Villavega
Villavega, Spain | |
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Country | Spain |
Autonomous community | Castile and León |
Province | Palencia |
Municipality | Villavega |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
42°27′49″N 4°28′50″W / 42.46361°N 4.48056°W / 42.46361; -4.48056 Villavega is municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. It is placed in the confluence between two comarcas, Tierra de Campos and Vega-Valdavia. This little village is in the left side of the Valdavia river.
The village is built around its main road Calle Real, which comes from an extension of an old way that has its start in Santa Cruz de Boedo. In the last years, this village has grown thanks to a new piece of land which was said to be developable.
Local economy
Agriculture and animal breeding.
History
Villavega was first named in an ancient quote of Castrillo de Villavega. It was named in Alfonso VIII´s last will, in 1204, about 300 years after the establishment of this monument when this monarch ordered the delivery of the castle to the institution named as Orden Militar de San Juan de Jerusalem also known as Orden del Hospital, which was in charge of the security in this area.
According to the historian Gonzalo Martínez Díez, during the Middle Ages Villavega belonged to Meryndat de Monçon. However, this information does not appear in the book Becerro de las Behetrías de Castilla.
Patrimony
San Andres Apostol Church
The church is of Romanesque origin. In the front side of the church there is a picture of a head, sculpted in stone. There are also two little quotations sculpted in the stone. The first and the biggest one says:
ESTA OBRA SE HIZO SIENDO CURA DON FRANCISCO POLANCO MAYORDOMO ALONSO QUADRADO
And the little one below:
AÑO DE 1449
Although the outside shows a Renaissance style, the inside is in a Romanesque style from the 12th and 13th centuries. There are two pictures from the 12th and 13th centuries. One of the pictures shows Santa Bárbara and the other San Sebastián. These pictures and some silver objects were removed from the church in 1980. They were recovered some years later.
Osario deciochesco
It is placed outside the church. It is just a building with three pillars and decorated with skulls and inscriptions talking about how short life is. Between each pillar there is a hole which gives access to the inside part of the ossuary. Beginning from the left side, the inscriptions say:
TV QVE ME MIRAS A MI TAN TRISTE MORTAL Y FEO COMO TV TE VES ME VI TE VERAS COMO ME VEO
MIRA CHRISTIANO QVE TV DIOS TE MIRA Y QVE AS DE SER CON RECTITVD JVZGADO SOCORRE A LAS ANIMAS Y SERAS DE DIOS PREMIADO
NO TE ESPANTES DE QVE SOY VNA TRISTE CALAVERA ACVERDATE TE VERAS EN ESTA TAN TRISTE ESFERA
References
- Villavega, Spain
- Paramos y Valles: Castrillo de Villavega[permanent dead link]
- Robo en la Iglesia de Villavega
Image gallery
- View of the frontside of the San Andres Apostol church
- View of the northside of the San Andres Apostol church
- Example of the renaissance style of the san Andres Apostol church
- Detailed view of the dome of the San Andres Apostol church
- Detailed view of the first pillar of the ossuary: "TV QVE ME MIRAS A MI TAN TRISTE MORTAL Y FEO COMO TV TE VES ME VI TE VERAS COMO ME VEO"
- Detailed view of the second pillar of the ossuary: "MIRA CHRISTIANO QVE TV DIOS TE MIRA Y QVE AS DE SER CON RECTITVD JVZGADO SOCORRE A LAS ANIMAS Y SERAS DE DIOS PREMIADO"
- Detailed view of the third pillar of the ossuary: "NO TE ESPANTES DE QVE SOY VNA TRISTE CALAVERA ACVERDATE TE VERAS EN ESTA TAN TRISTE ESFERA"
