Fuentelisendo

Fuentelisendo municipality
Fuentelisendo - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Ribera del Duero
Coordinates	41 ° 37 ′  N , 3 ° 54 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 37 ′  N , 3 ° 54 ′  W
Height :	820  msnm
Area :	6.97 km²
Residents :	96 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	13.77 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09318
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09138
administration
Website :	Fuentelisendo

Fuentelisendo is a place and a municipality (municipio) with only 96 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the south of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and León .

Location and climate

The place Fuentelisendo is about 10 km southeast of the Duero in the Castilian plateau ( meseta ) about 95 km (driving distance) south of the provincial capital Burgos at an altitude of about 820  m ; the town of Aranda de Duero is about 20 km to the east. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 455 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	587	505	525	125	83

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to a lack of jobs since the 1950s and, as a result, to a migration of a large part of the population to the larger cities ( rural exodus ).

economy

Weinfeld near Corcos

For centuries, the region was dominated by agriculture almost exclusively for the purpose of self-sufficiency ; Animal husbandry and viticulture were also of great importance . Long-life or preserved food such as grain , cheese , sausage, etc. could be bartered or sold at the markets in Aranda de Duero; the region's wine was shipped to Central and Northern Europe. The community is now part of the Ribera del Duero wine region .

history

Corcos ruins

Small finds from the Bronze Age have been made in the municipality , but there are still no Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Islamic - Moorish finds. At the beginning of the 10th century, the area south of the Duero was recaptured ( reconquista ) and repopulated ( repoblación ) by the Castilian count Gonzalo Fernández de Burgos (ruled approx. 900–915 ) . In the High Middle Ages the town and its surroundings were part of the group consisting of about 20 villages and castles (castillos) secured Comunidad de Villa y Tierra de Aza . In 1504 Queen acquired Isabella I the places Fuentelisendo and Hoyales de Roa for 40 million maravedis , but her daughter sold Joan the Mad later six years, the basic rule (señorio) to the Counts of Miranda.

In the middle of the "wasteland of Corcos" (Páramo de Corcos) , roughly on the border between Fuentelisendo and the neighboring municipality of Valdezate a good 4 km away , was the former village of Corcos , which merged with the municipality of Fuentelisendo in the 17th century; later it was completely abandoned (despoblado) so that houses can no longer be recognized.

Attractions

Source version (fuente)

• The local parish church dates from the 17th century; it has a single nave and inside contains a polychrome statue of Our Lady of Sorrows (Virgen de los Dolores) . The elaborately designed Romanesque font (pila bautismal) comes from the church of Corcos .
• The located in the middle of town and out of rubble masonry source enclosure has a small double arcade with arches ; their entire appearance seems to point to a medieval origin. Before that there is a later added open washing area (lavadero) , who also as livestock watering (Abrevadero) was used.

Surroundings

• Only ruins of a church tower or a castle remain from the former village of Corcos .

Web links

Commons : Fuentelisendo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Fuentelisendo - Photos + Info (wikiburgos, 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. ↑ Fuentelisendo / Valdezate - climate tables
3. ↑ Fuentelisendo - population development
4. ↑ Páramo de Corcos
5. ↑ Corcos - castle ruins