Santa María del Campo (Burgos)

Santa María del Campo municipality
Santa María del Campo - the townscape with the Iglesia de la Asunción de Nuestra Señora
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Burgos
Comarca :	Arlanza (Comarca)
Coordinates	42 ° 8 ′  N , 3 ° 58 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 8 ′  N , 3 ° 58 ′  W
Height :	815  msnm
Area :	60.32 km²
Residents :	527 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density :	8.74 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	09342
Municipality number  ( INE ):	09350
administration
Website :	Santa María del Campo

Santa María del Campo is a place and a northern Spanish rural municipality ( municipio ) with only 527 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the center of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon .

Location and climate

The place Santa María del Campo lies between the rivers Arlanza and Arlanzón in the Castilian plateau (meseta) a good 37 km (driving distance) southwest of the provincial capital Burgos at an altitude of approx. 815  m ; the historically significant town of Lerma is located around 24 km to the south-east. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 510 mm / year) falls over the year.

Population development

year	1857	1900	1950	2000	2018
Residents	1,353	1,262	1.314	727	537

The mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the associated loss of jobs have led to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants since the middle of the 20th century ( rural exodus ).

economy

The inhabitants of the rural community live mainly from agriculture (agriculture, cattle breeding and viticulture); the community is part of the Arlanza (DO) wine-growing region . Since the 1960s, the summer rental of holiday homes (casas rurales) has also played a certain economic role.

history

Nothing is known about the origins of the place; Celtic , Roman , Visigoth and even Moorish traces are missing. Although it may have existed earlier, the place was first mentioned in a document in the 13th century; At the end of December 1506, the funeral procession of Philip I stopped here under the leadership of his widow Johanna der Wahnsinnigen . On March 25, 1608, Philip III sold the lordship (señorio) over Santa María del Campo and more than 300 other places to Francisco Gómez de Sandoval y Rojas , the Duke of Lerma.

Attractions

Santa María del Campo - Arco de la Fuente

• The Iglesia de la Asuncion de Nuestra Señora is one of the Assumption of Mary consecrated collegiate with cloister (claustro) . It originated from the 13th century; it was redesigned towards the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th century. The upper tower floors were planned by Diego de Siloé in the 1620s and completed by his student Juan de Salas. Inside the church the star vault , the altar retable (retablo) of the central apse , the pulpit (pulpito) and several tombs are impressive . The late Gothic tracery fillings of the cloister arcades date from the 15th century.
• The facade of the Casa del Cordón is spanned by a stone rope . Here Johanna lodged the madwoman during her short stay.
• Remains of the former city ​​wall have been preserved. The city ​​gate called Arco de la Fuente is particularly impressive .
• In the hill below the church there are several rock cellars ( bodegas ) .

Web links

Commons : Santa María del Campo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Santa María del Campo - Photos + Info (wikiburgos, 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. ↑ Santa María del Campo - Climate tables
3. ↑ Santa María del Campo - Population Development
4. ↑ Santa María del Campo - History
5. ↑ Santa María del Campo - Church