San Pedro Manrique is a municipality in the

province of Soria Soria is a province of central Spain, in the eastern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. Most of the province is in the mountainous Sistema Ibérico area. Demographics It is bordered by the provinces of La Rioja, Zaragoza, ...

, Castile and León, Spain. , it had 626 inhabitants. Since the mid-nineteenth century this municipality has aggregated smaller villages. PASO DEL FUEGO SAN PEDRO MANRIQUE

Recinto del paso del fuego en san pedro manrique

There is a deposit of lead in the municipality.

Villages

* Acrijos * Armejún * Buimanco * Fuentebella * Vea * Peñazcurna * Valdemoro de San Pedro Manrique * Villarijo * Matasejún * Valdelavilla *

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* Valdenegrillos * El Vallejo * Taniñe * Las Fuentes de San Pedro * Ventosa de San Pedro * Palacios

Gallery

File:SAN PEDRO MANRIQUE-01.jpg, San Pedro Manrique File:SAN PEDRO MANRIQUE-09-San Miguel (sXIII).jpg, Ruins of the Romanesque church of San Miguel (13th century) File:SAN PEDRO MANRIQUE-02-San Martín de Tours (sXII).jpg, The Romanesque church of San Martín de Tours (12th century) File:SAN PEDRO MANRIQUE-08.jpg, Ermita de la Virgen de la Peña (13th century) File:SAN PEDRO MANRIQUE-06.jpg, Rural architecture of the area File:SAN PEDRO MANRIQUE-03.jpg, The town center File:SAN PEDRO MANRIQUE-04.jpg, A door in the old town wall File:SAN PEDRO MANRIQUE-05.jpg, A house in the town

History

Until the

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the town was a constitutional municipality in the region of

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, Soria. In the census of 1842, the town had were 138 homes and 550 residents. In the 19th century, the municipality expanded to include the localities of Acrijos, Armejún, Buimanco, Fuentebella, Peñazcurna, Valdemoro de San Pedro Manrique, and Villarijo. In the late 20th century, the municipality expanded to incorporate the localities of Matasejún, Valdelavilla, Sarnago, Valdenegrillos, El Vallejo, Taniñe, Las Fuentes de San Pedro, Ventosa de San Pedro, and Palacios. As of 1 January 2010 the population was 639 inhabitants, 359 men and 280 women.

Economy

The town is known for the spicy sausage produced there. The area is mainly reliant on livestock, agriculture, food industry (chacinera), hospitality, forestry and local services.

Folk culture

It is known for its unique celebration of the Día de San Juan. During this festival, some women called "móndidas" dress in traditional costume wearing huge "cestaños" (a kind of basket filling stones for stability, and containing a roulade and several rolls), decorated with flowers and three "arbujuelos" (tree branches covered with unleavened bread colored with saffron). On the night of San Juan, known as the Paso del Fuego, a bonfire next to the shrine of the Virgen de la Peña is lit and when it has burnt to embers, the locals remove their shoes and walk barefoot on the lighted embers. It is very possible that these festivals are residue of a

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pre-Christian holiday, and that the name of móndida comes from Maenad. The event is classified as being of ethnological interest by the

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government. In 2011, a scientific study of firewalking sparked global interest. In this study, the scientists showed evidence of synchronization between the heartbeats of practitioners and spectators at the firewalking ritual.Xygalatas, D., Konvalinka, I., Roepstorff, A., & Bulbulia, J. 2011"Quantifying collective effervescence: Heart-rate dynamics at a fire-walking ritual",Communicative & Integrative Biology 4(6): p735-738. San pedro manrique 1

Landmarks

*Shrine of the Virgin de la Peña * Romanesque church of San Miguel, with statues of the Apostles

References

External links

Fire-walking (Discovery Channel story on the fire-walking rituals of San Pedro Manrique)
from

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{{authority control Municipalities in the Province of Soria