Sotillo de la Ribera

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Sotillo de la Ribera municipality
Sotillo de la Ribera - town view
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Sotillo de la Ribera (Spain)
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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile LeonCastile and León Castile and León
Province : Burgos
Comarca : Ribera del Duero
Coordinates 41 ° 47 ′  N , 3 ° 50 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 47 ′  N , 3 ° 50 ′  W
Height : 850  msnm
Area : 42.46 km²
Residents : 490 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 11.54 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 09441
Municipality number  ( INE ): 09369
administration
Website : Sotillo de la Ribera

Sotillo de la Ribera is a town in northern Spain and a municipality ( municipio ) with about 490 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the south of the province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile-León . The hamlet (pedanía) Pinillos de Esgueva, which was incorporated in the early 19th century, also belongs to the municipality .

Location and climate

The place Sotillo de la Ribera is located on the southern edge of the Esgueva valley at an altitude of about 850  m . The city of Burgos is a good 71 km (driving distance) to the north; the nearest town is Aranda de Duero (approx. 18 km southeast). The climate in winter is often harsh, but in summer it is mostly temperate and warm; Rain (approx. 475 mm / year) falls mainly in the winter half-year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2017
Residents 1,339 1,461 1,506 611 490

The mechanization of agriculture and the abandonment of small farms have led to a lack of jobs since the 1950s and as a result to a significant decline in the number of inhabitants ( rural exodus ).

economy

In earlier times, Sotillo de la Ribera and the hamlet of Pinillos de Esgueva, located about 6 km to the north, were self-sufficient farming villages in the fertile Esgueva Valley. The field work is done by only a few farmers today; where the viticulture plays an important role, because the place belongs to the Ribera del Duero wine region . Some houses are rented out as holiday apartments (casas rurales) in summer .

history

No evidence has yet been found from the Celtic , Roman , Visigothic and Islamic periods. In the 8th and early 9th centuries, the area was under Islamic influence, but the area was neither permanently settled nor defended by the Berbers due to the unusually harsh and rainy climate . At the end of the 9th century, the Castilian Count Diego Rodríguez Porcelos received from King Alfons III. of Asturias the order to repopulate ( repoblación ) the depopulated land. In 1667, the emerging town received city rights (villa) . From the 17th to the 19th century, the place and its surroundings belonged to the manor (señorio) of the dukes of Lerma .

Attractions

Iglesia de Santa Águeda
  • The Iglesia de Santa Águeda , built in the 16th and 17th centuries, is St. Agatha of Catania and stands in the center of the village; the bell tower (campanario) accompanied by a round stair tower was added between 1732 and 1740. The rather strict baroque portal with its blown gable from the middle of the 18th century is one of the most impressive examples of architecture of this style in the province of Burgos. The interior of the church has three aisles; Noteworthy are three baroque altarpieces (retablos) in the apses and several sacred figures.
  • The Ermita de Santa Ana is a small chapel in the center of the village; it has a pretty bell gable .
  • The outwardly rather classy Casa de la Bótica dates from the end of the 17th century.
  • The three-portal town hall (Palacio del Ayuntamiento) was completed in 1781.
  • The Palacio de los Serrano was built in the middle of the 18th century. Today it serves as a hotel and event location.
  • A Located outside and enclosed by stepped stones source (fuente) also served as a drinking trough (Abrevadero) .
  • There are several rock cellars ( bodegas ) in the vicinity of the village .

  • Ermita de Santa Ana

  • Casa de la Botica

  • town hall

  • Palacio de los Serrano

  • Source (fuente)

  • Rock cellar ( bodega )

Pinillos de Esgueva

Web links

Commons : Sotillo de la Ribera  - 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. ↑ Sotillo de la Ribera - climate tables
  3. ↑ Sotillo de la Ribera - population development
  4. ↑ Sotillo de la Ribera - Church of Santa Águeda
  5. ↑ Sotillo de la Ribera - Palacio de los Serrano
  6. ↑ Pinillos de Esgueva - place + church
  7. ↑ Pinillos de Esgueva - fortified church