Rabé de las Calzadas
Rabé de las Calzadas is a municipality on the Camino de Santiago in the province of Burgos, autonomous community of Castile and Leon in Spain.
History
The origin of the name is uncertain. While second part, " de las Calzadas " refers to the Roman highways that crossed here, there is no conclusive evidence for " Rabé ". These theories link the word with " Rabbi " (because a Jewish community locally), with " Ribera " ( bank) or " Fortaleza " (castle, fortress ) in conjunction. The most likely scenario is likely to be, performed by Fray Justo Pérez de Urbel and supported by Barquín Santiago Tobar and Luis Martínez Pardo that the place was named as part of the re-colonization after the Reconquista so. In this case, the initiator may have been appreciated or even the place where he was born or hatt previously lived. The first mention is made of the name in the year 946, but without the "de las Calzadas " 'd mentioned.
During the Roman period in the Iberian Peninsula, there should have been at Rabé a Roman city. Deobrigula ( City of Gods ), was an important Roman city that is, one follows one side, was in Tardajos, one follows the other, in Rabé. In the event that the city would have found itself in the municipality Rabe, it is unlikely that it has been located at exactly the same place. However, there is a lack of documents required for a precise determination.
In medieval Rabé there should have been a letter from the year 949, according to three churches. In the letter it says that a pastor and his parents had made donations to the churches of Santa María, San Martín and San Juan de Rabé. None of the mentioned churches remained structural remains, probably the present church was built over the ruins of the houses of worship.
Next to the village, at a place that is commonly called " Nevera ", stood a castle that protected the village in the Time of the Reconquista. The existence of this castle can be taken for granted because of multiple mention in documents. There were no architectural remains, because the area has been adapted to the requirements of mechanized agriculture. Importance was the castle at the very moment when Don Luis Osorio de Acuña, bishop of Burgos and partisan Juana la Beltraneja, fled there in May 1475 from the troops of Ferdinand the Catholic and the Burgaleser castigated citizens, who sided with Isabella the Catholic.
Fiestas
- Fiesta in honor of Santa Marina: on the third weekend of September.
Attractions
- Parish Church of Santa Marina with a portal from the 13th century
- Ermita Nuestra Señora del Monasterio ( Our Lady of the monastery), located at the edge of the Camino
- Palacio del Conde Villariezo, coming from Tardajos located at the entrance opposite the school building. It was built in the early 17th century and served the Count of Villariezo in the same century as a residence.
- School, built by Don Baldemoro Pampliega between 1882-1884
Personalities
- Baldemoro Pampliega y Villalobos, born February 24, 1817 surgeon and ophthalmologist. Pampliega had a professional who specializes in ophthalmology and the treatment of cataracts. In the village, he distinguished himself by generosity regarding Community concerns. In 1864 he supported a major refurbishment of the parish church, 1875 the Ermita. In 1883, he built the above-mentioned school and also supported the construction of an art and vocational school ( Escuela de Artes y Oficios ) in Burgos.