LEN CITY OF KINGS AND CROSSROADS
#KINGS #CROSSROADS LEN CITY OF KINGS AND CROSSROADS.
httpshistoryofspain esen The city of Len was founded in the year 29 BC as a Roman legion military camp intended to protect the routes towards the north east of the peninsula where significant gold deposits were located This camp became a permanent settlement with the establishment of the Legio VII Gemina from which the name of Len derives and which remained on this site until the beginning of the 5th century supporting the Roman provinces in Hispania After the Roman period the city formed part of the Kingdom of the Suebi and later the Visigothic Kingdom At the start of the 7th century Len was conquered by the Muslims later recovered in the year 754 by King Alfonso I of Asturias In the year 910 King Ordoo II made it the capital of the Kingdom of Len actively participating in the Reconquista against the Muslims It becomes one of the fundamental kingdoms in the configuration of the future Kingdom of Spain In the year 1118 under the reign of Alfonso IX of Len the city housed the first Cortes Courts the charters of which have been preserved and reflect a new model of government in which the people participate in decisions alongside the king the church and the nobility through representatives elected in the cities that would subsequently make up the Kingdom of Len Len Astorga Avils Ciudad Rodrigo Oviedo Salamanca Toro or Zamora From this Kingdom of Len emerged the counties of Castile and Portugal which over time would become independent kingdoms From the year 1217 the kingdoms of Castile and Len were joined under a single crown the Kingdom of Castile Len has preserved a rich historic heritage From its origins we have the Roman city walls completed by the kings Alfonso V of Len and Alfonso XI of Castile in the medieval period The pantheon of the Kings of Len known as the Sistine Chapel of Romanesque Art is housed in the Royal Collegiate Church of San Isidoro Also worth mentioning is the gothic Cathedral of Santa Mara de Regla known as la Pulchra Leonina Latin for the Len beauty It has more than 700 ornate and colourful stained glass windows and rose windows that create an impressive spectacle of light and colour within As a result the cathedral is said to have walls of glass From the renaissance period we have the Hostal de San Marcos with its cloister and Plateresque facade constructed thanks to a donation from King Ferdinand the Catholic The poet Francisco de Quevedo was imprisoned in this convent for four years Today it houses a Parador de Turismo hotel In more recent times the Casa Botines stands out a beautiful building constructed at the end of the 19th century by architect Antonio Gaud in the neogothic style with modernist influences and the MUSAC Museum of Contemporary Art of Castile and Len from the 21st century with its main facade consisting of a mosaic of glass in 40 colours obtained from the digitalisation of one of the main stained glass windows of the Cathedral of Len The Camino de Santiago passes through Len and in its province you can visit Astorga with its Cathedral and Gauds Episcopal Palace Ponferrada capital of El Bierzo with its Templar castle fortress and Villafranca del Bierzo Molinaseca Sahagn Pealba de Santiago or Castrillo de Polvazares Travellers seeking nature and landscapes should definitely visit Mdulas the most important open pit gold mine of the Roman Empire the Sierra de los Ancares where thanks to its isolation ancestral customs like the pallozo traditional thatch roof dwelling have been maintained the Riao reservoir with the so called Len Fjords or the valleys of the Babia region where the Kings of Len used to retire to rest giving rise to the Spanish expression to be in Babia meaning to have your head in the clouds A good starting point for Len cuisine is the barrio hmedo district where you can try cecina cured beef or horse meat or morcilla de Len a type of black pudding made only with pigs blood and onion Other typical Len dishes include the Botillo del Bierzo a stew made with pork sausage the Cocido Maragato a stew eaten in reverse first the meat then the chickpeas and finally the soup or Sahagn leeks When it comes to desserts try some Astorga mantecados a type of sponge cake or the puff pastry Nicanores de Boar All this accompanied by an El Bierzo or Tierra de Len PDO wine Documented by Olegario Llamazares Garca Lomas
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Published : Feb 08, 2023
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