Tricio

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Basic data
Autonomous Community : La RiojaLa Rioja La Rioja
Comarca : Nájera
Coordinates 42 ° 24 ′  N , 2 ° 43 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 24 ′  N , 2 ° 43 ′  W
Height : 563  msnm
Area : 6.35 km²
Residents : 380 (Jan. 1, 2019)
Population density : 59.84 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 26312
Municipality number  ( INE ): 26157
administration
Website : Tricio

Tricio is a place and a northern Spanish municipality ( municipio ) with 380 inhabitants (at January 1, 2019) in the center of the Autonomous Community of La Rioja . The municipality is part of the Rioja Alta wine-growing region .

Location and climate

The place Tricio is located on a hill not far from the lower reaches of the Río Najerilla at an altitude of about 560  m ; the town of Nájera is only 2 km away. The climate is temperate to warm; Rain (approx. 555 mm / year) falls - with the exception of the summer months - over the year.

Population development

year 1857 1900 1950 2000 2019
Residents 550 655 772 338 380

As a result of the phylloxera crisis , the mechanization of agriculture , the abandonment of small farms and the resulting lower demand for labor, the population of the place has steadily decreased since the middle of the 20th century.

economy

For a long time the place functioned as a handicraft and market center for the - meanwhile mostly abandoned - smaller farmsteads and hamlets in the area. Since the middle of the 20th century, tourism (hiking and holiday homes) has played a not unimportant role as a source of income for the community.

history

The name tritium appears for the first time in the 2nd century AD; the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy mentions a Roman settlement called Tritium Megalon . In a commentary on the Antonini Itinerary , the site is mentioned as a station on the northern route from Saragossa (Caesaraugusta) to Astorga (Asturica Augusta) . In the early 11th century, tritium is used by Sancho III. mentioned as an independent part of the Nájera Fuero Letter of Privilege . In a document from 1073, Sancho IV transferred some stone houses in the village to the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla . Still designated as an independent city by Philip IV in 1658, Tritium soon came under the control of the Dukes of Nájera and belonged to the province of Burgos until 1833 - only then was it added to the originally Old Castilian , later Navarre-Basque province of Logroño , which rose in 1982 in the newly created province of La Rioja .

Attractions

Tricio - Basilica of Santa María de los Arcos
Tricio - Basilica of Santa María de los Arcos
  • The main attraction of the place is the three-aisled basilica Santa María de los Arcos , which is about 200 meters east of the place. The mostly capitalless supports of the church building, which is completely inconspicuous from the outside and - apart from the bell gable ( espadaña ) - almost barn-like-looking, are assembled from the fluted column drums of a Roman temple or mausoleum from the Roman settlement Tritium Megallum , which is only a short distance away . When exactly the sacred building was built is unclear - some researchers date it to late antiquity (5th or 6th century), others also see Visigoth influences, and still others date it to the time of the repopulation ( repoblación ) of the period of Islamic dominance depopulated areas in the 10th century - in any case the church is one of the oldest surviving Christian buildings on the Iberian Peninsula . The vaults, the apse dome and other decorative elements date from the 18th century in their current form. As part of an excavation campaign in the years 1980–1983, some - probably reused - ancient sarcophagi and stone box graves as well as several medieval graves were discovered below the floor of the church ; these can still be seen in the aisles of the church. Some of the larger foundation stones have Latin inscriptions; a marble stele shows a chrismon . Remnants of floor mosaics were also uncovered. In the square apse , located behind a retracted triumphal arch and surrounded by three 'sacristies' from the 18th century , some medieval fresco remains with scenes of the Passion of Christ (the washing of the feet , the Lord's Supper , flagellation , crucifixion etc.) have been preserved. The colored wooden figure of a so-called Black Madonna from the 12th century is located in a wall niche above the altar and is venerated as medicinal.
  • The late Gothic parish church of San Miguel from the 16th century, which looks rather clumsy and austere from the outside, is dominated by baroque altarpieces inside . The main altar shows the Archangel Michael as the slayer of Satan. The church also houses some objects worth seeing, such as the marble epitaph of Celedón Pardo y Agüero , the personal physician of Philip IV and a figure of the dead Christ ( cristo yacente ) lying in a glass coffin . A grave stele of a Roman legionnaire attached to the side wall and a Romanesque baptismal font are also worth mentioning.

Web links

Commons : Tricio  - 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. ↑ Tricio / Nájera - climate tables
  3. ↑ Tricio -Bevölkerungsentwicklung