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Órbigo
The Órbigo River is a river in the provinces of León and Zamora, Spain. It begins at the convergence of the Luna River and the Omaña River in the village of Secarejo, in the Cimanes del Tejar municipality. Decades ago, that confluence was some km. before, in the town of Santiago del Molinillo. It flows from north to south through the province of León and ultimately flows into the Esla River below Benavente. How the river came to have this name is not known. According to the linguist E. Bascuas, the toponym Órbigo, would come from a Paleo-European hydronymic theme *urw-, derived from the Indo-European The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the northern Indian subcontinent, most of Europe, and the Iranian plateau with additional native branches found in regions such as Sri Lanka, the Maldives, parts of Central Asia (e. ... root *er- 'flow, move', with a hydronymic meaning. The first mention is from Hydatius "Ad fluvium nomine Urbicum".Ede ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ribera Del Órbigo
Ribera del Órbigo is a region () located in the León province, Castile and León, Spain. Geography The region covers the territory bathed by the waters of the Órbigo River; this rises near Secarejo, fruit of the confluence of the rivers Omaña River, Omaña and Río Luna, Luna, although the northern limits are located somewhat further north and include a brief stretch of the Omaña River. From north to south it covers the municipal areas of Las Omañas, Llamas de la Ribera, Cimanes del Tejar, Carrizo de la Ribera, Turcia, Santa Marina del Rey, Benavides de Órbigo, Villares de Órbigo, Hospital de Órbigo and Villarejo de Órbigo. History Waters of the river and the different canals that have been built since the Middle Ages. It favored a rich and varied agriculture that has traditionally developed and favored the settlement of urban centers with a more or less stable population. The geographical and economic characteristics of the valley contributed to the formation o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hospital De Órbigo
Hospital de Órbigo () is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census ( INE), the municipality had a population of 1,031 inhabitants. It is a stopping point along the Camino de Santiago and has a long stone medieval bridge, which was recently restored. The town itself is part of the community of Puente de Órbigo, puente meaning bridge. History During the Middle Ages there was a small village along the east side of the Órbigo River with a small church dedicated to the Virgin Mary, called Puente de Órbigo. In the 16th century the Knights Hospitaller established a pilgrim hospital on the west side of the river that came to be called Hospital de Órbigo. The town was a battle site in 456 between forces loyal to Theuderic I and Rechiar. Due to the bridge it was also important during the battles during Spain's Reconquista with Almanzor passing through the town at least once. Closer to the modern era in the 19th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaña River
Omaña River is a river with located in the northwest of Spain, in the province of León. It is formed as a stream at the Spring (hydrology), water spring from the eastern slope of Tambarón Peak, in the village of Montrondo, which falls within the municipality of Murias de Paredes and ends when its waters converge with the Luna River (Spain), Luna River, forming the Órbigo River. Etymology According to tradition, the name of the river comes from the name that the Romans gave to the inhabitants of the region it crosses: ''homus manium'' or "godmen", due to their hardness and resistance. however considers that the name of the river comes from ''Aqua Mania'', interpretation consistent with other hydronyms of the northern peninsula. According to this analysis, the river lent its name to the region and not the other way around. Geography The Omaña river crosses the region to which it gives its name; passing through the towns of Murias de Paredes, Vegarienza, El Castillo (Murias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suero De Quiñones
Suero de Quiñones (c. 1409 – 11 July 1456), called ("he of the pass"), was a Leonese knight, nobleman, and author in the Kingdom of León (then part of the Crown of Castile). He gained fame for his ''Paso Honroso'', a '' pas d'armes'' (passage of arms), at the Órbigo River in 1434. Early life Suero was born in 1409 in the Kingdom of León, the second of ten children of wealthy Leonese landowner Diego Fernández de Quiñones, known as ''El Afortunado'' (The Fortunate One) and scion of the House of Quiñones, and his wife María de Toledo. By the 1420s, Suero and his elder brother Pedro de Quiñones were active participants in Castilian political life as members of the court of Constable of Castile Álvaro de Luna. Adulthood In 1431, Suero participated in Battle of La Higueruela, during which the forces of John II of Castile, led by Álvaro de Luna, attempted to take Granada as part of the Spanish Reconquista. Paso Honoroso Suero's renown grew in 1434, when he e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pas D'Armes
The () or passage of arms was a type of chivalric hastilude (martial game) that evolved in the late 14th century and remained popular through the 15th century. It involved a knight or group of knights (' or "holders") who would stake out a traveled spot, such as a bridge or city gate, and let it be known that any other knight who wished to pass (' or "comers") must first fight, or be disgraced. If a traveling venan did not have weapons or horse to meet the challenge, one might be provided, and if the venan chose not to fight, he would leave his spurs behind as a sign of humiliation. If a lady passed unescorted, she would leave behind a glove or scarf, to be rescued and returned to her by a future knight who passed that way. The origins of can be found in a number of factors. During the 14th and 15th centuries the chivalric idea of a noble knight clashed with new more deadly forms of warfare, as seen during the Hundred Years' War, when commoner yeomanry armed with longbows could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omaña (river)
