| Carrión de los Condes | |||
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Carrión de los Condes
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| Country | Spain | ||
| Autonomous community | Castile and León | ||
| Province | Palencia | ||
| Comarca | Tierra de Campos | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Francisco Javier Villafruela Fierro | ||
| Area | |||
| • Total | 63.37 km2 (24.5 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 830 m (2,723 ft) | ||
| Population (2009) | |||
| • Total | 2,302 | ||
| • Density | 36.3/km2 (94.1/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | Carrionéses | ||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||
| Postal code | 34120 | ||
| Website | Official website | ||
Carrión de los Condes is a municipality in the province of Palencia, part of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León, Spain.
It is 40 kilometers from Palencia, on the Way of Saint James.
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Carrión de los Condes was taken from the Moors by Alonso Carreño around 791–842. Don Carreño took the name Carrión at this time.
Carrión de los Condes was the home of Diego and Fernán González, sons in law of El Cid according to literary tradition.
The town was inhabited by Jews at an early date. Although they outnumbered the Christians both in numbers and in property, they submitted in 1126 to the victorious King Alfonso VI, who showed himself favorably disposed toward them.
In 1160 many of them settled in the neighboring city of Palencia.
The Jewish community of Carrion was so large in 1290 that it paid 92,000 maravedis in taxes, not much less than the amount paid by the community of Burgos. In Carrion, as elsewhere, the Jews were persecuted. Delegates from the city appeared before King Alphonso of Castile (probably Alfonso the Wise), informing him that the Christians of the city, because of a groundless suspicion, had risen against the Jews and killed two of them; that thereupon the Jews had sought refuge in the palace of the prince, who was absent at the time, and, when the Christians followed in pursuit, had escaped through a secret door leading into the court, and locked their pursuers in.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Richard Gottheil and Meyer Kayserling (1901–1906). "Carrion de los Condes". Jewish Encyclopedia. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=203&letter=C.