Rejas de San Esteban

Municipality of San Esteban de Gormaz: Rejas de San Esteban
	Rejas de San Esteban - Church of San Martín
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Soria
Comarca :	Burgo de Osma
Coordinates	41 ° 37 ′ N , 3 ° 16 ′ W Coordinates: 41 ° 37 ′ N , 3 ° 16 ′ W
Height :	873 msnm
Residents :	51 (2013) INE
Postal code :	42320
Area code:	42162001301

Rejas de San Esteban is a small village with only about 50 inhabitants in the northern Spanish province of Soria , which administratively belongs to the municipality ( municipio ) of San Esteban de Gormaz . The place was recognized in 2007 as a cultural asset ( Bien de Interés Cultural ) in the category Conjunto histórico-artístico .

location

The village of Rejas de San Esteban is about 870 meters above sea level. d. M. in the west of the province of Soria. The distance to San Esteban de Gormaz is about 10 kilometers (driving distance) in a south-easterly direction; the provincial capital Soria is about 80 kilometers to the northeast.

Population development

In the 19th century the place still had well over 300 inhabitants, in the census in 1981 it was 153; currently there are only about 50 left.

economy

The inhabitants of Rejas mainly live from growing grain; animal husbandry, d. H. the milk and cheese industry only played a subordinate role. In the last few decades tourism (day trippers and rental of holiday apartments) has been added as a source of income for the small town.

history

The existence of two Romanesque churches from the 12th century suggests a wealthy population in medieval times.

Attractions

San Martín Church

The Romanesque church of San Martín , built largely from quarry stones , has a south porch ( galería porticada ), largely made of precisely carved house stones, open through seven arcades ; Behind it is the slightly protruding from the wall flight and the top with a console Fries final archivolts Portal one nave - a gloss of medieval Steinmetz art with a vast ornamental diversity (Rosette Fries, Perlstab , braided , ball bar and blocks Fries ). The west facade, on the other hand, is unadorned and is only raised by a small bell gable ( espadaña ). Two unadorned console friezes run below the eaves of the apse and vestibule. The single nave interior of the church contains remains of frescoes with scenes from the life of St. Martin. The almost undivided apse contains only a narrow east window with two set columns with capitals and an ornamentally decorated round arch (pearl rod and spherical rod) .

Church from the East
portal
Apse window
fresco

San Ginés Church

The two-aisled church of San Ginés is designed in a similar way, but the towering bell gable dates from the Baroque period. The unadorned portal of the vestibule was added later because it overlaps the arcade arch on the left. The actual entrance portal is almost a copy of the portal of San Martín , but the final console frieze is partly figurative. In the east wall of the vestibule there is a small double window ( ajimez ) with double pairs of arches, reminiscent of Moorish models from Andalusia .

portal
Console with shooter
Double window ( ajimez )
capital

In earlier times wine and other foods were kept cool in underground cellars ( bodegas ) built into the rock or built with stones and filled with soil . On hot summer nights they also served the owners as a 'dining room' and a 'party room'.

bodega
bodega

Web links

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