Navarrete (Rioja)

Navarrete municipality
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	La Rioja
Comarca :	Logroño
Coordinates	42 ° 26 ′  N , 2 ° 34 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 26 ′  N , 2 ° 34 ′  W
Height :	512  msnm
Area :	28.49 km²
Residents :	2,941 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	103.23 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	26370
Municipality number  ( INE ):	26105
administration
Mayor :	Miguel Santo Domingo Victoriano ( PSOE , 2007)
Website :	www.ayuntamientonavarrete.org

Navarrete is a place on the Camino de Santiago in the autonomous region of La Rioja . Because of its monuments and its historical importance, the town center was declared a Conjunto histórico-artístico .

geography

Iglesia de la Asunción (Assumption) seen from the Mirador des Cerro Tedeón

Navarrete by night

Church of the Assumption

The center of the municipality is the hill Cerro Tedeón (512 msnm ). The town center is also located there.

The greater part of the area is located in a deposit plain of the Iregua , through which the Río Daroca flows today . The ground relief is gentle with smaller terraces that slope towards the south. The soils are clay and marl soils that rise to the west towards Dehesa la Verde . The highest point is at 781 msnm on Cerro de la Dehesa . The rest of the municipality is slightly undulating and forms a small valley through which the Río Antiguo flows, which draws its water from the Río Iregua, drives a few mills and irrigates various land areas.

There is the Valbornedo retention basin, which absorbs excess water from Santa Coloma . The construction of the basin is dated to the founding time of the city.

2572 hectares of the 2849 hectares of municipal area are farmed, 608 hectares of which are irrigated, the remaining 1964 are drywalled (1992).

history

With regard to the name, it is assumed that the proximity to Navarre was decisive, which was greater at the time it was founded than it is today. Another theory directly dares a translation that includes the Basque word Nafarrate . As a result, the place would be called Tor Navarras in German , which reflects the local conditions of the 12th century. would quite correspond.

Navarrete was at various times the battlefield of the wars between Castilians and Navarrese . The Castilian kings tried to secure their borders against Navarre and to strengthen them with castles. For this reason, Alfonso VIII of Castile suggested that the inhabitants of the surrounding hamlets (San Llorente, San Antolín, San Pedro y Ntra. Sra.del Prado) move to a fortified place. The new site was then created around the castle on Tedeón Hill. The castle had another fortification to accommodate and protect the population in the event of a defense.

From 1192 the place received extensive fueros , which included the use of the water of the surrounding rivers, pastures, forests and the right to markets and a fair . Thanks to these privileges, Navarrete became an important place of its time.

With the surrounding villages, Navarrete formed a "Villas del Campo" called Mancomunidad . This community association united its interests in arable land, grazing and wood and was mentioned since the 11th century.

The place was donated by Henry II to Juan Ramírez de Arellano and in 1380 came into the possession of Diego Gómez Manrique de Lara , Duke of Nájera.

Domenico Laffi mentions the place in his travel description Viaggio in Ponente a San Giacomo di Galitia e Finisterrae

Attractions

• Iglesia de la Asunción de María (Assumption) parish church . The three-aisled construction began in 1553 and ended in the 17th century. Inside there is a Baroque - altarpiece .
• Ermita Santa María del Buen Suceso with a facade relief depicting the pilgrims of St. James. Location: south of the village, towards Entrena .
• Ruins of the Medieval Hospital of San Juan de Acre, donated by Doña María Ramirez . You are in front of the village on the left if you follow the Camino de Santiago from Logroño . The foundation walls are visible, the building was destroyed in the 19th century. The portico from 1200 was built into the cemetery as the main entrance and can be viewed there (at the exit) today.
• Castillo. The top of Tedeón Hill is named after the castle that was once there, of which there are no remains. Today there is a lookout point there.

literature

• Antonio Cillero Ulecia: Prehistoria e historia de la villa de Navarrete . Santos Ochoa SA, Logroño 1990, ISBN 84-7359-377-4 .
• Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .
• Cordula Rabe: Spanish Way of St. James. From the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela. All stages - with variants and height profiles. Bergverlag Rother, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-7633-4330-0 ( Rother hiking guide ).
• Bert Teklenborg: Cycling along the Camino de Santiago. From the Rhine to the western end of Europe. (Cycling guide, route planner). 3rd revised edition. Publishing House Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2007, ISBN 978-3-7022-2626-8 .

Web links

Commons : Navarrete (Rioja)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information about the Camino Francés

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. ↑ cf. Julio Miguel López Arroyo, La utilización del agua del Río Iregua, Edit .: Sindicato Central del Pantano González Lacasa de Logroño, 1994, ISBN 84-605-0284-8
3. ↑ Viaggio in Ponente a San Giacomo di Galitia e Finisterrae (journey west to Santiago de Compostela and Finisterra), Bologna, 1673, revised new edition 1681, further new editions 1726 and 1738: We continued our journey to Navarette ..., two emails away . It is a ship-shaped castle, built on a hill, and very strongly fortified, surrounded by extremely thick walls. The place has a beautiful cathedral, large, well-preserved and with good church services. quoted from Bravo Lozano (see literature)

Navigation bar St. James " Camino Francés "

← Previous location: Logroño 13 km  | Navarrete (Rioja)  | Next town: Nájera 18 km  →