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Palencia
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General information
Native name Palencia (Spanish)
Spanish name Palencia
Postal code 34---
Website http://www.aytopalencia.es/
Administration
Country Spain
Autonomous Community Castile and León
Province Palencia
Comarca Tierra de Campos
Mayor Heliodoro Gallego Cuesta (PSOE)
Geography
Land Area 94,71 km²
Altitude 749 m AMSL
Population
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Cathedral of Palencia
Cathedral of Palencia
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Palencia is a city south of Tierra de Campos, in north-northwest Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Palencia is a province of northern Spain, in the northern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. An autonomous community is a first-level political division of the Kingdom of Spain, established in accordance with the Spanish Constitution. Castile and León (Castilla y León known formally as the Community of Castile and León is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. The municipality had a population of 80,801 in 2002.

Palencia contains a few historic sights. The Roman bridge across the Carrión river was replaced by the medieval one of three arches: the old section of the city is on the left bank, the modern suburban development is on the right bank: it seems likely that the first inhabitants settled on the right bank, and later moved to the left bank — set in higher ground — because of the frequent floodings. The Carrión is a River in northern Spain. It is a tributary of Pisuerga river The old city walls more than 10 meters high can still be traced; the alamedas or promenades along them were laid out in 1778. The flamboyant Gothic Cathedral built from 1321 to 1504 and dedicated to San Antolín, stands over a low vaulted Visigothic crypt; its museum contains a number of important works of art, including a retablo of twelve panels by Juan de Flandes, court painter to Queen Isabella of Castile. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral In terms of European architecture a crypt (from the Latin crypta and the Greek κρυπτη, kryptē) is a stone chamber or A retable is a term of ecclesiastical art and ecclesiastical architecture, applied in modern English usage to an Altar -ledge or shelf raised slightly Juan de Flandes ('John of Flanders' was an Early Netherlandish painter who was active in Spain from 1496 to 1519 The Archeological Museum contains Celtiberian ceramics. The Celtiberians (or Celt-Iberians were a Celtic people of Hallstatt culture Palencia is also famous for the 13th-century church of San Miguel and the Benedictine monastery of San Zoilo, housed in an 18th-century rococo structure by Juan de Badajoz. Rococo is a style of 18th century French art and Interior design.

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History

Under Rome. The fortified Celtiberian settlement, was rendered as Pallantia (Παλλαντία) by Strabo and Ptolemy (ii. The Celtiberians (or Celt-Iberians were a Celtic people of Hallstatt culture Strabo ( Greek: Στράβων 63/64 BC – ca AD 24 was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher. Claudius Ptolemaeus ( Greek: Klaúdios Ptolemaîos; after 83 &ndash ca 6. § 50) and the Romans, a version possibly of the Celtic root pala, "plain". It was the chief town of the Vaccaei, although Strabo wrongly assigns it to the Arevaci. The Vaccaei were an ancient tribe who settled in the Meseta Central of northern Hispania. The Arevaci were an ancient Celtiberian tribe who settled in the Meseta Central of northern Hispania. The city was starved into submission in the second century BCE and incorporated into the Roman province of Hispania Tarraconensis, in the jurisdiction of Clunia. Hispania Tarraconensis was one of three Roman provinces in Hispania. Clunia, full name Colonia Clunia Sulpicia, was an ancient Roman city located on Alto de Castro at more than 1000 m above MSL, between the cities of Peñalba Though the little Roman garrison city was an active mint, it was insignificant compared to the Roman villas of Late Antiquity in the surrounding territory. A Roman villa is a Villa that was built or lived in during the Roman republic and the Roman Empire. Late Antiquity (c 300-600 is a Periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in Archeologists have uncovered the remains of Roman villas at La Olmeda and at the "Quintanilla de la Cueza," where the fragments of mosaic floors are spectacularly refined. Art History Mosaics of the 4th century BC are found in the Macedonian palace-city of Aegae, and they enriched the floors of Hellenistic According to the fifth-century Galician chronicler Idatius, the city of Palencia was all but destroyed (457) in the Visigothic wars against the Suevi: the date falls in the reign of Theodoric II, whose power center still lay far to the east, in Aquitania. Galicia (occasionally Galiza) is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. Hydatius or Idacius (c 400— c 469 Bishop of Aquae Flaviae in the Roman province of Gallaecia (almost certainly the modern The Suebi or Suevi (from Proto-Germanic * swēbaz based on the Proto-Germanic root * swē- meaning "one's own" Theodoric II (in Spanish and Portuguese Teodorico) murdered his older brother Thorismund to become king of the Visigoths in 453 When the Visigoths conquered the territory, however, they retained the Roman rural villa system in establishing the Campos Góticos.

Under the Bishops. In the city itself, the Catholic bishopric of Palencia had been founded in the third century or earlier,[1] assuming its bishop was among those assembled in the third century to depose Basilides, bishop of Astorga. With the arrival of effective Visigothic power, official Arians and opposition Catholics disputed the bishopric of Palencia. Arianism is the theological teaching of Arius (c AD 250-336 who was ruled a heretic by the Christian church at the Council of Nicea. Priscillian's ascetic heresy, which originated in Galicia, spread over the Tierra de Campos ruled by the Arian Visigoths, and was opposed by Toribius, Bishop of Astorga. Priscillian, Bishop of Ávila (died 385 a theologian from Roman Gallaecia (in the Iberian Peninsula) was the first person in the Galicia (occasionally Galiza) is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. Saint Toribius (Turibius of Astorga (fl 460 AD was a Bishop of Astorga, in Spain Maurila, an Arian bishop established in Palencia by Leovigild, followed King Reccared's conversion to Catholicism (587), and in 589 he assisted at the Third Council of Toledo. Liuvigild, Leuvigild, Leovigild, or Leogild was Visigothic King of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) from 569 Reccared (or Recared) I (reigned 586—601 was Visigothic King of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula) The Third Council of Toledo (589 marks the entry of Catholic Christianity into the rule of Visigothic Spain, and the introduction into Western Christianity Bishop Conantius, the biographer of Saint Ildephonsus, assisted at synods and councils in Toledo and composed music and a book of prayers from the Psalms; he ruled the see for more than thirty years, and had for pupil Fructuosus of Braga. Alfonso ( Italian and Spanish) Alfons ( Catalan and German) Afonso ( Portuguese For the martyr-saint of Tarragona see Fructuosus. Saint Fructuosus of Braga was the Bishop of Dumio and Archbishop of Braga

