Ricote

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Basic data
Autonomous Community : MurciaMurcia Murcia
Comarca : Valle de Ricote
Coordinates 38 ° 9 ′  N , 1 ° 22 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 9 ′  N , 1 ° 22 ′  W
Height : 295  msnm
Area : 86.67 km²
Residents : 1,264 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density : 14.58 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 30610
Municipality number  ( INE ): 30034
administration
Website : Ricote

Ricote is a southern Spanish city and one from the main town and about a dozen hamlets (aldeas) existing municipality ( municipio ) with a total of 1,264 inhabitants (as of January 1 2019) in the center of the province of Murcia in the same autonomous region of Murcia .

location

The place Ricote is located in the west of the Valle de Ricote about 50 km (driving distance) northwest of the city of Murcia at an altitude of about 290 to 300 m above sea level. d. The climate in winter is temperate, in summer it is warm to hot; the low amounts of precipitation (approx. 335 mm / year) fall - with the exception of the almost rainless summer months - distributed over the whole year.

Population development

year 1877 1900 1950 2000 2016
Residents 1,594 2,597 2,915 1,582 1,332

The continuous population decline since the second half of the 20th century is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

Ricote is located in the valley of the same name in the agriculturally used core zone of the province of Murcia - grain, grapevines as well as olive and fruit trees of all kinds were planted; Vegetables came from the house gardens. Today mainly peaches and olives are harvested. Small traders, craftsmen and service companies of all kinds have settled in the village. There are several holiday homes (casas rurales) .

history

The oldest finds that attest to the presence of humans in the region are dated to the Neolithic (around 3500 BC). Small Iberian , Carthaginian , Roman , Visigoth or Byzantine finds have not yet been made. In the years after 711 the area was overrun by the Moors ; around the year 825 there was already a fortress (Castillo de los Peñascales) . The place name Rikut has been handed down from this time . After the end of the Caliphate of Córdoba that arose Taifa Kingdom Murcia, which after the reconquest ( reconquista ) of the region by Castilian troops under Alfonso X in 1243 in a Christian kingdom was converted, which, however closely with the Crown of Castile was intertwined . The region of the Valle de Ricote was given to the Order of Santiago , but from 1296 to 1304 it came temporarily under Aragonese rule and in 1477 briefly under the rule of the Nasrid rulers of Granada . At the beginning of the 16th century, many Moors ( moriscos ) left the country; others stayed and were not until the beginning of the 17th century by decrees of Philip III. or his First Minister, the Duke of Lerma , expelled from the country, which had negative demographic and economic consequences for the region.

Casa de la Encomienda de Santiago

Attractions

  • Only sparse remains of the former Moorish fortress (hisn) can be seen.
  • The basilical Iglesia de San Sebastián comes from the beginning of the 18th century; a previous building erected over a former mosque had to give way. The portal zone of the church, made of natural stones, is surrounded by brickwork.
  • The Casa de la Encomienda de Santiago is hidden at the end of a side street; it was the local seat of the Order of Santiago. Its interior houses a chapel, among other things. The order's archives were destroyed in the 1930s.
  • The Palacio de Llamas was completed in 1702. The symmetrical baroque facade shows a central portal with a balcony and two equally high, but barred side window fronts. Except for the corner stones, the rest of the building is plastered and whitewashed. The building now serves as the town hall (ayuntamiento) and so the first floor of the staircase can normally be accessed.

Web links

Commons : Ricote  - 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. ↑ Ricote - Map with altitude information
  3. ↑ Ricote - climate tables
  4. ^ Ricote - population development
  5. ↑ Ricote - Economy etc.
  6. ^ Ricote story
  7. ^ Ricote - Castillo
  8. ↑ Ricote - Iglesia de San Sabastián
  9. ^ Ricote - Encomienda de Santiago
  10. ↑ Ricote - Palacio de Llamas