Villadiego
Villadiego is a Spanish town and municipality in the comarca of Odra-Pisuerga, in west of the province of Burgos, Castilla y León. It is seat of the comarca of Odra-Pisuerga. It is located 39 kilometres away from Burgos.
According to demographic data of 2013, it has a population of 1,637 inhabitants, making it the second largest town in the west of the province.
The town was founded by Count Diego Porcelos in the 9th century.
It has large monuments around its most historical part of the town, of which a highlight is the Plaza Porticada and its traditional architecture.
Location
Villadiego is 38 km from Burgos, the provincial capital. It belongs to the Odra-Pisuerga region. Its area is 327,96 km ² and has a population of 1,637 inhabitants (INE 2013). Belonging to the Judicial District of Burgos.
It is the largest municipality of Burgos. It lies northwest of the province, including also terms municipal Humada, Basconcillos del Tozo, Úrbel del Castillo at north; Huérmeces at east; Las Hormazas, Tobar, Manciles, Pedrosa del Páramo, Villegas, Sordillos and Villamayor de Treviño at south; and Sotresgudo at west.
It comprises three historic countries: Amaya, former jurisdiction depended on the strength of the same name, which dominated from the towering Pisuerga the left bank of the river; Los Ordejones, mountainous area where the towns of Villavedón and Villusto are located; the Treviño region is between the Odra River and rivers comprising Brullés Villahizán Villavedón and Treviño.
Demography
In 2013 the population of the municipality was of 1,637 people, 893 men and 744 women
The census does not reflect the seasonal nature of much of the population without being registered in Villadiego, live or spend several months of the year in Villadiego. They are mostly people who, with the decline of agriculture in the mid-twentieth century, migrated to the city of Burgos or other provinces and, after retirement, are returning to their hometowns. There are also many homes occupied only on weekends in Villadiego and districts.
History
It was founded by Don Diego Rodriguez Porcelos, Lord of Amaya, in the ninth century.
In the Middle Ages, Villadiego was home to a Jewish community until the 1492 expulsion of the Jews.[2]
In this town was born Enrique Flórez, eighteenth-century historian and author of Sacred Spain.
In the 1787 Census of Floridablanca had the category of town with Mayor and Court of Lordship, being its holder Duque of Frias, head of the party of Villadiego of the Municipality of Burgos, which included in the category of single towns 3 villas, 5 places, 3 farms, 1 inn and one uninhabited, and 7 quadrilles and its own jurisdiction, namely :
- Quadrille Amaya, with 8 places, an inn and one district.
- Quadrille Cañizal, with 6 places.
- Quadrille Treviño County, with 14 places and an inn.
- Quadrille Odra, with 6 places.
- Quadrille Olmos, a villa and 8 places.
- Quadrille Tozo, with 13 places and an inn.
- Quadrille Sandoval, a villa and 5 places.
- Quadrille Valdelucio, with 16 places.
- Jurisdiction Villadiego, a villa, 10 places and a quarter.
Notable locations
The entire town was declared historical on December 29, 1994.
Civil architecture
- Main Square of Villadiego. Traces of medieval arcaded square.
- Statue of Fray Enrique Flórez, 1906, Aniceto Marinas' work in the center of the Main Square.
- Velasco's palace, of the sixteenth century.
- Porras, Varona, Bustillo, Santa Cruz and Borja houses.
- Artesian well.
- The bullring, built in 1957.
Religious architecture
- Church of San Lorenzo, built in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
- St. Mary's Church, gothic building of the sixteenth century.
- Convent of San Miguel de los Angeles, gothic church built in the sixteenth century.
- Christ hermitage of the fifteenth century.
Museums
- Museum of sacred art and religious art at the Church of San Lorenzo.
- Pictorial, ethnographic and paleolithic museums are found on Jail's Arch Street and Vega Street.
Sports and leisure
- Football field, swimming pool and sports center.
- Villadiego auditorium. Opened in 2011.
Traditions
In the Main Square traditional market, where until recently farmers and ranchers traded in the area with its products, a "party" is held every Monday morning. The festivals are held in the provincial capital in mid-August, in honor of Our Lady of the Assumption and San Roque. In those days a lot of emigrants return to Villadiego to concentrate with their families and friends. A lot of people of Villadiego participate in these festivals with their "troop" of friends to prepare floats, go to the Bulls, organize competitions, etc.
Since the late 1990s there have been attempts to recover the tradition of Judas' function, celebrated during the afternoon and evening of Easter Sunday. This currently consists of a large and colorful parade of costumed soldiers in the manner of the nineteenth century, followed by the staging of a battle, capture, trial and burning of Judas, all accompanied by music, lights and fireworks.
