Medina de Rioseco

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Medina de Rioseco
Nickname(s): City of the Admirals
Medina de Rioseco
Coordinates: [//tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Medina_de_Rioseco&params=41_52_59_N_5_02_34_W_type:city(5037)_region: 41°52′59″N 5°02′34″W / 41.88306°N 5.04278°W / 41.88306; -5.04278]
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castile and León
Province	Valla dolid
Municipality	Medina de Rioseco
Area
• Total	115 km² (44 sq mi)
Elevation	741 m (2,431 ft)
Population (2004)
• Total	5,037
• Density	43.8/km² (113/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Website	www.medinaderioseco.com/

Typical streets in Medina de Rioseco.

Medina de Rioseco is a municipality located in the province of Valladolid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 5,037 inhabitants. The Battle of Medina del Rioseco took place on July 14, 1808, during the Peninsular War.

The city also has the nicknames the "City of the Admirals" and "Old India Girl".

It has an area of 115.43 square kilometres (44.6 sq mi), with a population density of 43.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (113 /sq mi). It is a municipality of Tierra de Campos. The Sequillo river passes nearby.

The coat of arms shield is quartered, with two castles in gold and two horses leaning out of colored battlements on a silver background, surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves, but no crown. It was granted by King John I of Castile.

The city lies along the road of El Camino de Santiago de Madrid.

Origins

The oldest traces of Rioseco come from the Iron Age and the time of Celtic Iberia. Some ancient authors had identified this area as Forum Egurrorum or a market square, in the Visigoths' era, a theory that has been proven wrong. Documents relating to the Tierra de Campos and Campos Gothic or "Campii Gotorum" come from this period. In the middle of the ninth century and throughout the tenth century, this area was a territory of colonization of the Asturian-Leonese kingdom, which also had Mozarabic people, as the Iberian Christians who lived under Arab Islamic rule in Al-Andalus. This perhaps gave the place name for the population: "Medina" (Arabic for "city").

Reconquest

Map of Iberian Peninsula, AD 1000, with Condado de Castilla still located inside the Kingdom of León.

The confluence of the borders between the Kingdom of León and County of Castile has led to battles in this area between the two kingdoms. In 1037, Castile became the separate Kingdom of Castile. Alfonso X the Wise determined the ultimate limits with Valladolid in 1258, leaving Medina for the mountains of Torozos.

During the Middle Ages, in the Merindad of Valladolid Infantazgo (in old Castilian cited as: the Infantadgo of Ualladolid Meryndat), there was an administrative division of the Kingdom of Castile, which is described in the book Calif of Behetrías of Castile,^[1] drafted by the Cortes of Valladolid of 1351, when the establishment of the knights applied to King Pedro I for the absorption of the Behetrías land by conversion to manor.

Admirals of Castile

In May 1405 Don Alonso Enriquez (1354–1429) received the title of Admiral of Castile from King Henry III of Castile, after the death of its previous owner, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. In 1423 John II of Castile issued the manor of Medina Rioseco.

Its traditional commercial role since medieval times gained official status over time. Exercising dominion, D. Fadrique Enriquez, second admiral, was granted by John II the privilege of conducting an annual fair. Under the dominion of Alfonso II Enriquez, third Admiral of Castile, Enrique IV of Castile granted the town a second annual fair, and in 1465 Henry IV gave him a free weekly tax. Don Frederic II, Enríquez de Cabrera, fourth Admiral, began building the palace of the admirals and the church of San Francisco. He also founded the convent of Santa Clara, and during his rule built the church of Santa María de Mediavilla.

16th century

Medina de Rioseco became the global trading hub for silver arriving from the Indies through the port of Seville and enjoyed an economic boom that reached its peak during the 16th century. Donations and legacies poured in from the Americas, greatly increasing the wealth of the city and surrounding parishes. Four large Riosecano temples were built and it became home to one the most important fairs of the kingdom, second only to that at Medina del Campo. At this time the, so-called Penitential Monasteries were founded, which were famous for their processions of penance and passion, and their many chapels and hospitals.

Pictures of Santiago Apóstol Church

Santiago Apóstol Church
Retablo mayor barroco (18th century)
Órgano barroco (18th century)

References

Parts of this article have been translated from the corresponding article in the Spanish Wikipedia.

