Los Arcos

Los Arcos is a commune located at the north of the Spain, in the autonomous Communauté of Navarre.

Population: 1300 inhabitants in 2004.

Geography

22 km southern has is of Estella.

History

Was this Urancia or Cumonium quoted by Ptolémée?
Los Arcos, in any case, existed at the time Roman, survived, and in 1075, Sanche the Wise one (Sanche IV of Navarre, 1054-1076) granted to the city a statute by which frank and Navarrese had same the droits.
It was equipped into 1175 with a “frank” district by Sanche VI (1054-1076).
One called it with the Moyen-âge the city of Juifs.
The pilgrims changed their " coronados " Navarrese against the " maravedis " Castilians.

Culture and inheritance

The Pilgrimage of Compostelle

On the Camino frances of the Pilgrimage of Saint-Jacques-to-Compostelle.
One comes from the Villamayor de Monjardin, the next commune is Torres LED Rio, the church of the Holy Sepulchre and the church San Andrés .

Monk

  • the church Santa Maria of los Arcos.
Recognizable in its high turn, the church of Romance origin, but pertaining by its interior decoration to the Spanish baroque. The effect is seizing; the stuccos, the statues, paintings do not leave any surface to nu.
One will particularly notice the walls of the transept and their decoration imitating of leathers of Cordoue.
On the high altar, purer style baroque, throne a Polychrome statue of wood of XIIIe century representing the black virgin of Santa Maria of los Arcos.
She has a Gothic retable of XVe century and polychrome stalls, a sumptuous organ of the XVIIIe siècle.
The cloister of XVe century, with its blazing windows watch the elegance of the Gothic.

Civilians

The door of the XVIIe century opens on a place with arcades.
Many armoriées frontages, in particular while going up towards north, with the foot of the retimbered hill.


Bonds

  • Camino frances

  • Localization on the chart

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