Under the Moors. When the Moors arrived in the early eighth century, resistance was fragmented among bishops in control of the small walled towns, and the territorial magnates in their fortified villas. A concerted resistance seems to have been ineffective, and the fragmented system crumbled villa by villa. Palencia was insignificant: Moorish writers only once cite the border city in the division of the provinces previous to the Ummayyad dynasty. The diocese of Palencia was but a name— a "titular see"— until Froila, Count of Villafruela, succeeded in retaking the area of the see in 921, but the true restorer of Christian power was Sancho III of Navarre. A titular see in the Roman Catholic Church is a Diocese or Archdiocese that now exists in title only Sancho III Garcés (late 10th century &ndash 18 October 1035) called the Great ( Spanish: el Mayor or el Grande) was At Palencia El Cid married his Ximena in 1074. Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar (c 1040 Vivar, near Burgos &ndash 10 July 1099, Valencia) known as

Under the restored Bishops. The first prelate of the restored see (1035) is said to have been Bernardo, whom Sancho gave feudal command over the city and its lands, with the various castles and the few abbeys. Feudalism, a term first used in the early modern period (17th century in its most classic sense refers to a Medieval Europe Political system composed Bernardo was born in France or Navarre, and devoted himself to the reconstruction of the original cathedral built over the crypt of the local Saint Antolín (Antoninus), the patron saint of Palencia, who is venerated here alone, with his Ferias, a moveable feast in September. The cathedral was rebuilt again three centuries later. Its principal treasures were relics of Antoninus, formerly venerated in Aquitania, whence they had been brought. Alfonso VI conferred many privileges on Bernardo's successor, Raimundo. Pedro of Agen in France, one of the noted men brought in by Bishop Bernardo of Toledo, succeeded Bishop Raimundo. A supporter of Queen Urraca, he was imprisoned by Alfonso I of Aragon. Alfonso I (1073/1074 &ndash 8 September 1134) called el Batallador, the Battler or the Warrior, was the king of Aragón In 1113 a provincial council was held in Palencia by Archbishop Bernardo to quell the disorders of the epoch. The long and beneficent administration of Pedro was succeeded by that of Pedro II, who died in Almeria and was succeeded by Raimundo II. Bishop Tello took part in the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, where Palencia won the right to emblazon the cross over its castle. The July 16 1212 battle of Las Navas de Tolosa ( Spanish: Batalla de Las Navas de Tolosa / Arabic: معركة العقاب

University of Palencia. The first university in Castile, the studium generale of Palencia was founded by Alfonso VIII in 1208; however, the school did not long survive him. A university is an institution of Higher education and Research, which grants Academic degrees in a variety of subjects Alfonso VIII ( 11 November 1155 &ndash 5 October 1214) called the Noble or Él de las Navas, was the King It has been suggested that the 13th-century poet Gonzalo de Berceo studied at the University during its brief existence. Gonzalo de Berceo (ca 1190&ndash before 1264 was a Spanish Poet born in the Riojan village of Berceo, close to the major Benedictine monastery The teachers from Palencia were drawn to the thriving University of Salamanca. The University of Salamanca (Universidad de Salamanca located in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid, is the oldest university in Spain (the older

Later bishops. In 1410 Bishop Sancho de Rojas fought at the battle of Antequera, where the Infante Ferdinand, regent of Castile and León, defeated Mohammed VII, king of Granada, and in the Treaty of Caspe he aided Ferdinand to secure the crown of Aragon. Ferdinand I (Ferran - Catalan (Medina del Campo Castile 27 November 1380 &ndash Igualada Catalonia 2 April 1416) called of Antequera Saint Vincent Ferrer preached in Palencia, so successfully converting thousands of Jews, the Catholic sources tell, that he was permitted to employ the synagogue for his new-founded hospital of San Salvador, later joined to that of S. Saint Vincent Ferrer ( Valencian: Sant Vicent Ferrer; 23 January 1350 &ndash 5 April 1419) was a Valencian A synagogue (from Greek: grc συναγωγή transliterated synagogē, "assembly" he בית כנסת beit knesset, "house of Antolin.

Among the successive bishops of Palencia, who, as feudal lords, were invariably members of the noble families:

A short distance south of the city, in the village of Baños de Cerrato, is the oldest church on the peninsula, a seventh-century basilica dedicated to Saint John and built by the Visigoth King Reccaswinth (died 672). Munio de Zamora (died 1300 became the seventh Master General of the Dominican Order in 1285 thanks in large part to the manipulations performed by his patron Sancho IV Rodrigo Sánchez de Arévalo ( Rodericus Zamorensis) (diocese of Segovia, 1404 - 4 October[[ 470]] was a Spanish churchman historian and political The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek, Basiliké Stoà, Royal Stoa) was originally used to describe a Roman The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, or Wisi were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Recceswinth, or Reccesuinth, Recceswint, Reccaswinth, Recdeswinth, Recesvinto ( Spanish and Portuguese)

References

  1. ^ Flórez, España Sagrada, vol. viii.

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