Antoñana

History

Since prehistoric times, the village of Antoñana has been inhabited by nomads who raised livestock breeding.
During the Middle Ages, it was an important town, much disputed by the kingdoms of Navarre and Castile, due to its strategic location and because it was a place of great importance.
Navarre and Castile, due to its strategic location and because it was a place of passage for people who travelled between the interior and the interior and the coast.
The Navarrese king Sancho the Wise walled it in and in 1182 granted it a charter in Tudela, where it was delimited its extension, which was much larger than it is today.
It remained under Navarrese rule until 1200, when it was annexed to the Crown of Castile, when King Alfonso VIII took possession of the valley of Campezo. In his will of 1204, the king promised that on his death the town would be returned to him, that on his death the town would be returned to its legitimate owner, Sancho el Fuerte of Navarre.
However, the king’s will was not fulfilled: in documents dated 1218, and in a royal decree issued in 1239 by Ferdinand III promulgated in 1239 by Ferdinand III the Saint, it is assumed that the town continued to belong to Castile.

Antoñana was a royal town until 1367, the year in which King Henry II of Trastámara gave it to Don Ruy Díaz de Rojas, a nobleman he trusted.
Ruy Díaz de Rojas, as he was a nobleman he trusted. It passed from the hands of the Rojas family to the Hurtado de Mendoza, Counts of Orgaz.
In 1635, both Antoñana and Santa Cruz de Campezo managed to free themselves from the jurisdiction of the count by payment to the crown, “to have and perpetually enjoy the civil and criminal jurisdiction, which neither touched nor touches the and criminal jurisdiction, which neither touched nor touches the said count, and of which you have used and use, both by letters of execution, and in any other way pertaining to me, without touching or innovating in the jurisdiction of the said count for the domicile of the domicile of the said town”.

Village

The medieval walled town of Antoñana is considered a National Monument of the Basque Country. It sits on a mound and on top of an old fort, on the left bank of the river Ega.
Three main streets cross the town from north to south, where the emblazoned houses are located, with coats of arms on the walls. Of all of them, it is worth highlighting the tower-house of the Hurtado de Mendoza, Counts of Orgaz (13th century) and the palace house with tower of the Elorza family (16th century).
The only surviving medieval gate is located to the south, and the cube to the west. The streets are
The streets are connected by covered wooden passageways, narrow alleys and cantons. Using
the wall as a wall, the houses were built inwards. The windows and balconies open onto the wall itself.
The church dedicated to San Vicente Mártir is located at the entrance to the old town.
The 17th century building that used to house the prison has been converted into a Beekeeping Centre and Exhibition Hall. Next to the wall is the monument to the bee, and the recreational park with tables and barbecues. The former school is now a toy library. In the centre of the town is the pelota court. Following the Agín path towards the Soila mountain, there is a dense forest with centenary yew trees of large dimensions, two singular trees, a lime and a yew, and other trees such as beeches, oaks and holm oaks where truffles are grown.
In a beautiful spot nearby is the Aguaqué watering place, where the dams form waterfalls. A flour mill built in 1617 still stands on the river Ega. Several bridges cross the rivers Berrón and Sabando, of particular note being the Parador Bridge, the Alto or Salzinal Bridge (1762) and the Laya Bridge (1829).

Credit by Ayuntamiento de Campezo