + Info (Spanish)