Calatañazor
Calatañazor is a municipality located in the province of Soria, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 70 inhabitants. The municipality is named after the tiny fortified city on top of a hill.
Also situated in the municipality are the hamlets Aldehuela and Abioncillo. Abioncillo used to be abandoned like many forsaken hamlets in Spain, but in the 1980s was turned around by a few dedicated teachers into an educational center.
In the valley between Calatañazor and Abioncillo, the Battle of Calatañazor took place in 1002. This place is still named El valle de la sangre (the valley of blood). Almanzor, the ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus is by some historians said to have died in this battle and was buried in Medinaceli.[2] There is a statue of him in Calatañazor.
A certain kind of juniper tree, the Juniperus thurifera (Spanish juniper), grows in a close forest[3] in the nature reserve of El Sabinar de Calatañazor. Some are the biggest to be found in the whole Iberian peninsula. Some more are found close to an underground river, the Abión, which surfaces at the Fuentona de Muriel, a natural heritage site. The Fuentona (spring) is often visited, especially by advanced cave divers. The locals call this spring El Ojo de la Mar (the eye of the sea).[4] In the vicinity of Abioncillo, some 4000-year-old drawings are found in La Cueva Maja. Both in the center of Abioncillo and Calatañazor, some centuries old elms can be found, as in Celt-Iberian times were an important symbol.
The name Calatañazor comes from the Arab Qalat al-Nusur which can either mean "Castle of Azure" or "Castle of Vultures".[5]
Gallery
- Remains of the former Castle of Calatañazor.
- Church of Nuestra Señora del Castillo.
- View of the medieval town of Calatañazor.
- Typical street in Calatañazor.
- Hermitage of la Soledad.
- El Sabinar Park.
- Church of San Juan Bautista.
- Statue of Almanzor in Calatañazor.
- View from the Castle.
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Historia". Ayuntamiento de Calatañazor. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
- ^ Portal de Turismo de la Junta de Castilla y León
- ^ Posadas [permanent dead link]
- ^ "YoSearch Weather Tab". myetymology.com. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
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External links
- The educational center in Abioncillo
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- Abejar
- Adradas
- Alconaba
- Alcubilla de Avellaneda
- Alcubilla de las Peñas
- Aldealafuente
- Aldealices
- Aldealpozo
- Aldealseñor
- Aldehuela de Periáñez
- Alentisque
- Aliud
- Almajano
- Almaluez
- Almarza
- Almazul
- Almenar de Soria
- Alpanseque
- Arancón
- Arenillas
- Arévalo de la Sierra
- Ausejo de la Sierra
- Baraona
- Barca
- Barcones
- Bayubas de Abajo
- Bayubas de Arriba
- Beratón
- Berlanga de Duero
- Blacos
- Bliecos
- Borjabad
- Borobia
- Buberos
- Buitrago
- Cabrejas del Campo
- Cabrejas del Pinar
- Calatañazor
- Caltojar
- Candilichera
- Carabantes
- Caracena
- Carrascosa de Abajo
- Carrascosa de la Sierra
- Casarejos
- Castilfrío de la Sierra
- Castillejo de Robledo
- Castilruiz
- Cañamaque
- Centenera de Andaluz
- Cerbón
- Cidones
- Cigudosa
- Cihuela
- Ciria
- Cirujales del Río
- Coscurita
- Cubilla
- Cubo de la Solana
- Cueva de Ágreda
- Deza
- Dévanos
- El Royo
- Escobosa de Almazán
- Espeja de San Marcelino
- Espejón
- Estepa de San Juan
- Frechilla de Almazán
- Fresno de Caracena
- Fuentearmegil
- Fuentecambrón
- Fuentecantos
- Fuentelmonge
- Fuentelsaz de Soria
- Fuentepinilla
- Fuentes de Magaña
- Fuentestrún
- Garray
- Golmayo
- Gormaz
- Gómara
- Herrera de Soria
- Hinojosa del Campo
- La Losilla
- La Póveda de Soria
- La Riba de Escalote
- Langa de Duero
- Las Aldehuelas
- Liceras
- Los Rábanos
- Los Villares de Soria
- Magaña
- Maján
- Matalebreras
- Matamala de Almazán
- Medinaceli
- Miño de Medinaceli
- Miño de San Esteban
- Molinos de Duero
- Momblona
- Monteagudo de las Vicarías
- Montejo de Tiermes
- Montenegro de Cameros
- Morón de Almazán
- Muriel Viejo
- Muriel de la Fuente
- Nafría de Ucero
- Narros
- Navaleno
- Nepas
- Nolay
- Noviercas
- Oncala
- Pinilla del Campo
- Portillo de Soria
- Pozalmuro
- Quintana Redonda
- Quintanas de Gormaz
- Quiñonería
- Rebollar
- Recuerda
- Rello
- Renieblas
- Retortillo de Soria
- Reznos
- Rioseco de Soria
- Rollamienta
- Salduero
- San Felices
- San Pedro Manrique
- Santa Cruz de Yanguas
- Santa María de Huerta
- Santa María de las Hoyas
- Serón de Nágima
- Soliedra
- Sotillo del Rincón
- Suellacabras
- Tajahuerce
- Tajueco
- Talveila
- Tardelcuende
- Taroda
- Tejado
- Torlengua
- Torreblacos
- Torrubia de Soria
- Trévago
- Ucero
- Vadillo
- Valdeavellano de Tera
- Valdegeña
- Valdelagua del Cerro
- Valdemaluque
- Valdenebro
- Valdeprado
- Valderrodilla
- Valtajeros
- Velamazán
- Velilla de la Sierra
- Velilla de los Ajos
- Viana de Duero
- Villaciervos
- Villanueva de Gormaz
- Villar del Ala
- Villar del Campo
- Villar del Río
- Villasayas
- Villaseca de Arciel
- Vinuesa
- Vizmanos
- Vozmediano
- Yanguas
- Yelo
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