Herrera de Pisuerga

Herrera de Pisuerga municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Palencia
Comarca :	Boedo-Ojeda
Coordinates	42 ° 36 ′  N , 4 ° 20 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 36 ′  N , 4 ° 20 ′  W
Height :	844  msnm
Area :	99.08 km²
Residents :	1,966 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	19.84 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	34400
Municipality number  ( INE ):	34083
administration
Mayor :	Luis Javier San Millan Merino (2011) ( PP )
Website :	www.herreradepisuerga.es

Herrera de Pisuerga is a small town 25 kilometers north of the Camino de Santiago in the province of Palencia in the Autonomous Community of Castile and León . It is located on the banks of the Río Burejo shortly before its confluence with the Río Pisuerga and houses the remains of a Roman fortification.

history

Herrera's origins go back to the Roman garrison of Pisoraca . At the time of Augustus between 20 before and 40 after the birth of Christ, the garrison was the base of the Legio IIII Macedonica during the subjugation of the Cantabrians in the Cantabrian War . Later excavations show that the place was a Visigoth settlement .

In the 14th century, King Alfonso XI. of Castile Herrera for 180,000 Maravedís and promoted the reconstruction and repopulation of the place. Later, King John I of Castile transferred control of the place to the Dukes of Frías , who owned the place until the 19th century. Under their rule, a Franciscan monastery was founded in the 15th century .

In 1517 and 1522, Emperor Charles V came through Herrera twice. At the end of the 18th century, the construction of the Canal de Castilla began , but the economic use was initially prevented by the occupation of Spain by France at the beginning of the 19th century. As a result of secularization , the monastery was dissolved after 1836 and a modest economic boom began in the middle of the century with the settlement of some margarine factories and the grain trade. The railway reached the place in 1862 and María Cristina, regent of Spain , granted Herrera city rights in 1902.

The Aeródromo , located four kilometers east of the CL-627, served as a field airfield during the Spanish Civil War , especially during the war in the north , for parts of Jagd- and Kampfgruppe 88 of the German Condor Legion . There was another airfield in the area of ​​the municipality of Calahorra de Boedo, a few kilometers southwest.

Attractions

Some remains of the Roman fortifications including an interpretation center, a city gate and some city palaces decorated with family coats of arms, including those of the Lara family, have been preserved to this day . More recently is a bird park.

Web links

Commons : Herrera de Pisuerga  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• City's website

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).