Alarcia is a town of northern Spain, Autonomous Community of Castile and León, province of

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence o ...

, Shire of Montes de Oca, sub-shire of Tirón-Rioja Burgalesa, in the municipality of

Rábanos Rábanos is a municipality and town of northern Spain, Autonomous Community of Castile and León, province of Burgos, Shire of Montes de Oca, sub-shire of Tirón-Rioja Burgalesa. According to the 2004 census (INE INE, Ine or ine may refer to: ...

. It lies between the reservoir Úzquiza (west) and the peak of San Millan (2,131 m) in the Sierra de la Demanda (southeast).

History

On arrival of the Romans in this area (1st Century AD), It belonged to the territory of

Autrigones The Autrigones were a pre-Roman tribe that settled in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, in what today is the western Basque Country (western regions of Biscay and Álava) and northern Burgos and the East of Cantabria, Spain. Their territory lim ...

tribe. The current shire of Montes de Oca, where is ''Halariza'', ''Alariza'' or ''Alarcia'', was repopulated mainly by

Astur The Astures or Asturs, also named Astyrs, were the Hispano-Celtic inhabitants of the northwest area of Hispania that now comprises almost the entire modern autonomous community of Principality of Asturias, the modern province of León, and the ...

Cantabri The Cantabri ( grc-gre, Καντάβροι, ''Kantabroi'') or Ancient Cantabrians, were a pre-Roman people and large tribal federation that lived in the northern coastal region of ancient Iberia in the second half of the first millennium BC. Thes ...

Visigothic The Visigoths (; la, Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were an early Germanic people who, along with the Ostrogoths, constituted the two major political entities of the Goths within the Roman Empire in late antiquity, or what is k ...

and

Vascones The Vascones were a pre- Roman tribe who, on the arrival of the Romans in the 1st century, inhabited a territory that spanned between the upper course of the Ebro river and the southern basin of the western Pyrenees, a region that coincides ...

(Basques) origins in the mid-ninth century, although remained border between the County of Castile with the

Caliphate of Córdoba The Caliphate of Córdoba ( ar, خلافة قرطبة; transliterated ''Khilāfat Qurṭuba''), also known as the Cordoban Caliphate was an Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 929 to 1031. Its territory comprised Iberia and part ...

and its allies for at least a century. The shire was afterwards border between

kingdom of Castile The Kingdom of Castile (; es, Reino de Castilla, la, Regnum Castellae) was a large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region. It began in the 9th centu ...

and the

kingdom of Navarre The Kingdom of Navarre (; , , , ), originally the Kingdom of Pamplona (), was a Basque kingdom that occupied lands on both sides of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean between present-day Spain and France. The medieval state took ...

till the mid-twelfth century. During this period the shire to which belonged change from one kingdom to another until finally passed to the

after an award, in 1146. It appears that the population has its origin in the high-medieval repopulation, but it is not named till 1068 when appears in the endowment document of the episcopal see of Oca that the first king of Castile, Sancho II granted to its Bishop, linking it to Abbey ''Foncea'' or ''Broncea''. It is named in the

fuero (), (), () or () is a Spanish legal term and concept. The word comes from Latin , an open space used as a market, tribunal and meeting place. The same Latin root is the origin of the French terms and , and the Portuguese terms and ; all ...

(charter) of Cerezo, which was granted by

Alfonso VII of León and Castile Alfonso VII (1 March 110521 August 1157), called the Emperor (''el Emperador''), became the King of Galicia in 1111 and King of León and Castile in 1126. Alfonso, born Alfonso Raimúndez, first used the title Emperor of All Spain, alongside ...

, 10 January 1146, to the town of

Cerezo de Río Tirón Cerezo de Río Tirón is a municipality located in the province of Burgos, Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. ...

. Between the 134 villages belonged to the

alfoz Alfoz () is a municipality in the Spanish Galician province of Lugo. It is in the region of A Mariña Central. It borders the municipalities of Foz, Mondoñedo, Abadín and O Valadouro. The population in 2008 was 2,133 people according to the ...

of Cerezo, appears ''Halariza'' next to '' Valmala'' and '' Sancta Crux del Valle (Urbión)''.
Named like ''Alarcia'', its first written record, appears in the census of Floridablanca (1785–1787).

Artistic and natural heritage

* Romanesque church * Reservoir Úzquiza * Sierra de la Demanda

Parish of San Bartolomé

Is a Romance church dedicated to the ''La Asunción de Nuestra Señora'', employee of the parish of Villasur de Herreros in the Arcipestrazgo of San Juan de Ortega, diocese of Burgos. The church was built between the late 10th century and the 13th century and reformed in the 15th century. Recently recovered (2001,...) by the own diocese.

Culture

* Village festivals The weekend nearest San Bartholomew (24 of August).

Population change

The table below details the population since 1842.

Bibliography

* Sebastián de Miñano y Bedoya ''Diccionario geográfico-estadístico de España y Portugal'' Madrid, published by Pierart-Peralta, (1826–1829), 11 vols. * Don Pascual Madoz ''Diccionario geográfico-estadístico de España y sus posesiones de ultramar, de 1846''

Notes

Historic series census

References

External links

Alarcia in the UK Viamichelin Guide

website of the Provincial delegation of Burgos

Rural Tourism Accommodation in Alarcia (Castile and León official tourist website)
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