Palazuelos de Eresma

Palazuelos de Eresma is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. It takes its name from the River Eresma.

Palazuelos de Eresma
Town Hall of Palazuelos de Eresma
Town Hall of Palazuelos de Eresma
Palazuelos de Eresma is located in Castile and León
Palazuelos de Eresma
Palazuelos de Eresma
Location in Spain.
Palazuelos de Eresma is located in Spain
Palazuelos de Eresma
Palazuelos de Eresma
Palazuelos de Eresma (Spain)
Coordinates: 40°55′49″N 4°3′40″W
Country Spain
Autonomous community Castile and León
Province Segovia
MunicipalityPalazuelos de Eresma
Area
  Total36.70 km2 (14.17 sq mi)
Elevation
1,079 m (3,540 ft)
Population
 (2018)[1]
  Total5,308
  Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
ClimateCsb
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata

Demography

According to the 2021 census (INE), the municipality had a population o5 59793 inhabitants.[2]

Culture

El búnker de Barberos from the Civil War, located in the Balcón de Pilatos area next to the river Eresma
The Barbers bunker from the Civil War, located in the Balcón de Pilatos area next to the Eresma River
Church of the Assumption
Cacera de Navalcaz as it passes through Parque Robledo
Cacera de Navalcaz as it passes through Parque Robledo

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]

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.


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