Morales de Toro

Morales de Toro municipality
Morales de Toro - the village with the Church of San Juan
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Zamora
Comarca :	Toro
Coordinates	41 ° 32 ′  N , 5 ° 18 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 32 ′  N , 5 ° 18 ′  W
Height :	700  msnm
Area :	53.45 km²
Residents :	976 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	18.26 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	49810
Municipality number  ( INE ):	49129
administration
Website :	Morales de Toro

Morales de Toro is a northern Spanish town and municipality ( municipio ) with 976 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the east of the province of Zamora in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon .

location

The place Morales de Toro on the Río Bajoz is located in the Castilian plateau on the connecting road between Tordesillas and Zamora at an altitude of about 700 m above sea level. d. M. The provincial capital Zamora is a good 41 km (driving distance) to the west; the small town of Toro , the capital of the comarca, is only 8 km to the west. The climate in winter is quite cold, but in summer it is warm to hot; the sparse rainfall (approx. 370 mm / year) falls throughout the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2016
Residents	1.406	1,772	2,093	1,082	1.008

The significant population decline in the second half of the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

The farming on the fertile clay and loess soils of the Tierra de Toro , which also included viticulture, and the keeping of small livestock (especially chickens) formed the livelihood of the self-sufficient population of the region for centuries ; Horses and donkeys were kept as draft and pack animals. Since the Middle Ages, handicrafts, retail trade and all kinds of service companies have developed. Today the municipality is one of the centers of wine-growing and wine production in the province of Zamora.

history

In pre-Roman times the region belonged to the settlement area of ​​the Celtic tribe of the Vaccaeans ; Later came the Romans and Visigoths and in the 8th century the area was overrun by the Moors - however, all four cultures left only a few archaeologically usable traces in the formerly possibly forested area. Already in the 9th century Asturian-Leonese army conquered the areas north of the Duero back ( reconquista ) . At the end of the 10th century, the Moorish military leader Almansor temporarily wiped out the Christian successes, but in the 11th century the Kingdom of León expanded its territory again to the Duero border. The region was repopulated ( repoblación ) . After previous attempts, León finally united with the Kingdom of Castile in 1230 , but disputes occurred again and again in the period that followed. The place experienced its heyday in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period.

Attractions

• The Iglesia de San Juan is a from HAU and bricks erected building of the 16th century with a bell tower . The baroque high altar dates from the 17th century.
• The three-aisled Iglesia de San Salvador was built a little earlier and has an imposing bell gable . Inside there is an altarpiece from around 1540.

Web links

Commons : Morales de Toro  - 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. ↑ Morales de Toro - Map with altitude information
3. ↑ Morales de Toro - Climate tables
4. ↑ Morales de Toro - population development
5. ↑ Morales de Toro - Bodegas