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- Abarca de Campos
- Abia de las Torres
- Aguilar de Campoo
- Alar del Rey
- Alba de Cerrato
- Amayuelas de Arriba
- Ampudia
- Amusco
- Antigüedad
- Arconada
- Astudillo
- Autilla del Pino
- Autillo de Campos
- Ayuela
- Baltanás
- Baquerín de Campos
- Barruelo de Santullán
- Becerril de Campos
- Belmonte de Campos
- Berzosilla
- Boada de Campos
- Boadilla de Rioseco
- Boadilla del Camino
- Brañosera
- Buenavista de Valdavia
- Bustillo de la Vega
- Bustillo del Páramo de Carrión
- Bárcena de Campos
- Báscones de Ojeda
- Calahorra de Boedo
- Calzada de los Molinos
- Capillas
- Cardeñosa de Volpejera
- Carrión de los Condes
- Castil de Vela
- Castrejón de la Peña
- Castrillo de Don Juan
- Castrillo de Onielo
- Castrillo de Villavega
- Castromocho
- Cervatos de la Cueza
- Cervera de Pisuerga
- Cevico Navero
- Cevico de la Torre
- Cisneros
- Cobos de Cerrato
- Collazos de Boedo
- Congosto de Valdavia
- Cordovilla la Real
- Cubillas de Cerrato
- Dehesa de Montejo
- Dehesa de Romanos
- Dueñas
- Espinosa de Cerrato
- Espinosa de Villagonzalo
- Frechilla
- Fresno del Río
- Frómista
- Fuentes de Nava
- Fuentes de Valdepero
- Grijota
- Guardo
- Guaza de Campos
- Herrera de Pisuerga
- Herrera de Valdecañas
- Hontoria de Cerrato
- Hornillos de Cerrato
- Husillos
- Hérmedes de Cerrato
- Itero de la Vega
- La Pernía
- La Puebla de Valdavia
- La Serna
- La Vid de Ojeda
- Lagartos
- Lantadilla
- Ledigos
- Loma de Ucieza
- Lomas de Campos
- Magaz de Pisuerga
- Manquillos
- Mantinos
- Marcilla de Campos
- Mazariegos
- Mazuecos de Valdeginate
- Melgar de Yuso
- Meneses de Campos
- Micieces de Ojeda
- Monzón de Campos
- Moratinos
- Mudá
- Nogal de las Huertas
- Olea de Boedo
- Olmos de Ojeda
- Osornillo
- Osorno la Mayor
- Palencia
- Palenzuela
- Paredes de Nava
- Payo de Ojeda
- Pedraza de Campos
- Pedrosa de la Vega
- Perales
- Pino del Río
- Piña de Campos
- Población de Arroyo
- Población de Campos
- Población de Cerrato
- Polentinos
- Pomar de Valdivia
- Poza de la Vega
- Pozo de Urama
- Prádanos de Ojeda
- Páramo de Boedo
- Quintana del Puente
- Quintanilla de Onsoña
- Reinoso de Cerrato
- Renedo de la Vega
- Requena de Campos
- Respenda de la Peña
- Revenga de Campos
- Revilla de Collazos
- Ribas de Campos
- Riberos de la Cueza
- Saldaña
- Salinas de Pisuerga
- San Cebrián de Campos
- San Cebrián de Mudá
- San Cristóbal de Boedo
- San Mamés de Campos
- San Román de la Cuba
- Santa Cecilia del Alcor
- Santa Cruz de Boedo
- Santervás de la Vega
- Santibáñez de Ecla
- Santibáñez de la Peña
- Santoyo
- Soto de Cerrato
- Sotobañado y Priorato
- Tabanera de Cerrato
- Tabanera de Valdavia
- Tariego de Cerrato
- Torquemada
- Torremormojón
- Triollo
- Támara de Campos
- Valbuena de Pisuerga
- Valde-Ucieza
- Valdeolmillos
- Valderrábano
- Valle de Cerrato
- Valle del Retortillo
- Velilla del Río Carrión
- Venta de Baños
- Vertavillo
- Villabasta de Valdavia
- Villacidaler
- Villaconancio
- Villada
- Villaeles de Valdavia
- Villaherreros
- Villahán
- Villalaco
- Villalba de Guardo
- Villalcázar de Sirga
- Villalcón
- Villalobón
- Villaluenga de la Vega
- Villamartín de Campos
- Villamediana
- Villameriel
- Villamoronta
- Villamuera de la Cueza
- Villamuriel de Cerrato
- Villanueva del Rebollar
- Villanuño de Valdavia
- Villaprovedo
- Villarmentero de Campos
- Villarrabé
- Villarramiel
- Villasarracino
- Villasila de Valdavia
- Villaturde
- Villaumbrales
- Villaviudas
- Villerías de Campos
- Villodre
- Villodrigo
- Villoldo
- Villota del Páramo
- Villovieco