Anaya, Segovia
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Anaya Main Square | |
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| Coordinates: 40°59′29″N 4°18′31″W / 40.99139°N 4.30861°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| Province | Segovia |
| Area | |
• Total | 15.19 km2 (5.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 889 m (2,917 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
• Total | 131 |
| • Density | 8.6/km2 (22/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Website | Official website |
Anaya is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 136 inhabitants.[2]
Geography
The village lies in the vicinity of the river Moros,[3] a tributary of the Eresma.
Folklore
"La Sierra Vieja" is a children festival celebrated in the third Thursday of Lent in the village, involving boys and girls going around the village with scapulars asking folks for money or eggs.[4]
A version of a ballad of the romancero vulgar, La infanticida, recorded in the village in 1983, features jews portraying devils.[5][6]
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ "Municipality Anaya".
- ^ "Anaya: Del puente a la ermita de leyenda". El Norte de Castilla. Grupo Vocento. 6 July 2020.
- ^ Velasco, Honorio (22 March 2015). "Una fiesta en Cuaresma: La Sierra Vieja". El Adelantado de Segovia: 21.
- ^ Álvarez Chillida, Gonzalo (2002). El antisemitismo en España: la imagen del judío, 1812-2002. Madrid: Marcial Pons, Ediciones de Historia. p. 67. ISBN 84-95379-44-9.
- ^ Pedrosa, José Manuel (2001). "Los judíos en la literatura tradicional española". JudÍos en la literatura española. Cuenca: Ediciones de la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. p. 417. ISBN 84-8427-115-3.