References
External links
- Official Website
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- Abajas
- Adrada de Haza
- Aguas Cándidas
- Aguilar de Bureba
- Albillos
- Alcocero de Mola
- Alfoz de Bricia
- Alfoz de Quintanadueñas
- Alfoz de Santa Gadea
- Altable
- Ameyugo
- Anguix
- Aranda de Duero
- Arandilla
- Arauzo de Miel
- Arauzo de Salce
- Arauzo de Torre
- Arcos de la Llana
- Arenillas de Riopisuerga
- Arija
- Arlanzón
- Arraya de Oca
- Atapuerca
- Avellanosa de Muñó
- Bahabón de Esgueva
- Barbadillo de Herreros
- Barbadillo del Mercado
- Barbadillo del Pez
- Barrio de Muñó
- Barrios de Colina
- Basconcillos del Tozo
- Bascuñana
- Baños de Valdearados
- Bañuelos de Bureba
- Belbimbre
- Belorado
- Berberana
- Berlangas de Roa
- Berzosa de Bureba
- Bozoó
- Brazacorta
- Briviesca
- Bugedo
- Buniel
- Burgos
- Busto de Bureba
- Cabañes de Esgueva
- Cabezón de la Sierra
- Caleruega
- Campillo de Aranda
- Campolara
- Canicosa de la Sierra
- Cantabrana
- Carazo
- Carcedo de Bureba
- Carcedo de Burgos
- Cardeñadijo
- Cardeñajimeno
- Cardeñuela Riopico
- Carrias
- Cascajares de Bureba
- Cascajares de la Sierra
- Castellanos de Castro
- Castil de Peones
- Castildelgado
- Castrillo Mota de Judíos
- Castrillo de Riopisuerga
- Castrillo de la Reina
- Castrillo de la Vega
- Castrillo del Val
- Castrojeriz
- Cavia
- Cayuela
- Cebrecos
- Celada del Camino
- Cerezo de Río Tirón
- Cerratón de Juarros
- Ciadoncha
- Cillaperlata
- Cilleruelo de Abajo
- Cilleruelo de Arriba
- Ciruelos de Cervera
- Cogollos
- Condado de Treviño
- Contreras
- Coruña del Conde
- Covarrubias
- Cubillo del Campo
- Cubo de Bureba
- Cuevas de San Clemente
- Encío
- Espinosa de Cervera
- Espinosa de los Monteros
- Espinosa del Camino
- Estépar
- Fontioso
- Frandovínez
- Fresneda de la Sierra Tirón
- Fresneña
- Fresnillo de las Dueñas
- Fresno de Rodilla
- Fresno de Río Tirón
- Frías
- Fuentebureba
- Fuentecén
- Fuentelcésped
- Fuentelisendo
- Fuentemolinos
- Fuentenebro
- Fuentespina
- Galbarros
- Grijalba
- Grisaleña
- Gumiel de Izán
- Gumiel de Mercado
- Hacinas
- Haza
- Hontanas
- Hontangas
- Hontoria de Valdearados
- Hontoria de la Cantera
- Hontoria del Pinar
- Hornillos del Camino
- Hortigüela
- Hoyales de Roa
- Huerta de Arriba
- Huerta de Rey
- Humada
- Hurones
- Huérmeces
- Ibeas de Juarros
- Ibrillos
- Iglesiarrubia
- Iglesias
- Isar
- Itero del Castillo
- Jaramillo Quemado
- Jaramillo de la Fuente
- Junta de Traslaloma
- Junta de Villalba de Losa
- Jurisdicción de Lara
- Jurisdicción de San Zadornil
- La Cueva de Roa
- La Gallega
- La Horra
- La Puebla de Arganzón
- La Revilla y Ahedo
- La Sequera de Haza
- La Vid de Bureba
- La Vid y Barrios
- Las Hormazas
- Las Quintanillas
- Lerma
- Llano de Bureba
- Los Altos
- Los Ausines
- Los Balbases
- Los Barrios de Bureba
- Madrigal del Monte
- Madrigalejo del Monte
- Mahamud
- Mambrilla de Castrejón
- Mambrillas de Lara
- Mamolar
- Manciles
- Mazuela
- Mecerreyes
- Medina de Pomar
- Melgar de Fernamental
- Merindad de Cuesta Urria
- Merindad de Montija
- Merindad de Río Ubierna
- Merindad de Sotoscueva
- Merindad de Valdeporres
- Merindad de Valdivielso
- Milagros
- Miranda de Ebro
- Miraveche
- Modúbar de la Emparedada
- Monasterio de Rodilla
- Monasterio de la Sierra
- Moncalvillo
- Monterrubio de la Demanda
- Montorio
- Moradillo de Roa
- Nava de Roa
- Navas de Bureba
- Nebreda
- Neila
- Olmedillo de Roa
