Cetina (Saragossa)

Cetina municipality
	Cetina Palace
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Aragon
Province :	Zaragoza
Comarca :	Comunidad de Calatayud
Coordinates	41 ° 18 ′ N , 1 ° 58 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 18 ′ N , 1 ° 58 ′ W
Height :	675 msnm
Area :	78.76 km²
Residents :	593 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	7.53 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	50292
Municipality number ( INE ):	50081
administration
Website :	Cetina

Cetina is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with a total of 593 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the extreme west of the province of Saragossa in the autonomous region of Aragon in northeastern Spain . The place is a station on the Camino del Cid ; it belongs to the poorly populated region of the Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

The place Cetina is located on the south bank of the Río Jalón a good 116 kilometers (driving distance) southwest of the provincial capital Zaragoza at an altitude of approx. 675 m . The lovely town of Calatayud is only about 33 km to the northeast. The climate is harsh in winter, but temperate to warm in summer; the rather sparse rain (approx. 410 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	1,171	1,318	2,312	730	606

As a result of increasing drought, the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of numerous small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor in rural areas, the number of inhabitants fell significantly in the second half of the 20th century as a result of the " rural exodus ".

economy

For centuries, the town's residents were essentially self-sufficient; There were no grocery stores or markets, or only rarely. The few dealers, craftsmen and service providers were provided with the essentials by street vendors.

history

Small prehistoric and Celtic finds as well as Roman coins etc. have been discovered in the municipality of Cetina. In the 8th century the area was overrun by Arab-Moorish armies. Only at the beginning of the 12th century were the occupiers forced to the south ( reconquista ) ; In the middle of the century, the city received royal privileges ( fueros ) , which encouraged resettlement or resettlement ( repoblación ) . In the following years, however, the region was fought over between the kingdoms of Aragón and Castile ( Guerra de los Dos Pedros ) and could not be finally connected to Aragón until 1454.

Iglesia de San Juan Bautista

Attractions

The Castillo palacio was built by Peter III at the end of the 13th century . built by Aragón (reigned 1276–1285). At the beginning of the 15th century, King Martin I (reigned 1396–1410) sold it to Mosén González de Liñán, the new landlord (señor) of the place, who had it converted into an approx. 60 m long representative residence. In 1634 the wedding of Francisco de Quevedo and Doña Esperanza de Mendoza took place in the palace chapel .

The single-nave church of San Juan Bautista , built between 1697 and 1708, is entirely made of bricks; it has side chapels , a transept and a domed crossing . The stitch cap vault and the dome are painted; the high altar carved in the Churriguersque style shows a painting with the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist .