Rello

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Rello municipality
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile LeonCastile and León Castile and León
Province : Soria
Comarca : Comarca de Berlanga
Coordinates 41 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 20 ′  N , 2 ° 45 ′  W
Height : 1075  msnm
Area : 24.39 km²
Residents : 14 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 0.57 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 42368
Municipality number  ( INE ): 42153
administration
Website : Rello

Rello is a village and a municipality ( municipio ) with only 14 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northern Spanish province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and León . The place surrounded by a city wall (muralla) is recognized as Conjunto histórico-artístico .

location

The place Rello is located on a hill above the Río Escalote a good 76 km (driving distance) southwest of the provincial capital Soria or almost 24 km southeast of Berlanga de Duero at an altitude of about 1075 m above sea level. d. The climate in winter is cool, but in summer it is quite warm; the rather low precipitation (approx. 515 mm / year) falls - with the exception of the rather poor summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year 1900 1950 2000 2016
Residents 242 252 42 17th

The significant population decline in the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

In antiquity and in the early Middle Ages, the high-altitude and therefore almost always green area was visited by shepherds with their goats and sheep in the summer months . In the Middle Ages, small traders, craftsmen and service providers of all kinds also settled in the predominantly agricultural and largely self-sufficient rural community. Since the 1970s, tourism in the form of renting holiday homes (casas rurales) has become the municipality's most important source of income.

history

No news is known from ancient or early medieval times. At the end of the 11th century, the area was under Alfonso VI. recaptured by León (ruled 1065–1109) for the Christians ( reconquista ); the city wall (muralla) was built in the 14th century.

Attractions

Rello - city wall
Rello - Atalaya de Tiñon
  • The entire place including its church is - like the city wall - built from rubble stones . House stones can only be found on the city gate, on the corner stones and door or window frames of some houses, on the base of the court column and on the bell gable of the church.
  • The parish church (Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) , built around the middle of the 17th century, is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary . The bell gable (espadaña) , stabilized at the back by a bell housing, shows a change in color of the stone layers.
  • A court column (rollo) or (picota) made from a cannon testifies to the sovereignty and civic pride of the community residents.

  • Castle gate with coat of arms

  • Ruin of the castle

  • Tower in front of the city wall

  • Court pillar (roller blind)

Surroundings

Web links

Commons : Rello  - collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ↑ Rello - Map with altitude information
  3. ↑ Rello - climate tables
  4. ↑ Rello - population development
  5. ↑ Rello - Atalaya de Tiñon