Villagarcía de Campos
| Municipality of Villagarcía de Campos | |||
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 Villagarcía de Campos - Collegiate Church of San Luis
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| coat of arms | Map of Spain | ||
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| Basic data | |||
| Autonomous Community : |
 Castile and León
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| Province : | Valladolid | ||
| Comarca : | Tierra de Campos | ||
| Coordinates | 41 ° 47 ′ N , 5 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 718 msnm | ||
| Area : | 37.44 km² | ||
| Residents : | 307 (Jan. 1, 2019) | ||
| Population density : | 8.2 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 47840 | ||
| Municipality number ( INE ): | 47207 | ||
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| Website : | Villagarcía de Campos | ||
Villagarcía de Campos is a town in northern Spain and a municipality ( municipio ) with 307 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northeast of the province of Valladolid in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon .
location
The place Villagarcía de Campos is located on the Río Sequillo in the center of the Comarca Tierra de Campos in the Castilian plateau at an altitude of about 718 m above sea level. d. M. The provincial capital Valladolid is a good 52 km (driving distance) southeast; the historically significant town of Medina de Rioseco is just under 19 km to the northeast. The climate in winter is quite cold, but in summer it is warm to hot; the scant rainfalls (approx. 400 mm / year) fall throughout the year.
Population development
| year | 1842 | 1900 | 1950 | 2000 | 2016 |
| Residents | 620 | 959 | 822 | 440 | 330 |
The population decline in the 20th century is largely due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.
economy
The farming on the fertile clay and loess soils of the Tierra de Campos and the keeping of small livestock (especially chickens) formed the livelihood of the self-sufficient population of the region for centuries ; Horses and donkeys were kept as draft and pack animals. Since the Middle Ages, handicrafts, retail trade and service companies of all kinds have developed, but these have mostly disappeared again.
history
In pre-Roman times the region belonged to the settlement area of the Celtic tribe of the Vaccaeans ; Later came the Romans and Visigoths and in the 8th century the area was overrun by the Moors - however, none of the four cultures left any archaeologically usable traces in the formerly possibly forested area. Already in the 9th century Asturian-Leonese army conquered the areas north of the Duero back ( reconquista ) . At the end of the 10th century, the Moorish military leader Almansor temporarily wiped out the Christian successes, but in the 11th century the Kingdom of León expanded its territory again to the Duero border. After previous attempts, León finally united with the Kingdom of Castile in 1230 , but there were repeated clashes. The place experienced its heyday in the late Middle Ages and in the early modern period.
Attractions
- The history of the castle ruins ( castillo ) on the northern outskirts goes back to the early 14th century; in 1387 the castle came to the Quijada family. In the middle of the 16th century, at the request of his father Charles V, his natural son "Jeromin" or "Gerónimo", who was born in Regensburg and who would later become known as Don Juan de Austria (1547–1578), stayed here. At an unknown point in time, the castle was abandoned and fell into disrepair.
- The Colegiata de San Luis , located in the southeast of the village and for a long time under the direction of the Jesuit order , is consecrated to the French King Louis the Holy (r. 1226–1270) and was founded in 1580 by Doña Magdalena de Ulloa, the adoptive mother of Juan de Austria commissioned. It was designed by the architect Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón ; however, the master builder was Juan Vega y Pedro de Tolosa. The severity of the facade is somewhat softened by curves and spherical attachments on the side of the gable field ; it is also adorned with three coats of arms, of which the lower one was added later. The greatest treasure in the three-aisled interior of the church is the main altar designed by Juan de Herrera . Two side altars are dedicated to Ignatius von Loyola (1491–1556) and the missionary Franz Xavier (1506–1552). The church and its outbuildings now serve as a museum for sacred art.
- The parish church ( Iglesia de San Pedro ) , which was built in the 15th century, surprises with a rectangular bell tower , the upper floors of which are designed in the Mudejar style and made of bricks . The entrance is on the south side; the three naves are covered with open wooden roof trusses .
Web links
- Villagarcía de Campos, history and monuments - photo + info (Spanish)
- Villagarcía de Campos, Church of San Pedro - Photo + info (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Villagarcía de Campos - Map with altitude information
- ↑ Villagarcía de Campos - climate tables
- ↑ Villagarcía de Campos - Population Development
- ↑ Villagarcía de Campos - Collegiate Church
- ↑ Villagarcía de Campos - Church of San Pedro