Tembleque, Spain

Tembleque is a Spanish town in the province of Toledo, in the Autonomous Community of Castile -La Mancha. The place is recognized as a National Treasure ( Bien de Interès Cultural ) in the category Conjunto histórico - artístico.

Location

Tembleque lies just 60 km ( driving distance ) southeast of Toledo, and about 95 kilometers south of Madrid. The lovely town of Orgaz is located approximately 38 km to the west.

Demographics

The highest population with 3,897 persons had Tembleque in 1930.

Economy

In earlier centuries Templeque was the artisan and mercantile center of a large number of individual farms and small villages in its agrarian hinterland. The mechanization of agriculture has led in the second half of the 20th century to a significant decline in the population.

History

The area around Tembleque divided into essential features of the history of Toledo: On the Romans came the Visigoths; which was followed in 711 by the Arabs and their allies Berber tribes, the territory after successful re-conquest ( reconquista ) in 1085 to the Christians under the leadership of the Castilian King Alfonso VI leonesisch. had to resign. The area came under the control of about 30 kilometers away neighboring town of Consuegra to them in 1183 by Alfonso VIII of the Equestrian Order of the Holy grave in Jerusalem (later Malta ) was ceded. After the victorious Christian armies for the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) against the Moors was founded and settled under the leadership of the Knights in 1241 Tembleque. The importance TEMBLEQUES for agricultural production and its location in one of the many sheep trails in Spain ( cañadas ) led to an upswing, so that the place in 1509, the town rights.

Attractions

• The main attraction of Tembleque is the large main square ( plaza mayor ) in the heart of the city with its balcony houses that give it the feel of an open-air theater. The place in the past centuries was one or more times a year and shut off for bullfights ( corridas ) and other major events ( cattle markets, etc. ) used. The town hall was set in the midst balcony houses ( ayuntamiento ).
• The Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción was founded in the 16th century and enlarged in the 18th through chapel extensions. The portal shows a profiled jambs without set columns and capitals but with an original crown of tracery. Inside there is a baroque altarpiece.
• The Casa de las Torres is a standing under monument protection palace ( palacio ) of a wealthy landowning family from the 18th century. The two-storey courtyard resembles a cloister.
• The small hermit church Ermita de Vera Cruz from the 18th century has an unusual octagonal plan. With the exception of precisely hewn cornerstones of its walls consist of rubble. The unadorned building is covered inside of a dome, which does not appear to the outside.
• The Court column ( rollo jursdiccional or picota ) has been transferred from its original location in a centrally located small park in the 19th century.

Casa de las Torres

Casa de las Torres (courtyard)

Hermitage Veracruz

Outside the town there are two more hermit churches - the Ermita del Cristo del Valle dates from the 17th century, the Ermita de San Antón only from the 19th century.

Others

The developed in Puerto Rico with cinnamon, coconut, caramel or jam over scattered or over-molded milk desserts also bear the name TEMBLEQUES.