Hoyales de Roa

Municipality of Hoyales de Roa
Hoyales de Roa - town view
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Ribera del Duero
Coordinates	41 ° 40 ′  N , 3 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 40 ′  N , 3 ° 52 ′  W
Height :	800  msnm
Area :	12.78 km²
Residents :	233 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	18.23 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09316
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09170
administration
Website :	Hoyales de Roa

Hoyales de Roa is a place and a municipality (municipio) with only 233 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 Hoyales de Roa is approx. 4 km south of the Duero in the Castilian plateau ( meseta ) approx. 93 km (driving distance) south of the provincial capital Burgos at an altitude of approx. 800  m ; the town of Aranda de Duero is about 18 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	672	762	1,055	299	223

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

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

Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Islamic - Moorish finds have not yet been discovered. 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 for 40 million maravedis , but her daughter sold Joan the Mad later six years, the basic rule (señorio) to the Counts of Miranda.

Attractions

Tower ruin

• The 18 m high ruins of a keep (torre del homenaje) from the late 15th century, the exterior of which was made of precisely hewn stones, was approximately 1.75 m thick. The angular and three-quarter round weir bay windows at the top of the structure are very beautiful .
• Several cellar vaults ( bodegas ) have been driven into the crumbly rock of the castle hill .
• It is speculated whether the bell tower (campanario) of the Iglesia de San Bartolomé , which was built around the same time, also had a defensive function. The most important piece of equipment is the altarpiece (retablo) in the apse .
• Not far away is the Ermita de la Virgen de Arriba , one of which was probably built in the 14th / 15th centuries. The chapel that existed in the 18th century was completely redesigned in the 18th century.

Web links

Commons : Hoyales de Roa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Hoyales de Roa - 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. ↑ Hoyales de Roa / Valdezate - climate tables
3. ↑ Hoyales de Roa - population development
4. ↑ Hoyales de Roa - History
5. ↑ Hoyales de Roa - tower ruins
6. ↑ Hoyales de Roa - Church
7. ↑ Hoyales de Roa - Church
8. ↑ Hoyales de Roa - Ermita