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 / 40.93028; -4.06111
Country Spain
Autonomous community Castile and León
Province Segovia
MunicipalityPalazuelos de Eresma
Area
 • Total
36.70 km2 (14.17 sq mi)
Elevation
1,079 m (3,540 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
 • Total
5,308
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ClimateCsb
WebsiteOfficial 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

References

  1. ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. ^ "Instituto Nacional de Estadística. (Spanish Statistical Institute)". www.ine.es. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  3. ^ Segovia, El Adelantado de (2021-06-04). "La iglesia de Palazuelos ya luce remodelada". www.eladelantado.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  4. ^ "Palazuelos de Eresma". www.parquenacionalsierraguadarrama.es. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  5. ^ "Palazuelos de Eresma". segoviaturismo.es. Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Restos arqueologicos y Edificios Históricos". palazuelosdeeresma.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-06.
  8. ^ Muñoz, Daniel (2009). Palazuelos de Eresma. Francisco Gracia Abril. Boadilla del Monte, Madrid: Mediterráneo-Meral. ISBN 978-84-936912-5-7. OCLC 777133419.