Torrecilla sobre Alesanco is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of 4.36 square kilometres (1.68sqmi) and as of 2011 had a population of 38 people.[2]
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Location of Torrecilla sobre Alesanco in the municipality map of La Rioja
Geography
Position
It has a privileged situation for having a 617 metres official average altitude, between Nájera and Santo Domingo de la Calzada. Actually, it is 12km far from each other. Nearby there are different villages, such as San Millán de la Cogolla (15km), Cañas (2km) and Logroño, the capital city of La Rioja (37km).
It is placed in the medium course of the Tuerto river.
In the 12th century, Mrs. Toda Petriz, who was Mr. Pedro López de Haro’s widow, quoted Torrecilla in a donation writing.
In 1215, Mrs. Toda relinquished the locality to Santa María la Real of Nájera monastery, in assistance for her soul[citation needed].
Landmarks
Asunción church
The parochial church of Asunción was built in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is an ashlar work with recent added bricks. It consists of a nave with an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof and two side chapels. Lately, the upper part of the tower has been reconstructed with bricks.
The chancel, the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary, is an altarpiece with:
In the nave, two altarpieces more are shown: the first one in honour of Valvanera Virgin, while the second one was dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
Landscape
According to the landscape topology, the wood has been repopulated with pine trees, although it still preserves some oaks. Among the wide diversity, the most plentiful animals in this area are: the medium-size predatory animals, foxes, rabbits and partridge birds.
Economy
The economy in this village is mainly agricultural based on cultivations of potatoes, beetroots, wheat and barley. However, a quarter of the total worked area is destined to vineyards.
The cattle herd (including bovine and porcine) which Pascual Madoz described in his "Geographic, Statistical and historical dictionary of La Rioja" a century ago has been currently reduced to two pig farms.
Local festivities
15 August in honour of Our Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven
Thanks offering, 3rd Saturday with traditional dances
Corpus Christi’s Eve, religious pilgrimage to the Valvanera monastery, commemorating the disappearance of a disease that devastated the village in 1523. Until recently, the romeria has been celebrated on 25 March. They move in carriages and pick up stones from the Sanctuary which when thrown to the air, protect their fields from storms.
On 14 May, eve of Isidore the Farm Labourer, Isidore of Seville is celebrated. On 15 May both saints travers in procession through the fields.
Politics
More information Term, Mayor ...
List of mayors since the democratic elections of 1979
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