Rebolledo de la Torre (Burgos)

Rebolledo de la Torre municipality
Rebolledo de la Torre - town view
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Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Páramos
Coordinates	42 ° 41 ′  N , 4 ° 14 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 41 ′  N , 4 ° 14 ′  W
Height :	950  msnm
Area :	50.51 km²
Residents :	102 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	2.02 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	34489
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09306
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Website :	Rebolledo de la Torre

Rebolledo de la Torre - Iglesia de San Julian y Santa Basilisa

Rebolledo de la Torre - Ermita de Santa Lucia

Rebolledo de la Torre is a place and a northern Spanish rural municipality ( municipio ) with only 102 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northwest of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

Location and climate

The place Rebolledo de la Torre is located in the Castilian plateau (meseta) at the foot of a small mountain range about 80 km (driving distance) northwest of the provincial capital Burgos at an altitude of about 950  m . The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 700 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2019
Residents	1,022	973	817	180	102

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs have led to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants since the middle of the 20th century ( rural exodus ). The municipality also includes the almost abandoned hamlets (pedanías) Albacastro , Castrecias and Valtierra de Albacastro .

economy

The inhabitants of the rural community lived for centuries as a self from agriculture . Urban markets were too far away and so only durable or durable products (animal skins, cheese, sausage) could be exchanged or sold with traveling traders.

history

Almost nothing is known about the origins of the place. Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces are missing. In the early 10th century, the area was recaptured ( reconquista ) by the Christians under the leadership of Count Gonzalo Fernández and then repopulated or repopulated ( repoblación ) ; During this time, the place that received a church and a castle in the 11th or 12th century was probably built.

Attractions

• The hll. The local church, dedicated to Julian and Basilissa , was built in several stages. Oldest remaining component is probably from rubble existing nave ; later the Romanesque portico and in the late Gothic and Renaissance periods the buttresses stabilized apse and the bell tower (campanario) . Some column shafts and capitals of the porch are richly decorated. The west window of the portico shows an exceptionally richly decorated arched frame in the manner of an Alfiz with multi-pass arches , miniature turrets and two figures that are interpreted as Adam and Eve . The portal , which protrudes slightly from the line of the wall, is stepped back in two ways; one of the archivolts shows a ball stick. The two-aisled interior of the church is vaulted with ribs and contains two remarkable baroque altars .
• In the immediate vicinity of the church are the remains of the medieval castle (castillo), which was formerly surrounded by a moat (foso ) . You can see parts of the castle wall and the approximately 20 m high and almost completely preserved windowless keep (torre del homenaje) , the wall thickness of which is approximately 1.20 m.

Surroundings

• About 2 km from the village is one of the St. Apseless chapel (ermita) , consecrated to Lucia of Syracuse , made of rubble stones with the use of some spoils .

Web links

Commons : Rebolledo de la Torre  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Rebolledo de la Torre - Photos + Info (wikiburgos, 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. ↑ Rebolledo de la Torre - climate tables
3. ↑ Rebolledo de la Torre - population development
4. ↑ Rebolledo de la Torre - Church
5. ↑ Rebolledo de la Torre - Church
6. ↑ Rebolledo de la Torre - Castle