Mogrovejo is a small village of the municipality of
Camaleño in
Cantabria, Spain with 44 inhabitants in 2008.
Geography
Mogrovejo is located 460 meters above sea level in the
Picos de Europa, perched on a plain within the
Liébana valley in front of the
Ándara massif. It is 4 kilometers from the municipal capital,
Camaleño.
It can be reached via CA-887, which forks off the main road of CA-185 connecting
Fuente Dé and
Potes.
History
Until the thirteenth century, documents referred to Mogrovejo as "Luarna", the name of an old family from which the saint
Turibius of Mogrovejo
Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo (16 November 1538 – 23 March 1606) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Lima from 1579 until his death. He first studied in the humanities and law before serving as a profess ...
descended.
According to the 19th century geographic dictionary by
Pascual Madoz
Pascual Madoz Ibáñez (May 17, 1806 – December 13, 1870), Spanish politician, statistician, was born at Pamplona.
Biography
In early life Madoz was settled in Barcelona, as a writer and journalist. He envisioned the construction of the ...
the council of Mogrovejo included eight neighborhoods or villages, which continue to remain independent population entities: Mogrovejo, Redo, Los Llanos, Bárcena, Besoy, Sebrango, Llaves and Vallejo.
Pascual Madoz
Pascual Madoz Ibáñez (May 17, 1806 – December 13, 1870), Spanish politician, statistician, was born at Pamplona.
Biography
In early life Madoz was settled in Barcelona, as a writer and journalist. He envisioned the construction of the ...
, Diccionario geográfico-estadístico-histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar. Madrid, 1845-1850. Edición facsímil por Ámbito Ediciones, S.A. y Librería Estudio. Valladolid, 1984.
The entire urban area of Mogrovejo is a
site of cultural interest
Site most often refers to:
* Archaeological site
* Campsite, a place used for overnight stay in an outdoor area
* Construction site
* Location, a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere
* Website, a set of related web pages, typically ...
, with a
historical site category.
Monuments
Mogrovejo was declared a
historical site and
site of cultural interest
Site most often refers to:
* Archaeological site
* Campsite, a place used for overnight stay in an outdoor area
* Construction site
* Location, a point or an area on the Earth's surface or elsewhere
* Website, a set of related web pages, typically ...
. Monuments include:
[Mogrovejo]
turismodecantabria.com, n.d., retrieved 2 July 2018
* the "Tower of Pedro Ruiz de Mogrovejo", a medieval tower from the end of the 13th century, the oldest preserved building
* the church "Our Lady of the Assumption" from the 17th century, a rectangular nave covered by rib-vaults, with a baroque altar, and a 16th-century crucifix. The baroque altarpiece contains the coat of arms of Mogrovejo, highlighting the sculpture of a flaming Virgin from the late 15th century, and a Gothic-Flemish image called "La Milagrosa" from the 15th century.
* mansions of the seventeenth and eighteenth century with forged balconies, some within large parcels surrounded by high walls and monumental entrances. One of Vicente de Celis stands out, with the shield of the Estrada, of the 16th century.
* ordinary houses of the Lebaniego type, with the upper floor frequently open to the exterior, interlaced walls of poles, lined with a clay mantel which delimits a space used as haystack; in some of them the second floor can be accessed with skates, an
Asturian influence. Other types of popular buildings are several semicircular bread ovens and a barn.
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Notable people
* Turibius of Mogrovejo
Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo (16 November 1538 – 23 March 1606) was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the Archbishop of Lima from 1579 until his death. He first studied in the humanities and law before serving as a profess ...
(1538-1606)
* Santo Toribio de Liébana
The Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana is a Roman Catholic monastery located in the district of Liébana, near Potes in Cantabria, Spain. Located in the Cantabrian Mountains in northern Spain, the monastery is one of the five places in Christ ...
, Bishop of Astorga and the Lord of Mogrovejo, who fought with Don Pelayo
Pelagius (; ; ; ; ''c''. 685 – 737) was a Hispano-Visigoth nobleman who founded the Kingdom of Asturias in 718. Pelagius is credited with initiating the ''Reconquista'', the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors, and estab ...
.
References
External links
Mogrovejo
turismodecantabria.com, retrieved 2 July 2018
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Municipalities in Cantabria