Palazuelos de Eresma
Palazuelos de Eresma | |
|---|---|
 Town Hall of Palazuelos de Eresma | |
  Palazuelos de Eresma Location in Spain.  Palazuelos de Eresma Palazuelos de Eresma (Spain) | |
| Coordinates: 40°55′49″N 4°3′40″W / 40.93028°N 4.06111°W | |
| Country |  Spain |
| Autonomous community |  Castile and León |
| Province |  Segovia |
| Municipality | Palazuelos de Eresma |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.70 km2 (14.17 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,079 m (3,540 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 5,308 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Climate | Csb |
| Website | Official website  |
Palazuelos de Eresma is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. It takes its name from the River Eresma.
Demography
According to the 2021 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 5830.[2]
Culture
Heritage
- Parish Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, in the late Gothic style, originally Romanesque, was restored in 2021. It has a Baroque main altarpiece, a silver processional cross and a Monstrance of the Sun created in Segovia in the 18th century;[3][4]
- Parish Church of Our Lady of the Rosary;
- DYC whiskey factory, founded in 1959 by Nicomedes García;
- Boilers of the Cambrones river;
- Alto Eresma Green Path;[5]
- Remains of a Roman villa and later Visigothic necropolis;
- The Barbers bunker with origins in the Civil War, located in a place known as the Balcón de Pilatos located next to the river Eresma;
- Hermitage of San Antonio de Padua;
- Remains of the old paper factory of the old Marqués del Arco mill;
- Estate and royal palace of the Quinta de Quitapesares;
- Remains of the buckle factory, the old Gamones mill;
- Remains of shearing ranches;
- Shoe rack, next to the Trescasas road;
- Caceras del Cambrones and Navalcaz;[6]
- Bridge of the Merinas over the Eresma.[7][8]
Holidays
Throughout the municipality
- Battering;
- Cacera Mayor Day, last Saturday of May.
Palazuelos de Eresma
- Anthony of Padua, June 13;
- Assumption of Mary, on August 15.
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute)". www.ine.es. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ Segovia, El Adelantado de (2021-06-04). "La iglesia de Palazuelos ya luce remodelada". www.eladelantado.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ "Palazuelos de Eresma". www.parquenacionalsierraguadarrama.es. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ "Palazuelos de Eresma". segoviaturismo.es. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ Collado (*), María Fuencisla Álvarez (2021-05-30). "Las Caceras. Tradición, Patrimonio e Historia. Los casos de Cambrones y Navalcaz". www.eladelantado.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ "Restos arqueologicos y Edificios Históricos". palazuelosdeeresma.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
- ^ Muñoz, Daniel (2009). Palazuelos de Eresma. Francisco Gracia Abril. Boadilla del Monte, Madrid: Mediterráneo-Meral. ISBN 978-84-936912-5-7. OCLC 777133419.