Trobajo del Camino

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Basic data
Autonomous Community : Castile and Leon
Province : Leon
Comarca : Tierras de León
Coordinates 42 ° 36 ′  N , 5 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 42 ° 36 ′  N , 5 ° 36 ′  W
Height : 835  msnm
Residents : 21,573 (2013) INE
Founding: between 970 and 997
Area code: 24142000800
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Official language : Spanish
Website : www.trobajodelcamino.net

Bodegas in Trobajo del Camino

Trobajo del Camino a place on the Way of St. James in the province of León in the autonomous community of Castile and León . Administratively, it is dependent on San Andrés del Rabanedo and, due to its proximity to León, it is the place with the largest population in the municipality .

history

The name Trobajo is used by three localities in the vicinity: Trobajo del Camino or "T. de arriba "(Obertrobajo), Trobajo del Cerecedo or" T. de abajo “(Niedertrobajo) and Trobajuelo , district of Vega de Infanzones. In medieval documents, the place name appears in the forms Trepalio, Trebalio, Troballo and finally Trobajo. Justiniano Rodriguez explains the name in his study of the medieval Jewish quarter of León with a Jewish landowner of the 10th century named Jacob Trepalio and the change in name of the "Villa Trebalio" in this place to the surroundings of the estate.

Trobajo del Camino experienced thousands of pilgrims in very different constitutions due to its location on the Way of St. James. For their needs there were hostels, hospices and chapels, which were maintained by the local Jacob Brotherhood. Trobajo tries to resume this tradition: The St. James' Chapel (Ermita de Santiago) has been reopened, the local coat of arms shows two scallops again, one street has been renamed “Calle de los Peregrinos” and a pilgrim memorial has been erected.

Worth seeing

Bodegas

The bodegas are relatively new. They were created with the reconstruction of the vine cultures after the phylloxera plague in 1888, before that they were neither mentioned in the cadastre of the Marques de la Ensenada nor in the "Diccionario geografico Madoz " or in any other survey. Almost all households in the village owned a bodega at that time, in which wine was produced for private use.

With a constant temperature of 8 ° C to 12 ° C, the bodega is the ideal place for wine production and storage. Ham and sausages were also stored here and celebrated on appropriate occasions (buying or selling cattle or production equipment, slaughtering festival). The indoor climate, which is pleasant compared to the outside temperature, and the proximity to food and drink supplies were also valued.

If, as in Trobajo, the bodega could not be built on your own property, you looked for an elevated place with a slight slope to make construction easier. The investments were low because the families dug themselves when the season did not require other work on the field or vineyard. Regarding the nature of the soil, all that is needed is a solid, compact soil with a layer of loam or clay, which kept the water from the bodega and thus prevented seasonal soil changes. The air circulation is ensured by vertical shafts that end above the bodega and act like chimneys. During the Spanish Civil War , the bodegas served individual republican fighters as a shelter, but the Guardia Civil also used one of the bodegas as an arsenal. When leaving the village on the Camino de Santiago, you pass the group of bodegas shown in the picture.

Jacob's Chapel (Ermita de Santiago)

The Jacob's Chapel is located on the road to Astorga , it is the only one of the four former Ermitas still in existence. In 1777 it was built over the remains of an existing chapel. The year of construction, a Jacob's cross, a scallop shell and the former street name “Calle Real” can be seen on the front. In 1964 the chapel was renovated and opened to the public again after 30 years of construction-related closure.

Attached to the Ermita was the pilgrim hospice, which existed from the 16th century at the latest. It had two beds and the responsible lay fraternity “Compañía de Santiago del lugar de Trobajo” maintained the obligation to carry sick pilgrims on a stretcher to the nearest pilgrim hospice in San Marco (León) or Virgen del Camino. The establishment was financed from the income from the estates in Trobajo, Villabalter, San Andrés and Oteruelo, which belonged to the brotherhood. The hospice was closed when Bishop Cayetano Antonio Cuadrillero ordered the reallocation of funds for the care of pilgrims and parishioners in favor of poor houses, schools and spiritual seminaries in 1785.

Inside the Ermita there is a figure of Santiago Matamoros , which was made in 1777 and 1778 on behalf of the lay brotherhood. The cost was 500 reals . From 1930 to 1964 the figure was housed in the church, after the restoration it returned to its original place. It is carried in procession through the town every year on the occasion of St. James' Day.

St. John's Church (Iglesia de San Juan Bautista)

The origins of the church are in the founding years of the place towards the end of the 10th century. to look for: three churches are mentioned for this period: consecrated to Saint Peter, Saint Paul and John the Baptist. None of the former survived. The current church was built between 1794 and 1801 under the parish priest Lázaro Avecilla y Hordás, behind it was the Trobajo cemetery until the 1970s, after which it was moved to a former cow pasture in the higher part of the village. Inside there is a painting from the 18th century and a silver-crowned Renaissance representation of the Virgen del Rosario from the 16th century. The altarpiece is decorated with depictions of Saints Peter and Paul and the adoration in the garden from the 16th century. A valuable gold cross located here was stolen by the Napoleonic troops. The two bells of the church were cast in Valencia in 1989 and are dedicated to John the Baptist, Joseph and Mario.

Fiestas

  • Jacob's Day , July 25th, until the end of the 20th century. St. John's Day was celebrated.

Remarks

  1. Justiniano Rodríguez Fernández, La judería de la Ciudad de León , León: Centro de Estudios e Investigación "San Isidoro", Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 1969
  2. ^ Villa = country estate
  3. The local wine had no reputation and was therefore difficult to market. Even the village inn served wine from other areas in the 19th century, specifically from Toro and Valdevimbre .
  4. There were three other Ermitas in Trobajo, all along the Camino de Santiago. The most important of these would undoubtedly have been the Romanesque Ermita San Isidro del Monte in the upper part, near today's cemetery. It had its origins in a legend: In 1158 the drought was so great that the fields could no longer be worked. The Leoneans prayed to St. Isidore and carried his relics in procession along the Camino de Santiago towards what is now the Virgen del Camino. When they got to the top of a hill it began to rain in torrents. Ferdinand II and his wife Doña Sancho agreed to build a chapel on this site. The other Ermitas were dedicated to Saints Maria Magdalena and Martin , and the Magdalen Chapel also had a pilgrims' hospice. In addition, there was a monastery in the Valle de Santiago, whose monks dedicated themselves to the production of adobe bricks .
  5. Construction dates and the pastor's name are noted along with a Maltese cross in a stone above the door.

literature

  • Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X .

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