Rabanal del Camino
| Santa Colomba de Somoza municipality: Rabanal del Camino |
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 Way of St. James in front of Rabanal del Camino
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Autonomous Community : | Castile and Leon | ||
| Province : | Leon | ||
| Comarca : | Maragatería | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 29 ′ N , 6 ° 17 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 1145 msnm | ||
| Residents : | 73 (2011) INE | ||
| Postal code : | 24722 | ||
| Area code: | 24152000800 | ||
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| Mayor : | Jesús Serafín Merino Tejedo ( PSOE , 2003) |
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| Website : | www.aytosantacolombadesomoza.es | ||
Rabanal del Camino is a small town on the Camino de Santiago in the province of León in the autonomous community of Castile and León . The place belongs to the municipality of Santa Colomba de Somoza .
The place was for a long time very important for the Way of St. James because of its location before the crossing over the Monte Irago , several hospices and churches in the small place attest to the importance of the village at that time. It is possible that one of the hospices was run by the Templars as a branch of their regional headquarters in Ponferrada , from where they offered protection to pilgrims on their way through the mountains. Aimeric Picaud mentions Rabanal in Jacob's book as the end of the ninth stage.
With the renaissance of the pilgrimage to St. James, Rabanal del Camino experienced a revival. The pilgrims' hostel San Gaucelmo of the English Jacobean Brotherhood Cofraternity of Saint James played an important role . It was followed by a communal and a private hostel, and there are now several guesthouses and restaurants. The church and the hermitage of San José were renovated. From a religious point of view, the foundation of the Benedictine monastery Monte Irago in 2001 was particularly important for the place. It is currently occupied by four monks and belongs to the Archabbey of the Benedictine Saint Ottilien . In the parish church , services are held five times a day in chanted Gregorian liturgy, which are performed by the monks and the pilgrims present.
Religious and civil architecture
(in actual order from east to west)
- Ermita Santo Cristo de la Vera Cruz, at the entrance to the village
- Ermita San José, Calle Mayor, 18th century, statues of the namesake Saint Joseph and Saint Barbara
- San Gregorio Hospice, Calle Mayor
- Casa de las Cuatro Esquinas (House of the Four Corners), Calle Mayor, is said to have served as accommodation for Philip II during his stay in Rabanal
- Parish church of Santa María, Calle Mayor, originally Romanesque building from the early 12th century with many subsequent alterations. During restoration work on the inside, traces of construction from this time were recently uncovered. At the moment (2007) graves uncovered in the floor of the church can be seen during excavations.
People with a special relationship to the place
Rabanal is the birthplace of watchmaker Antonio Canseco y Escudero (1838–1917), who moved to Madrid at the age of twenty and was famous in 19th century Spain for his weightless watches. In 1882 he donated a clock to his hometown, which can still be seen there on the church tower.
literature
- Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .
Web links
- Geographical data of the village
- Link to the monastery
- Spanish site about the watchmaker Canseco
- Population figures see INE
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