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Adalia Aguasal Aguilar de Campos Alaejos Alcazarén Aldea de San Miguel Aldeamayor de San Martín Almenara de Adaja Amusquillo Arroyo de la Encomienda Ataquines Bahabón Barcial de la Loma Barruelo del Valle Becilla de Valderaduey Benafarces Bercero Berceruelo Berrueces Bobadilla del Campo Bocigas Bocos de Duero Boecillo Bolaños de Campos Brahojos de Medina Bustillo de Chaves Cabezón de Pisuerga Cabezón de Valderaduey Cabreros del Monte Campaspero Camporredondo Canalejas de Peñafiel Canillas de Esgueva Carpio Casasola de Arión Castrejón de Trabancos Castrillo de Duero Castrillo-Tejeriego Castrobol Castrodeza Castromembibre Castromonte Castronuevo de Esgueva Castronuño Castroponce Castroverde de Cerrato Ceinos de Campos Cervillego de la Cruz Cigales Ciguñuela Cistérniga Cogeces de Íscar Cogeces del Monte Corcos Corrales de Duero Cubillas de Santa Marta Cuenca de Campos Curiel de Duero El Campillo Encinas de Esgueva Esguevillas de Esgueva Fombellida Fompedraza Fontihoyuelo Fresno el Viejo Fuensaldaña Fuente el Sol Fuente-Olmedo Gallegos de Hornija Gatón de Campos Geria Herrín de Campos Hornillos de Eresma Íscar La Mudarra La Parrilla La Pedraja de Portillo La Seca La Unión de Campos La Zarza Laguna de Duero Langayo Llano de Olmedo Lomoviejo Manzanillo Marzales Matapozuelos Matilla de los Caños Mayorga Medina de Rioseco Medina del Campo Megeces Melgar de Abajo Melgar de Arriba Mojados Monasterio de Vega Montealegre de Campos Montemayor de Pililla Moral de la Reina Moraleja de las Panaderas Morales de Campos Mota del Marqués Mucientes Muriel de Zapardiel Nava del Rey Nueva Villa de las Torres Olivares de Duero Olmedo Olmos de Esgueva Olmos de Peñafiel Palazuelo de Vedija Pedrajas de San Esteban Pedrosa del Rey Pesquera de Duero Peñafiel Peñaflor de Hornija Piña de Esgueva Piñel de Abajo Piñel de Arriba Pollos Portillo Pozal de Gallinas Pozaldez Pozuelo de la Orden Puras Quintanilla de Arriba Quintanilla de Onésimo Quintanilla de Trigueros Quintanilla del Molar Ramiro Renedo de Esgueva Roales de Campos Robladillo Roturas Rubí de Bracamonte Rueda Rábano Saelices de Mayorga Salvador de Zapardiel San Cebrián de Mazote San Llorente San Martín de Valvení San Miguel del Arroyo San Miguel del Pino San Pablo de la Moraleja San Pedro de Latarce San Pelayo San Román de Hornija San Salvador San Vicente del Palacio Santa Eufemia del Arroyo Santervás de Campos Santibáñez de Valcorba Santovenia de Pisuerga Sardón de Duero Serrada Siete Iglesias de Trabancos Simancas Tamariz de Campos Tiedra Tordehumos Tordesillas Torre de Esgueva Torre de Peñafiel Torrecilla de la Abadesa Torrecilla de la Orden Torrecilla de la Torre Torrelobatón Torrescárcela Traspinedo Trigueros del Valle Tudela de Duero Urones de Castroponce Urueña Valbuena de Duero Valdearcos de la Vega Valdenebro de los Valles Valdestillas Valdunquillo Valladolid Valoria la Buena Valverde de Campos Vega de Ruiponce Vega de Valdetronco Velascálvaro Velilla Velliza Ventosa de la Cuesta Viana de Cega Villabaruz de Campos Villabrágima Villabáñez Villacarralón Villacid de Campos Villaco Villafrades de Campos Villafranca de Duero Villafrechós Villafuerte de Esgueva Villagarcía de Campos Villagómez la Nueva Villalar de los Comuneros Villalba de la Loma Villalba de los Alcores Villalbarba Villalán de Campos Villalón de Campos Villamuriel de Campos Villanubla Villanueva de Duero Villanueva de San Mancio Villanueva de la Condesa Villanueva de los Caballeros Villanueva de los Infantes Villardefrades Villarmentero de Esgueva Villasexmir Villavaquerín Villavellid Villaverde de Medina Villavicencio de los Caballeros Villán de Tordesillas Viloria Wamba Zaratán

Coordinates: 41°53′N 5°02′W / 41.883°N 5.033°W / 41.883; -5.033

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