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Colmenar de Oreja
not understand the celebration of festivals without the presence of Toro in the streets and the Plaza Mayor. Runs, the capeas, closures, and in this, its main protagonists: the bulls are the equivalent of celebration, a fun and, above all, tradition.
a bullfighting tradition, which crippled in 1996 with a ban on celebrations with bulls embolados was imposed in the rules of popular bullfights in Madrid. However, a gang of colmenaretes , persevering in keeping alive the local custom is now prohibited, has made it to be regarded as one of the best teams of strokes in the country, but for Pistons have to leave their village and their autonomous region. HISTORY
An ancient town called together with the current Oreja Colmenar de Oreja were to the modern age two parts of a jurisdiction: the city was Oreja Colmenar de Oreja principal and a schedule of it. Both names would lead hispanicized of " Aureliae " and "Apis Aureliae " Roman settlements formed in the time of the consul Aurelius. However, archaeological remains brought to the area as the place where Hannibal defeated the Carpetani in 220 BC.
After the Roman rule and reign Visigoth, there is confidence in the Oreja existence of a large Arab fortress that controlled the border of the Tajo Road Toledo. Alfonso VII definitely conquer the fortress in 1139, and then proceeded to repopulate the area of \u200b\u200binfluence with the granting of the Charter of Oreja.
Oreja Castle, its term and all its villages, including Colmenar, were ceded to the Order of Santiago in 1171. Later the Knights fell apart, and Colmenar was donated to the Duke of Maqueda in 1540. Finally, in 1625 was created Colmenar County and the title went to the Duke of Frias, under whose jurisdiction it remained until the abolition of the feudal.
Meanwhile, the construction of the Real Sitio de Aranjuez led to a gradual depopulation of Oreja. Instead, he looked like your neighborhood Colmenar grew over time, and the town was acquiring prosperity because of its limestone quarries, among other reasons.
On the other hand, it the Tajo river always acted as natural line of separation between Ear and Colmenar, the provincial division of Spain in 1833 was administratively separated from the cores: Oreja was framed in the province of Toledo, while Colmenar Ear became part of Madrid.
Alfonso XIII granted the town of Colmenar de Oreja title City in 1922. A very well deserved title, it became the third most populous in the province of Madrid and enjoyed great prosperity thanks to its vibrant and thriving agriculture industry. MONUMENTS
In this section you can highlight the Plaza Mayor Colmenar de Oreja, it is one of the most important works of the locality and also does function in the bullring celebrations.
is a splendid example of English square portico with stone columns and wooden balconies, which, began in the s. XVII. The initiation involved a complex piece of engineering, as it was filling a ravine that divided the town, which was achieved with the construction of the tunnel Zacatín, an extensive gallery of more than seventy feet above it sits the square.
But in Colmenar de Oreja can enjoy visiting other monuments, such as the Church of Santa Maria Maggiore . Of all of them can get information on the Guide I link to you. TOUR
The closeness between Colmenar de Oreja and Aranjuez conducive to the Real Site is an ideal place to complete a holiday. Both from the point of view ACCOMMODATION , with the possibility of visit monuments like the Royal Palace, the Casa del Labrador, or the gardens, and from the approach NATURE because Aranjuez treasured natural areas of great environmental value. Such is the case, for example, Natural Reserve The Regajal - Ontígola Sea, with an exceptional importance in entomological items and outstanding aquatic birds.
HUMILLADERO FESTIVALS OF CHRIST THE
The first full weekend of May marks the date of the feast of Corpus Christ of Humilladero in Colmenar de Oreja.
Don Bernardino de Cardenas, Lord of Colmenar de Oreja, died as a hero in the Battle of Lepanto (1571). In recognition, his daughter received a gift of Pope Pius V, the image of Christ that was in his private chapel. This image was moved to Colmenar de Oreja, was deposited in a humble shrine in the town (hence its current name) and was gaining so much devotion among colmenaretes, finally, was declared patron of the villa.
Curiously, we must remember that the mentioned Pius V was the author of the Bull "De salutis dominici Gregis", which forbade the bulls running under penalty of excommunication, and he donated that Christ is Master today Colmenar Ear and, incidentally, in his honor held bullfights identified.
The Plaza Mayor is during the festival of the Holy Christ of Humilladero in a beautiful bullring, which is part of an exciting celebration of amateur and, moreover, end the frantic tour of the site closure: once exceeded the area of \u200b\u200bthe Casa de los Siete Patios, the intermediate sections of the trail are on the decline, through narrow streets with uneven ground and very few places of refuge until the end facing the entrance to the Plaza.
For the holidays this 2011 have been scheduled closures and cattle loose on 6, 7 and 8 May, at different times that you can available on the festival program I link to you. Lagun
NOTE: The beautiful cover photo is the work of "Carmen C", as reflected below, and has published on Flickr. The other two images are taken from publications including the City of Colmenar de Oreja, but I do not know who may be their individual authors. In any case, ask the owners of the rights of all allow me to keep them in this post, I have no profit to my Blog and its inclusion is for reasons merely illustrative of the text.
