Murillo de Río Leza

Murillo de Río Leza municipality
Murillo de Río Leza - the townscape
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Logroño
Coordinates	42 ° 24 ′  N , 2 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 24 ′  N , 2 ° 19 ′  W
Height :	405  msnm
Area :	46.06 km²
Residents :	1,629 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	35.37 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26143
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26099
administration
Website :	Murillo de Río Leza

Murillo de Río Leza is a place and a municipality ( municipio ) with 1,629 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the autonomous community of La Rioja in northern Spain .

Location and climate

The place Murillo de Río Leza is located on the lower reaches of the Río Leza in the transition zone between the mountains of the Tierra de Cameros and the Ebro Valley a good 16 km (driving distance) southeast of the provincial capital Logroño at an altitude of about 405  m . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 475 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2003	2018
Residents	1,316	2.013	2.119	1,307	1,654

As a result of the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor, the population of the place has decreased significantly since the middle of the 20th century ( rural exodus ).

economy

For centuries, the community was agriculturally oriented for the purpose of self-sufficiency , with livestock farming (milk, cheese, meat) in the foreground; Weaving products were made from the sheep's wool and could also be exchanged or sold. But fruit, vegetables and grain were also grown. Numerous weaving mills were located here in the 17th and 18th centuries. Today holiday apartments (casas rurales) are rented out mainly in the summer months . The community is also part of the Rioja Baja wine-growing region .

history

Celtiberian , Roman , Visigoth and even Islamic-Moorish traces of settlement were not discovered in the municipality. The area has served as summer pasture for sheep and goats for centuries . A military reconquest ( reconquista ) by the Christians did not take place, but the place was gradually settled as part of the Repoblación . In the Middle Ages, the region was at times disputed between the kingdoms of Castile and Navarre . In the 14th century, the place and its surroundings belonged to the Tierra de Cameros . In the 18th century the place experienced a significant boom because of its textile production. After the abolition of the manorial system in 1811, the area belonged to the province of Soria and only came to the newly created province of Logroño in 1833, from which the La Rioja region later emerged.

Attractions

Murillo de Río Leza - Ermita de San Vicente

• The single-aisled Iglesia de San Esteban Protomártir was built in the 16./17. Century on the site of a previous medieval building. The portal facade of the south transept , several external arcades on the nave as well as the multi-tiered bell tower (campanario) that leads from a quadrangular floor plan in the basement into an octagonal lantern are to be emphasized . Inside, the choir section impresses with several visually interconnected altar retables (retablos) , among which the late Baroque main altar with its twisted columns in the style of Churriguerism stands out.
• Several houses in the town center have heraldic shields made of stone.
• The Ermita de Nuestra Señora la Virgen del Cortijo stands on the outskirts .

Surroundings

• The Ermita de Santa Ana , located approx. 750 m south of the village, is an outwardly unadorned building from the 16th century with later additions.
• The Ermita de San Vicente , located about 2.5 km north on the bank of the Río Leza, was a Gothic building from the 13th century, of which only the portal has survived.

Web links

Commons : Murillo de Río Leza  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Murillo de Río Leza - short information (wikirioja, Spanish)
• Murillo de Río Leza - photos + brief information

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. ↑ Murillo de Río Leza - climate tables
3. ↑ Murillo de Río Leza - population development
4. ↑ Murillo de Río Leza - Church
5. ↑ Murillo de Río Leza - Ermita de San Vicente
6. ↑ Murillo de Río Leza - Ermita de San Vicente