- Olmillos de Muñó
- Oquillas
- Orbaneja Riopico
- Oña
- Padilla de Abajo
- Padilla de Arriba
- Padrones de Bureba
- Palacios de Riopisuerga
- Palacios de la Sierra
- Palazuelos de Muñó
- Palazuelos de la Sierra
- Pampliega
- Pancorbo
- Pardilla
- Partido de la Sierra en Tobalina
- Pedrosa de Duero
- Pedrosa de Río Úrbel
- Pedrosa del Príncipe
- Pedrosa del Páramo
- Peñaranda de Duero
- Peral de Arlanza
- Piérnigas
- Pineda Trasmonte
- Pineda de la Sierra
- Pinilla Trasmonte
- Pinilla de los Barruecos
- Pinilla de los Moros
- Poza de la Sal
- Prádanos de Bureba
- Pradoluengo
- Presencio
- Puentedura
- Quemada
- Quintana del Pidio
- Quintanabureba
- Quintanaélez
- Quintanaortuño
- Quintanapalla
- Quintanar de la Sierra
- Quintanavides
- Quintanilla San García
- Quintanilla Vivar
- Quintanilla de la Mata
- Quintanilla del Agua y Tordueles
- Quintanilla del Coco
- Rabanera del Pinar
- Rábanos
- Rabé de las Calzadas
- Rebolledo de la Torre
- Redecilla del Camino
- Redecilla del Campo
- Regumiel de la Sierra
- Reinoso
- Retuerta
- Revilla Vallejera
- Revilla del Campo
- Revillarruz
- Rezmondo
- Riocavado de la Sierra
- Roa de Duero
- Rojas
- Royuela de Río Franco
- Rubena
- Rublacedo de Abajo
- Rucandio
- Salas de Bureba
- Salas de los Infantes
- Saldaña de Burgos
- Salinillas de Bureba
- San Adrián de Juarros
- San Juan del Monte
- San Mamés de Burgos
- San Martín de Rubiales
- San Millán de Lara
- San Vicente del Valle
- Santa Cecilia
- Santa Cruz de la Salceda
- Santa Cruz del Valle Urbión
- Santa Gadea del Cid
- Santa Inés
- Santa María Ribarredonda
- Santa María del Campo
- Santa María del Invierno
- Santa María del Mercadillo
- Santa Olalla de Bureba
- Santibáñez de Esgueva
- Santibáñez del Val
- Santo Domingo de Silos
- Sargentes de la Lora
- Sarracín
- Sasamón
- Solarana
- Sordillos
- Sotillo de la Ribera
- Sotragero
- Sotresgudo
- Susinos del Páramo
- Tamarón
- Tardajos
- Tejada
- Terradillos de Esgueva
- Tinieblas de la Sierra
- Tobar
- Tordómar
- Torrecilla del Monte
- Torregalindo
- Torrelara
- Torrepadre
- Torresandino
- Tosantos
- Trespaderne
- Tubilla del Agua
- Tubilla del Lago
- Tórtoles de Esgueva
- Úrbel del Castillo
- Vadocondes
- Valdeande
- Valdezate
- Valdorros
- Vallarta de Bureba
- Valle de Losa
- Valle de Manzanedo
- Valle de Mena
- Valle de Oca
- Valle de Santibáñez
- Valle de Sedano
- Valle de Tobalina
- Valle de Valdebezana
- Valle de Valdelaguna
- Valle de Valdelucio
- Valle de Zamanzas
- Valle de las Navas
- Vallejera
- Valles de Palenzuela
- Valluércanes
- Valmala
- Vileña
- Villadiego
- Villaescusa de Roa
- Villaescusa la Sombría
- Villaespasa
- Villafranca Montes de Oca
- Villafruela
- Villagalijo
- Villagonzalo Pedernales
- Villahoz
- Villalba de Duero
- Villalbilla de Burgos
- Villalbilla de Gumiel
- Villaldemiro
- Villalmanzo
- Villamayor de Treviño
- Villamayor de los Montes
- Villambistia
- Villamedianilla
- Villamiel de la Sierra
- Villangómez
- Villanueva de Argaño
- Villanueva de Carazo
- Villanueva de Gumiel
- Villanueva de Teba
- Villaquirán de la Puebla
- Villaquirán de los Infantes
- Villarcayo de Merindad de Castilla la Vieja
- Villariezo
- Villasandino
- Villasur de Herreros
- Villatuelda
- Villaverde del Monte
- Villaverde-Mogina
- Villayerno Morquillas
- Villazopeque
- Villegas
- Villoruebo
- Viloria de Rioja
- Vilviestre del Pinar
- Vizcaínos
- Zael
- Zarzosa de Río Pisuerga
- Zazuar
- Zuñeda