Moarves de Ojeda

Moarves de Ojeda is a town belonging to the municipality of Olmos de Ojeda in the province of Palencia (Castile & León, Spain).

Basic Details The population of Moarves of Ojeda is 31 according to the Spanish Statistics National Institute (INE) in 2012.

Coordinates Altitude: 939 metres. Latitude: 42° 42′ N Longitude: 004° 24′ O

Etymology The toponym Moarves comes from the word mozarabs (the name of the town in the Middle Ages was Moharabes) referring to the first settlers of the town that were the Mozarabs.

History The town belonged to the Merindad menor de Monzon (a type of former county subdivision dating from the 12th century).Una división administrativa de la Corona de Castilla, vigente durante la Edad Media, cuya descripción figura en el libro Becerro de las Behetrías de Castilla. When the Former Regime disappeared, the town became an independent municipality.Municipio Código INE -345060 In the 1842 census, there were 18 households and 63 neighbours.Entre el censo de 1857 y el anterior Finally, the town merged into the larger municipality of Olmos de Ojeda.

Artistic heritage The most important monument in Moarves de Ojeda is the Church of St John the Baptist, also known as St John of Moarves. It is a superb Romanesque style church.

There is another church: the Church of St Peter that keeps Romanesque corbels.

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Sources

Celdrán, Pancracio: Diccionario de topónimos españoles y sus gentilicios. Espasa-Calpe, 2002. . García Guinea, Miguel Ángel: Románico en Palencia. Diputación de Palencia, 2002 (2ª edición revisada). .

Moarves de Ojeda

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