Lantarón is a town and
municipality
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The term ''municipality' ...
located in the province of
Álava
Álava () or Araba (), officially Araba/Álava, is a Provinces of Spain, province of Spain and a historical territory of the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, heir of the ancient Basque señoríos#Lords of Álava, Lordship ...
, in the
Basque Country, northern
Spain
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.
Villages
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Alcedo
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Bergüenda (Bergonda)
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Caicedo de Yuso
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Comunión
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Fontecha
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Leciñana del Camino (Leziñana)
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Molinilla
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Puentelarrá (Larrazubi)
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Salcedo
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Sobrón
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Turiso
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Zubillaga
History
In the
Middle Ages
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, Lantarón was the site of a fortress on the eastern edge of the
Kingdom of León
The Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 910 when the Christian princes of Kingdom of Asturias, Asturias along the Bay of Biscay, northern coast of the peninsula ...
. In the ninth and tenth centuries the fortress was commanded by a series of counts, often in conjunction with that of
Cerezo:
Gonzalo Téllez (897),
Munio Vélaz Munio Vélaz or Vigílaz (died before 931) was the Count of Álava and probably also of Biscay. The exact dates of his countship are unknown. Only one document, dated 18 May 919 in the cartularies of Valpuesta, names Munio as count in Álava. He r ...
(919),
Fernando Díaz (923) and
Álvaro Herraméliz Álvaro Herraméliz (floruit, fl. 923–931), was a Spanish people, Spanish noble and the count of Lantarón and of Álava in the region that today would be considered the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country in northern Spain.
...
(929).
References
External links
LANTARÓN in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia
Municipalities in Álava
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