Orbaneja del Castillo
| Valle de Sedano municipality: Orbaneja del Castillo | |||
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 Orbaneja del Castillo - the townscape
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| Autonomous Community : | Castile and Leon | ||
| Province : | Burgos | ||
| Comarca : | Páramos | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 50 ′ N , 3 ° 48 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 720 msnm | ||
| Residents : | 43 (2014) INE | ||
| Postal code : | 09145 | ||
| Area code: | 09905000900 | ||
Orbaneja del Castillo is a village with about 40 inhabitants in the municipality of Valle de Sedano in the Spanish province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and León . Due to its location and its medieval appearance, the place was recognized in 1993 as a cultural asset ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) in the category Conjunto histórico-artístico .
location
The place Orbaneja del Castillo is located at an altitude of approx. 710 m to 730 m above sea level. d. M. in a loop of the river Ebro about 65 km (driving distance) north of Burgos near the border with the Cantabria region . The distance to Sedano , the main town of the municipality, is approx. 22 km.
economy
The inhabitants of the place lived for centuries from agriculture, which also included a little viticulture and cattle breeding. In the meantime, tourism has become an important source of income in the form of renting out holiday apartments ( casas rurales ).
history
Based on the place name, it can be assumed that the place was once secured by a castle ( castillo ); but it could also be a pictorial description of the castle-like rock formations in the area. In the 15th century the place received city rights from the Catholic Kings Isabella and Ferdinand ; around the same time the small parish church of the place was built. In the 1970s Orbaneja was incorporated into the municipality of 'Valle de Sedano' together with the neighboring town of Escalada .
Attractions
- The place impresses mainly due to its location on a slope of the Ebro Valley, surrounded by peculiar limestone cliffs .
- A spring rises in the Cueva de Agua , the water of which - depending on the intensity or duration of the rainfall - rushes down like a waterfall just a few meters past the houses in the village.
- In the flat landscape above the village there are numerous field stone huts ( chozas or cabanas ) with a round or square floor plan, whose roofs are constructed like cantilever vaults ; the rural buildings once served to guard the fields from theft by birds and people.
