Almeida of sayago – Wikipedia

Almeida de Sayago is a northwestern panic place and a community (municipality) With only 452 inhabitants (as of 2019) in the south of the province of Zamora in the autonomous community of Castile-León.

The town of Almeida de Sayago is about 10 km north of a side arm of the Almendra dam at an altitude of approx. 810 m in the south of the old cultural landscape of Sayago. The provincial capital Zamora is a good 41 km (route) in the northeast. The moderate climate is temporarily influenced by the Atlantic; Rain (approx. 550 mm/year) falls mainly in the winter half -year.

As a result of the mechanization of agriculture, the task of farm farms (“Höfesterben”) and the resulting unemployment in the country, the population has decreased significantly since the middle of the 20th century. Also the incorporation of the hamlet Squad In the 1960s the process of the depopulation could not stop.

Agriculture, especially the planting of olive and fruit trees as well as the breeding of cattle (see Sayaguesa ), Sheep and goats, traditionally play the greatest role in the community’s economic life. In addition, the place already acted in the Middle Ages as a commercial, craft and service center for the hamlets and individual homes in the region. Income from tourism in the form of renting as holiday apartments (Rural houses) Used empty houses have been added since the 1960s.

In the municipal area there is the poorly preserved Dolmen del Casal del Cat . Copper and Bronze Age small finds were also made. In pre -Roman times, tribal groups of the Celtic people of the Vettons settled here, which of the Romans in 193 BC. Were subject to (Hispania). As a result, Almeida developed into a crossing point of several smaller Roman roads in the region. No finds are known from West Gothic and Islamic times. The reconquest (regain) The only sparsely populated and remote areas by the Kingdom of León in the 10th and 11th centuries went largely without a fight; After that, her re-settlement began- or better- (resettlement) .

Stone plate bridge in the hamlet Squad

• The single -nave Church of San Juan Bautista has a medieval origin, but its current appearance corresponds to a extensive new building in the baroque period. The jewelry and portal west facade is made by a two-storey bell gable (bulrush) exaggerated; The entire cubically designed choir area is increased compared to the nave. The central figure of the altar re -style, manufactured in the Renaissance style in 1631, is attributed to Gregorio Fernández due to its high -quality execution.
• The stone slab of the Rebollar bridge is often attributed to the Romans due to its location on a Roman road. However, a conversion or new building in the late Middle Ages is more likely.
• The The pipe The fountain mentioned was only created in 1901.

Vicinity

• About 4 km west of the village is located Dolmen del Casal del Cat , whose tumulus and burial chamber have been destroyed for a long time. ^[3]
• Near the hamlet Squad There is another but significantly smaller stone slab bridge.

1. ↑ Official population figures resulting from the review of the municipal register on January 1 . Population statistics of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
2. ↑ Almeida de Sayago – population development
3. ↑ Sayago Almeida – Dolmen