Omaña is a comarca of the province of León, autonomous community of Castile and León, in Spain. It is a historical region without administrative recognition. The traditional capital of the region is Murias de Paredes, which was the head of the judicial district until well into the 20th century. Omaña is formed by the municipalities of Soto y Amío, Murias de Paredes, Riello and Valdesamario. Although sometimes the municipality Las Omañas is considered part of Omaña, others place it, due to its physical character, on the Ribera del Órbigo. Etymology The toponym "Omaña"—''Oumaña'' in Leonese language, Leonese—comes from, the name given to the by the Romans inhabitants of this area: ''homus manium'' or "god men," for their hardness and resilience; This interpretation is doubtful, since the expression ''homus manium'' is not correct in Latin and is not consistent with other toponyms with the same roots. Other more rigorous etymological analyzes from the linguistic an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castile And León
Castile and León is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwestern Spain. Castile and León is the largest autonomous community in Spain by area, covering 94,222 km2. It is, however, sparsely populated, with a population density below 30/km2. While Capital of Castile and León, a capital has not been explicitly declared, the seats of the executive and legislative powers are set in Valladolid by law, and for all purposes that city (also the most populated municipality) serves as the ''de facto'' regional capital. Castile and León is a landlocked region, bordered by Portugal as well as by the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia (Spain), Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Autonomous Community, Basque Country, La Rioja (Spain), La Rioja, Aragon, Castilla–La Mancha, the Community of Madrid and Extremadura. Chiefly comprising the northern half of the Meseta Central, Inner Plateau, it is surrounded by mountain barriers (the Cantabrian Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Spain
This is an incomplete list of rivers that are at least partially in Spain. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. Rivers in the mainland Iberian Peninsula can be divided into those belonging to the Mediterranean watershed, those flowing into the Atlantic Ocean and those emptying into the Cantabrian sea (a marginal sea of the Atlantic off the northern coast of the Iberian peninsula). Tributaries are listed down the page in an downstream direction. The main stem river of a catchment is labelled as , left-bank tributaries are indicated by , right-bank tributaries by . Where a named river derives from the confluence of two differently named rivers these are labelled as and for the left and right forks (the rivers on the left and right, relative to an observer facing downstream). The transboundary rivers partially running through Portugal or France and/or along the borders of Spain with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esla River
The Esla is a river in the provinces of León and Zamora in the northwest of Spain. It is a tributary of the Duero River that starts in the Cantabrian Mountains and is long. Its direction of flow is from north to south. It is the largest tributary of the Duero in terms of discharge; in fact, at its mouth at the confluence with the Duero, it has a greater discharge than the volume in the main river. The most official source of the river is the “Fuente del Naranco” in Valdosín (near La Uña in León province).Atlas de España (1992). El Pais. Aguilar S.A. de Ediciones. This river was known as the Astura to the ancient Romans, from which the Asturian people took their name. They were ancestors of the modern inhabitants of Asturias and León, living on both sides of the Cantabrian Mountains. Many of the toponyms in the area owe their name to the river; for example, Villafalé (''Villa Fértil a orillas del Río Astura''), ''Vega del Esla'', ''Mansilla del Esla'', etc. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luna (river)
Luna commonly refers to: * Earth's Moon, named "Luna" in Latin, Spanish and other languages * Luna (goddess), the ancient Roman personification of the Moon * Luna (name), including a list of people and characters with this given name and surname * Luna marble, the ancient Roman term for Carrara marble Luna may also refer to: Places Philippines * Luna, Apayao * Luna, Isabela * Luna, La Union * Luna, San Jose Romania * Luna, Negrești-Oaș town, Satu Mare County * Luna, Cluj * Luna de Jos, Dăbâca Commune, Cluj County * Luna de Sus, Florești, Cluj * Luna River United States * Luna, Arkansas * Luna, Missouri * Luna, Minnesota * Luna, New Mexico * Luna County, New Mexico * Luna Island, in Niagara Falls, New York * Luna Lake (Arizona), a natural body of water * Luna Pier, Michigan, a city Other places * Luna (Etruria), a city in ancient Etruria (now Italy) destroyed by the Arabs in 1016 * , tributary of Órbigo * Luna, Aragon, Spain * Luna, Rajasthan, India * Luna forest, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Province Of Zamora
Zamora () is a Provinces of Spain, province of western Spain, in the western part of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile and León. It is bordered by the provinces of Province of Ourense, Ourense, Province of León, León, Province of Valladolid, Valladolid, and Province of Salamanca, Salamanca, and by Portugal. The present-day province of Zamora was one of three provinces formed from the former Kingdom of León in 1833, when 1833 territorial division of Spain, Spain was reorganized into 49 provinces. Of the 174,549 people (2018) in the province, nearly a third live in the capital, Zamora (Spain), Zamora. This province has 250 municipalities. Geography The Province of Zamora is in northwestern Spain where it borders on Portugal, which lies to the southwest. To the west lies the province of Ourense, to the north lies Province of León, León, to the east lies Province of Valladolid, Valladolid, and to the south lies Province of Salamanca, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esla River
The Esla is a river in the provinces of León and Zamora in the northwest of Spain. It is a tributary of the Duero River that starts in the Cantabrian Mountains and is long. Its direction of flow is from north to south. It is the largest tributary of the Duero in terms of discharge; in fact, at its mouth at the confluence with the Duero, it has a greater discharge than the volume in the main river. The most official source of the river is the “Fuente del Naranco” in Valdosín (near La Uña in León province).Atlas de España (1992). El Pais. Aguilar S.A. de Ediciones. This river was known as the Astura to the ancient Romans, from which the Asturian people took their name. They were ancestors of the modern inhabitants of Asturias and León, living on both sides of the Cantabrian Mountains. Many of the toponyms in the area owe their name to the river; for example, Villafalé (''Villa Fértil a orillas del Río Astura''), ''Vega del Esla'', ''Mansilla del Esla'', etc. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
