Vinuesa

Vinuesa municipality
Vinuesa - the townscape
coat of arms	Map of Spain
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Castile and León
Province :	Soria
Comarca :	Pinares
Coordinates	41 ° 55 ′  N , 2 ° 46 ′  W Coordinates: 41 ° 55 ′  N , 2 ° 46 ′  W
Height :	1108  msnm
Area :	143.06 km²
Residents :	855 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	5.98 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	42150
Municipality number  ( INE ):	42215
administration
Website :	Vinuesa

Vinuesa is a place and a mountain community with 855 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) in the northwest of the Spanish province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile-León .

location

The place Vinuesa is located in the mountain landscape in the north of the province of Soria at an altitude of approx. 1110 m above sea level. d. M. The distance to the provincial capital Soria is about 33 km (driving distance) in a southeast direction. The climate in winter is cool, but in summer it is quite warm; the low rainfall (approx. 585 mm / year) falls - with the exception of the rather poorly rainy summer months - distributed throughout the year.

Population development

year	1900	1950	2000	2016
Residents	908	1,294	1,070	911

The significant population decline since the 1950s is mainly due to the mechanization of agriculture and the associated loss of jobs.

economy

For centuries the place served as an important trade, craft and service center for the rural villages and farmsteads in the area. It was also an important station in the system of trade and livestock routes ( Cabaña Real de Carreteros ) in northern Spain. Today tourism in the form of renting out holiday homes ( casas rurales ) plays a not insignificant role for the town's income.

history

The history of Vinuesa possibly dates back to Celtiberian and Roman times when the place was known as Visontium . The Visigoths left no traces in this remote area. After the Arab-Moorish conquest , large areas in the north of the Iberian Peninsula were depopulated . Not until the beginning of the 10th century under the Castilian Count Gonzalo Téllez and then in the second half of the 11th century under Alfonso VI. the area was recaptured ( reconquista ) and repopulated ( repoblación ) by the Christians . The Castilian kings John I and John II used the area as a hunting ground in the late Middle Ages.

Attractions

Court column ( rollo or picota )

• The church ( Iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Pino ) made of well-carved stone is a building from the years after 1591 and shows elements of the late Gothic as well as the Renaissance . The ribs of a star vault grow out of the undivided round pillars of the three-aisled interior . On the outer walls of the side aisles, there are several late Baroque altarpieces with some Churrigueresque elements.
• A hexagonal baroque court column ( rollo or picota ) from 1776 with a top extending in the four cardinal directions rises on a plinth that has been stepped down several times in front of the church .
• There are several representative aristocratic palaces from the 17th and 18th centuries, of which the Palacio de los Marqueses de Vilueña and the Palacio de Don Pedro de Neyla are the most important.
• There are four smaller hermit chapels on the outskirts : Ermita de la Soledad , Ermita de San Mateo , Ermita de San Pedro and the Ermita de San Antón .

Surroundings

• Approx. 1 km south of the village, a badly damaged multi-arch bridge from Roman times crosses the Río Vinuesa.
• Sections of the former Roman road have also been preserved.
• The glacial lake Laguna Negra de Urbión is partly located on the territory of the municipality.

Web links

Commons : Vinuesa  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Vinuesa and surroundings, sights - photos + information (Spanish)
• Vinuesa, church - photos + information
• Vinuesa - photo

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. ↑ Vinuesa - map with altitude information
3. ↑ Vinuesa - climate tables
4. ↑ Vinuesa - population development
5. ↑ Vinuesa - history
6. ↑ Vinuesa - Iglesia
7. ↑ Vinuesa - Roman Bridge