Redecilla del Camino

Redecilla del Camino municipality
Redecilla del Camino - Iglesia de la Virgen de la Calle
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Rioja Burgalesa
Coordinates	42 ° 26 ′  N , 3 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 26 ′  N , 3 ° 4 ′  W
Height :	750  msnm
Area :	12.1 km²
Residents :	115 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	9.5 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09259
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09307
administration
Website :	Redecilla del Camino

Redecilla del Camino is a place and a municipality with only 115 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and León . The municipality on the Way of St. James ( Camino Francés ) belongs to the poorly populated Serranía Celtibérica .

Location and climate

Tosantos is located on the Rio Reláchigo , a southern tributary of the Río Tirón , approx. 57 km (driving distance) east of Burgos near the border with the neighboring region of La Rioja at an altitude of approx. 750  m . The climate in winter is harsh, but in summer it is rather dry and warm; Rain (approx. 630 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	386	335	346	150	115

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to a loss of jobs since the 1950s and, as a result, to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants ( rural exodus ).

economy

Agriculture, which also included some livestock (pigs, sheep, chickens), has always played the most important role for the population of the region; Crafts, trade and service industries developed on a small scale in the village itself. Several houses in the village are now rented out as holiday apartments (casas rurales) .

history

The place is first mentioned in the year 968, even if it is assumed that there were settlements in this area before. It is due to the nearby mountains ( Montes de Ayago ) that none of the various invasion groups ( Celts , Romans , West Goths , Moors ) were able to completely conquer the area: Each new wave of attack caused the respective inhabitants to flee into the mountains and settle there. After the conquerors had established themselves on the plain, exchanges of all kinds took place.

The further development and history of the place are closely connected with the Way of St. , it is said to be the westernmost outpost of the construction activity of St. Dominic of Calzada had a pilgrims ' hospice called San Lazaro (a pilgrims' hostel is located on the property again today) and is prominently mentioned in the pilgrimage guide in the Book of Jacob .

From 1822 to 1833 the place and its surrounding area belonged to the newly created province of Logroño , i.e. the La Rioja region.

Baptismal font of the Virgen de la Calle church

Attractions

• The 12th century church Virgen de la Calle ("Virgin of the Way") was in the 17th / 18th. Century largely renewed; A statue of the namesake is located above the portal on the south side. In the nave there is a remarkable ensemble of several baroque altars (retablos)
• The Romanesque baptismal font , a masterpiece of sculpture from the 12th century, rests on eight bundled columns that merge into towers at the top; each tower shows three rows with four windows each. In the spaces in between there are house-like architectural forms. The entire representation is reminiscent of medieval notions of the heavenly Jerusalem . The upper edge of the basin is formed by a square braided band; in the middle there is a braided band with rounded shapes.
• An unadorned court column (roller blind) without a capital rests on a stepped square pedestal.

literature

• 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 )
• Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .
• Klaus Herbers , The Way of St. James : With a medieval pilgrim guide on the way to Santiago de Compostela, Tübingen, 1986, ISBN 3-87808-312-2 .

Web links

Commons : Redecilla del Camino  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Redecilla del Camino - travel guide information
• Redecilla del Camino - photos + short information (senditur, spanish)
• Montes de Oca - photos + information (arteguias, 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. ↑ Redecilla del Camino - climate tables
3. ↑ Redecilla del Camino - population development
4. ↑ Redecilla del Camino - Church
5. ↑ Redecilla del Camino - Court Column

Navigation bar St. James " Camino Francés "

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