Los Arcos

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Los Arcos municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : NavarreNavarre Navarre
Province : Navarre
Comarca : Estella Occidental
Coordinates 42 ° 34 ′  N , 2 ° 11 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 34 ′  N , 2 ° 11 ′  W
Height : 438  msnm
Area : 57.46 km²
Residents : 1,134 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 19.74 inhabitants / km²
Municipality number  ( INE ): 31029
administration
Mayor : Jerónimo Gómez Ortigosa
(Unión del Pueblo Navarro)
Website : www.losarcos.es

Los Arcos is a place on the Camino de Santiago in the Spanish-speaking part of the autonomous region of Navarre .

geography

The municipality is slightly hilly but mostly flat. The place is on the left bank of the Río Odrón, which supplies the area with water and drains to the Ebro . The soil conditions - flat, marl-containing , irrigated - and the Mediterranean climate favor agriculture. The highest peaks are: Valdelaguardia (585 msnm), Lomba (562 msnm), El Carcal (500 msnm), Peñas Blancas (540 msnm).

history

Los Arcos, like many other localities in the area, arose from a small neighborhood near a castle . "Santa Olalla" became today's place in the 11th century. Sancho IV. Garcés of Navarre repopulated the place after the battle of the three Sanchos . In this battle in Valdegón in 1067 were Navarrese and Aragonese troops Castilian against troops. After Castile was defeated, the king is said to have donated a drawn bow (Spanish: Arco) and ordered the repopulation of the place.

In 1274 the population experienced another armed conflict and its consequences when Castilian troops under Don Fernando de la Cerda attacked the castle.

In the 15th century Los Arcos suffered again from the consequences of the war: Navarre split between Agramonteses , partisan John II of Aragón , and Beamonteses, partisan of Navarre Crown Prince Carlos de Viana , who could count on the support of Castile. Los Arcos sided with the Agramonteses. After the Beamontes had won, a delegation from Henry IV of Castile came to Los Arcos on July 7, 1463 and demanded recognition and an oath of allegiance to the king.

In 1512 the place, like all of Navarre, came to Castile when Ferdinand II incorporated it into his domain.

Church in Los Arcos
Landscape around Los Arcos

In 1521 Viana resisted the French vigorously, giving the Spanish troops time to reorganize at Logroño. The price for the resistance was the clearance for looting by the French after taking the place. In gratitude for revolting against the French invasion, Los Arcos was given the right to hold a free market every Wednesday after the war .

In 1592 Philip II stayed in Los Arcos and ratified the Fuero , which he had admitted in 1571. Until the 19th century, Los Arcos successfully dedicated itself to viticulture and maintained good relations with Castile and Navarre.

On December 19, 1809, the Napoleonic Coronell Belloc, who had stayed overnight with 800 men in Los Arcos, had to take the hills in front of the site after being fought from there by Spanish resistance. The Spanish fighters were supplied by the citizens of Los Arcos, from among whom volunteers also joined the resistance groups. Against this background, the Navarre viceroy certified the place after the war to have been one of the most insubordinate and resistant villages against Napoleon. The previously paid price for this award was, among other things, that 32 of 104 volunteers had died in the War of Independence.

On October 11, 1833, near Los Arcos, at the Ermita de Santa Bárbara, the warring troops of the first Carlist War met for the first time . The commanders were the Carlist Ladrón de Cegama and, for the liberal camp, Lorenzo.

Population development of the municipality

Source: INE archive - graphic processing for Wikipedia

economy

The economy is mainly based on agriculture with Mediterranean products such as wine and olives , there is also wheat and barley . Whilst wheat and wine can also be found on irrigated areas, barley is mainly grown in drywall.

There are manufacturing industries in the textile, food and woodworking sectors .

The Circuito de Navarra race track, which was completed in June 2010, is located in the southeast of the municipality .

Attractions

Evidence of the Roman era has been found in the municipality, and the remains of the medieval castle can still be seen above the town. In the Calle Mayor there are several houses adorned with raised family coats of arms. At the entrance to the Plaza Mayor is the Portal de Castilla , it was built in the 17th century and shows the weapons of Philip V.

The most important sight is the parish church of Santa María. The starting point for today's church was a Romanesque church from the 12th century, which has undergone Gothic , Renaissance , Baroque and Neoclassical alterations and additions over the centuries . The church has a single nave , and chapels have been built into the spaces between the buttresses . In the north facade there is a Plateresque style portal that was built in 1591 and worked like an altar. The bell tower shows Gothic and Renaissance elements and was also completed in the 16th century. Connected to the south facade is the cloister , which was designed in the late Gothic flamboyant style.

Fiestas

  • Patronage festival: one week from August 14th
  • Pilgrimages: San Gregorio on Whit Monday, San Vicente on January 22nd (on this day bread and wine are distributed from the town hall balcony)

literature

Web links

Commons : Los Arcos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Location information of the Navarre provincial government (Spanish)
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