Coruña del Conde

Coruña del Conde is a municipality ( municipio ) with 126 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013) in the Spanish province of Burgos in the autonomous community of Castile -Leon. The place was on the National Cultural Property ( Bien de Interès Cultural ) explains in the category Conjunto histórico - artístico.

Location

Coruña del Conde is located on the north shore of the Río Arandilla at an altitude of about 900 meters above sea level. inst. , the nearest large town, Penaranda de Duero, is about 12 km ( driving distance ) away in a southwesterly direction. The provincial capital, Burgos is a good 90 kilometers to the north. The archaeological site of the Roman town Clunia is located about three kilometers to the northeast.

Demographics

In the second half of the 19th century up to the year 1960, the place was always around 500 inhabitants. Due to the mechanization of agriculture and the resulting lower demand for labor, the population has been declining since the mid-20th century.

Economy

The small town was and is influenced to a large extent on agriculture ( wheat and barley, as well as wine and honey melons). Since the mid-20th century, tourism is an important source of income for the community.

History

Already in pre-Roman times the area around Coruña del Conde was colonized by Celtiberian tribes of Arévacos. In the immediate vicinity of the village lies the old Roman city Clunia, who once played an important role in the Romanization of the North of the Iberian Peninsula. From Visigothic period there is a necropolis at Hinojar del Rey. The Islamic encroachment caused a depopulation of the area, after the successful re-conquest ( reconquista ) was reversed in the 10th and 11th centuries ( repoblación ). The place Coruña itself was probably at the beginning of the 10th century, first as a castle, but a few years later (920 ) by Abd ar -Rahman III. was taken. End of the 10th century started Almansor from here a campaign that took him to San Millan de la Cogolla, which he developed as a basis for further campaigns. On the way back from one of his raids he found in the - possibly apocryphal - Battle of Calatañazor (1002 ) death. In the following years, settled again Christians at the foot of the castle of Coruna and after the end of the Islamic incursions and the conquest of Toledo ( 1085 ) formed the Duero, the boundary between the Christian and the Islamic sphere of influence.

In the years 1080 and 1081 El Cid will be over ridden here and in 1128 took the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem the place under his control. In the 14th century Alfonso XI taught. of Castile here a basic rule a ( señorio ), which was cashed but a short time later by Henry II again. Finally, Henry IV of Castile raised the town and its environs to the county ( condado ) and gave it to the house Mendoza - since that time the place is called Coruña del Conde.

Attractions

  • The ruins of the Roman city Clunia located about three kilometers to the northeast; from there many stones ( spolia ) for the construction of the medieval castle, the city walls, bridges as well as the church and the houses were brought transported.
  • Two three-arched stone bridges, which are called Roman bridges ( puentes romanos ), spanning the Río Arandilla. However, they were built in the Middle Ages (around ).
  • Maybe Visigothic origins, the rectangular apse of the Ermita Santo Cristo de San Sebastián. Some stones come with security from the Roman city Clunia, but the rising rubble masonry of the nave, together with its Romanesque south portal, above which rises a belfry, and the console and blocks frieze below the eaves are clearly medieval. Not to identify is a figure below the gable of the east wall of the apse, her right hand in greeting the collected and has braced his left hand on his hip (or blessing? ) - They, too, dates from the Middle Ages. The interior of the apse is a barrel vault; the nave, however, has an open wooden roof.
  • The history of the largely ruined castle ( castillo ) dates back to the 10th century. The visible parts today ( keep and Torburg ) date from the 15th century.
  • Compared to one of the bridges is a nondescript town gate ( puerta de la muralla ), which was partly built with stones of Clunia.
  • In the main square (Plaza Mayor ) is a court column ( rollo ) from the 15th or 16th century.
  • The San Martín church was built in the 16th century. In its external walls, there are a plurality of relieved stones from Clunia ( spolia ). Inside is a copy of the flight apparatus of wood and feathers, with which the aviation pioneer Diego Marín Aguilera in May 1793 starting from the castle ruins from, after all, the distance of approximately 360 meters to be flown.

Personalities

  • Agustín Gormaz Velasco (1508-1589), an Augustinian monk, played a significant role in the Christianization and colonization of Central and South America.
  • Diego Marín Aguilera (1757-1799), engineer and pioneer of aeronautics
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