San Pedro de Gaíllos

San Pedro de Gaíllos is a municipality ( municipio ) with 288 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2013 ) in the northeastern Spanish province of Segovia in the autonomous community of Castile -Leon. For municipio also includes the villages Aldealafuente, Aldearraso, El Barruelo and Rebollar that were placed all over the last decades up to Rebollar.

Location

San Pedro de Gaíllos lies in the barren mountain landscape in the north- east of the province of Segovia in an altitude of almost 1000 meters above sea level. inst. , the distance to the nearest city, Sepúlveda, is about 14 km ( driving distance ) in a northeasterly direction. The provincial capital of Segovia is located about 48 kilometers south-west.

Demographics

In the second half en 19 and in the first half of the 20th century the number of inhabitants fluctuated constantly between 600 and 800

Economy

Hardly cereal production possible - was on the barren soil of the cold plateaus of the province of Segovia - with the exception of barley and a little wheat. The population lived for centuries mainly from the breeding of sheep and goats, whose milk cheese was made, the sale after laborious transport on the market or etc. Sepúlveda was exchanged for flour, vegetables.

History

On the history of the place, little information is available: it ranges back to the Middle Ages; around the year 1000 it appears as part of the Comunidad de Villa y Tierra de Sepúlveda. The Romanesque church of San Pedro is still a witness to the heyday of the town in the Middle Ages; the tower of the church was renovated in the 16th century.

Attractions

• The Romanesque Iglesia San Pedro received in 1200 from an attached precisely hewn stone south porch ( portico ), the five arches are arranged symmetrically on the south side; Another portal arch is located on the east side. In the same context, a tower in the southwest corner has been built, but (maybe even later ) was remodeled or rebuilt in the Renaissance style in the 16th century. The decor of the lobby portals consists of orbiting and not interrupted by capitals zigzag patterns as they are also found in the churches of Sotosalbos, Perorrubio and on the west side of the church of El Arenal. The actual Archivolts portal to the church is located in the flight of the porch portal; it emerges from the surrounding, but plastered masonry and shows a rich decoration of rosettes, leaf motifs, spirals, cubes Friesen and tendrils. Especially the rosettes and spiral pattern on the front side of the inner arc are rarely seen in its kind in the European Romanesque; perhaps a disastrous defensive ( apotropaic ) Function they were awarded. The many - unfortunately already heavily damaged - depictions of birds and people on the capitals and consoles deserve attention.

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Capital with birds