Sangüesa

Sangüesa municipality
	Sangüesa - Santa María la Real Church
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Navarre
Province :	Navarre
Comarca :	Comarca de Sangüesa
Coordinates	42 ° 35 ′ N , 1 ° 17 ′ W Coordinates: 42 ° 35 ′ N , 1 ° 17 ′ W
Height :	404 msnm
Area :	69.8 km²
Residents :	4,962 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	71.09 inhabitants / km²
Founding:	1122
Postal code :	31400
Municipality number ( INE ):	31216
administration
Website :	Sangüesa

Sangüesa or Zangoza is a small town and a municipality ( municipio ) with 4,962 inhabitants (as of 2019) in the east of the autonomous community of Navarre . The place is on the Way of St. James ( Via Tolosana ) .

Location and climate

The city of Sangüesa is located on the Río Aragón about 1 km south of the confluence of the Río Irati at an altitude of just over 400 m . The distance to Pamplona is approx. 45 km (driving distance). The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 800 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2017
Residents	3,312	3,255	3.813	4,673	5,002

The rural exodus as a result of the mechanization of agriculture led to significant population growth in the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century.

economy

Traditionally, agriculture, handicrafts and trade are of great importance for the economic life of the municipality. Pilgrimage tourism was also a source of income.

history

Bronze Age finds testify to the long settlement of the region; Celtic , Roman or Visigoth finds have not yet been made. In the 8th and 9th centuries, Arab- Moorish armies penetrated the area, but could not establish themselves permanently; in 924 an existing fortress was taken over by the troops of Abd ar-Rahmans III. taken. In the year 882 the place name Sancosa is mentioned for the first time and in the year 1090 Sancho I of Aragón endowed the existing old settlement core (today the suburb Rocaforte ) with privileges ( fueros ) . In the 11th century a bridge was built over the Río Aragón, near which King Sancho I of Aragón and Navarre (r. 1063 / 76-1074) had a (no longer existing) palace built. The current city was founded in 1122 by Alfonso I (ruled 1104–1134) and populated with settlers from France; in 1131 he also donated the church of Santa María la Mayor and handed it over to the Order of St. John . In the following years a city wall with a total of six gates was built, because during the entire Middle Ages the city and its surroundings remained controversial between the kingdoms of Navarre and Aragón .

Attractions

South portal of Santa María la Mayor

Parts of the city still have a medieval character. The Way of St. James leads through Calle Mayor , which is also home to the Church of Santa María and several noble palaces worth seeing.
The Catholic parish church of Santa María la Real was built in different stages, the oldest of which dates back to around 1131; the octagonal tower was built in the 13th century. Facing the pilgrimage, the portal of the south transept protrudes from the transition period from Romanesque to Gothic with a depiction of the Last Judgment . In its execution, the figurative decoration has similarities to that of the king portal of the cathedral of Chartres ; in its imaginative variety it goes far beyond that. In the Gothic interior dominated by bundle pillars , there is a beautiful altarpiece and a miraculous image of the Virgin of Rocamadour , which underlines the influence of the French pilgrims and settlers on the Camino de Santiago.
The Church of San Salvador has a Gothic portal with a protective porch that was added later.
The church of Santiago el Mayor has a Gothic portal with a statue of the Apostle James in the tympanum field ; next to it, two painted kneeling pilgrims can be seen. Inside there is an almost life-size statue of Santiago on a pedestal.
The Convento de San Francisco of Assisi was in accordance with the tradition of St. Francis of Assisi was founded on his pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela (1215).
The Convento Nuestra Señora del Carmen was built within the city walls in 1380. Its large cloister (claustro) is worth seeing .

Palacio del Príncipe de Viana

The Palacio de Ongay-Vallesantoro is a 17th century building; the rotated columns of the portal refer to the influence of style de Churriguerism .
The Palacio de los Duques de Granada de Ega is an example of a 15th century city palace.
The 13th century Palacio del Príncipe de Viana was the temporary residence of the kings of Navarre.
The Palacio de los marqueses de Valle-Santoro was the baroque palace of a viceroy of the Spanish colonies in the 17th century.
The Palacio de los Condes de Guendulain is also a 17th century baroque palace.
The Palacio de los Sebastianes (formerly property of the Navarre family Sebastián) from the 15th century was the birthplace of the later Navarre King Henry II .
The town hall (Casa consistorial) was built in 1570 over part of the former Palace of the Kings of Navarre . The facade resting on arcades (soportales) is designed in the Renaissance style.

Surroundings

The Ermita de la Nora is on the right bank of the river.
The single-nave church of San Adrián de Vadoluengo is a Romanesque building from the mid-12th century on the road to Sos del Rey Católico .

Altarpiece from Santa María la Mayor
San Salvador Church

Church of Santiago el Mayor

Church of the Convento de San Francisco de Asis

Cloister of the Convento Nuestra Señora del Carmen

Palacio Ongay-Vallesantoro

literature

Beatrix Müller: Santa María la Real, Sangüesa (Navarra). The architectural sculpture of Santa María and the sculpture of Navarre and Aragon in the 12th century - receptor, catalyst, innovator? Dissertation Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin 1997.

Web links

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

Sangüesa, sights - photos + information

Individual evidence

Navigation bar St. James " Camino Aragonés "

← Previous location: Undués de Lerda 10 km / Javier (variant via Leyre Monastery ) | Sangüesa | Next town: Rocaforte 1.5 km →

Location overview

[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] Sangüesa - climate diagrams

[3] Sangüesa - population development

[4] Sangüesa - Santa María la Real

[5] Sangüesa - San Salvador

[6] Sangüesa - Santiago el Mayor

[7] Sangüesa - Convento de San Francisco de Asís

[8] Sangüesa - Convento Nuestra Señora del Carmen

[9] Sangüesa - Palaces

[10] Sangüesa - Ermita de la Nora

[11] Sangüesa - San Adrián de Vadoluengo