Lupiana

Lupiana is a Spanish town and an eponymous municipality ( municipality ) in the province of Guadalajara in the Autonomous Community of Castile -La Mancha.

Location

Lupiana lies at an altitude of about 780 meters above sea level. inst. Distances to Guadalajara and Madrid are 13 kilometers west and 70 km to the southwest.

Demographics

In the first half of the 20th centuries, the population of the place always fluctuated between 450 and 600 people. The mechanization of agriculture has contributed greatly to the rural exodus.

History

Although medieval buildings missing, the initial colonization of the place should continue to go back. In the Islamic era, the area was depopulated, however, and so it was probably the hermit monks of the newly founded here Jerónimos Order, which brought a new impetus to the area since the 14th century.

Attractions

• The three-nave roofed with an open roof parish church of San Pedro Apóstol was built in the 16th century. The star-ribbed vault in the choir area and in the apse makes the late period of the Church more clearly than the nave.
• The main square ( plaza mayor ) is located south of the town center and is stood by two-storey arcades and wooden stand houses.
• On a stepped pedestal in the middle of the square is a baroque court kanelierte column rises ( rollo jurisdiccional or picota ) with a four-member Engelskapitell and an attached obelisks with ball. In its sacrosanct area formerly processes took place and punished offenders, and / or were put on display.

• The ruins of the Jerónimos Monastery ( Monasterio de San Jerónimo Bartolomé ) are about a mile south of the village in the seclusion of the forest. It all started probably around the middle of the 14th century with several hermitages ( hermitages ) and a small Community Chapel; The official founding of the Congregation was made by permission of Pope Gregory XI. in 1373rd The construction of a monastery with cloister and surrounding monastic cells began only 100 years later. Of the former monastery buildings impressed especially the double, sometimes even three-storey cloister Plateresque the beginning of the 16th century; the plans submitted by Alonso de Covarrubias allegedly. Balustrades and arches of various projectiles are designed differently. The church facade is simple and austere - maybe Philip II received here during a visit to suggestions for the construction of the Escorial, whose care and maintenance also was in the hands of Jerónimos.