Muñotello

Muñotello municipality
Muñotello - town view
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and Leon
Province :	Ávila
Comarca :	Valle de Amblés
Coordinates	40 ° 33 ′  N , 5 ° 2 ′  W Coordinates: 40 ° 33 ′  N , 5 ° 2 ′  W
Height :	1155  msnm
Area :	19.94 km²
Residents :	62 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	3.11 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	05191
Municipality number  ( INE ):	05143
administration
Website :	Muñotello

Muñotello is a place and a central Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 62 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Ávila in the autonomous region of Castile-León .

location

The place Muñotello is located in the northern foothills of the Sierra de Gredos in the west of the Valle de Amblés a good 42 km southwest of Ávila at an altitude of about 1155 m above sea level. d. The climate in winter is cool, but in summer it is quite warm despite the altitude; the low amounts of precipitation (approx. 450 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	544	594	582	128	63

The sharp population decline since the 1950s is essentially due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

The economic life of Muñotello is largely agrarian - in the past, grain, vines, etc. were planted for self-sufficiency ; Vegetables came from the house gardens. Cattle breeding (previously mainly sheep and goats, today mostly cattle) was also operated. Since the 1960s, rural tourism (turismo rural) has also played an increasingly important role in the economic life of the municipality.

history

Little is known about the earlier history of Muñotello, but the Celtic (perhaps Vettonic ) high fortress Castro de Ulaca in the neighboring town of Solosancho proves an early settlement of the region. Roman and Visigoth and Arabic-Moorish evidence is largely missing. In the 11th and 12th centuries, the area was largely recaptured ( reconquista ) and repopulated ( repoblación ) by the Christians without a fight . In a document from the year 1250, a large community called Valle Amblés is mentioned, to which the name but not mentioned and perhaps not yet existing place Muñotello belonged.

Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol

Attractions

• The simple church of Santiago Apóstol dates from the 16th century; its apse is made of stone , whereas the walls of the nave are made of larger field stones . The interior of the church is spanned by a representative artesonado beam ceiling with tie rods , which is typical of the region . The apse, separated by a flying buttress, is polygonal; the altarpiece shows the apostle James the Elder. Ä. as a riding " moor killer " ( matamoros ) . Perhaps during the construction of the church, the south side received an open vestibule ( portico ) .
• A court column ( rollo or picota ) from the 17th century rises on the square in front of the church .

Web links

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

• Muñotello, Tourism - Quick Facts (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. ↑ Muñotello - Map with altitude information
3. ↑ Muñotello - climate tables
4. ↑ Muñotello - Population Development
5. ↑ Muñotello - History
6. ↑ Muñotello - Church
7. ↑ Muñotello - Church
8. ↑ Muñotello - Church ( Memento of the original from January 14, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.