Escalona del Prado

Escalona del Prado municipality
Escalona del Prado - the townscape with Iglesia de San Zoilo
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Segovia
Coordinates	41 ° 10 ′  N , 4 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 10 ′  N , 4 ° 7 ′  W
Height :	832  msnm
Area :	31.79 km²
Residents :	499 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	15.7 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	40350
Municipality number  ( INE ):	40073
administration
Website :	Escalona del Prado

Escalona del Prado is a place and a municipality (municipio) with 499 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the central Spanish province of Segovia in the autonomous region of Castile-León .

Location and climate

The place Escalona del Prado is located in the agricultural landscape of the Castilian Meseta at an altitude of approx . 830  m , approx. 30 km north of the city of Segovia . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 450 mm / year) falls throughout the year, with the exception of the dry summer months.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	904	995	1,201	589	512

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting loss of jobs have led to a significant decline in the population since the middle of the 20th century ( rural exodus ).

economy

Escalona del Prado is traditionally agriculturally oriented, but small traders, craftsmen and service providers have also settled in the village. Tourism in the form of renting holiday apartments (casas rurales) hardly plays an economic role in the endlessly flat landscape of the Meseta.

history

Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces have not yet been discovered. The local church dates from the 17th century; nothing is known of a previous medieval building.

Aeródromo de Escalona del Prado

There was a small field airfield south of the village during the civil war . This was built at the beginning of the conflict by the National Spanish Air Force and had two runways. After commissioning, it was used both by the Spanish national air forces and by the German Condor Legion, which supported them . For German fighter pilots, Escalona was the first front-line airfield that was used from the end of August 1936, a few months later, before the Legion was officially founded. During the war, the Germans repeatedly used the site as an advanced base of operations for the squadrons of Jagdgruppe 88 (J / 88) during the long siege of Madrid . or Battle of Brunete in the summer of 1937. The place was very well camouflaged so that it was hidden from the Republican Air Forces and the Red Army who supported them .

Attractions

• The Iglesia de San Zoilo , built in the 17th century, is dedicated to St. Consecrated to Zoilus of Cordoba . The single-nave church is vaulted with a stitch cap and has a domed crossing with an adjacent transept . It contains several baroque carved altars, including an imposing gilded main altar.

Surroundings

• About two kilometers outside the town is the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Cruz from the 15th century with later changes. Every year on September 10th there is a procession .

Web links

Commons : Escalona del Prado  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Escalona del Prado, churches - photos + short information (spanish)
• Escalona del Prado - Photo + Quick Facts (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. ↑ Escalona del Prado - climate tables
3. ↑ Escalona del Prado - Population Development
4. ↑ Escalona del Prado - History
5. ↑ Escalona del Prado - Church
6. ↑ Escalona del Prado - Ermita