Aniezo 155A 7681
by Diana Raquel Sainz
Title
Aniezo 155A 7681
Artist
Diana Raquel Sainz
Medium
Photograph - Photography - Digital Photography
Description
Aniezo
FEATURED IMAGE: Spain Photography ~ FAA ~ 12/07/2015
FEATURED IMAGE: Spanish Themed Artwork ~ FAA ~ 12/05/2015
Aniezo is a hamlet in the municipality of Cabez�n de Li�bana, (Cantabria, Spain). The 2009 census showed Aniezo to have a population of 33 inhabitants (INE). It is located at an altitude of 683 metres above sea level, and 6.6 km from the municipal capital, Cabez�n de Li�bana.
According to tradition, Saint Beatus of Liebana was born here. The fiesta of 'La Santuca' is celebrated on 2 May every year. It is a celebration that has taken place since the 15th century. A wooden carving of the Virgin Mary is carried in a procession down the mountain to the Monastery Santo Toribio de Li�bana which is 15 km away. It is known as the longest procession in Spain.[1]
Pisa y �Parque del Agua� de Aniezo
Se trata de un peque�o complejo etnogr�fico restaurado y acondicionado para su visita, formando un peque�o parque muy acogedor en el que el agua y su aprovechamiento preindustrial son los protagonistas. Se pueden ver varios artefactos tradicionales que tienen en com�n su dependencia de la energ�a hidr�ulica. El m�s curioso es el bat�n, conocido localmente como pisa o pis�n, que se utilizaba para golpear, desengrasar y enfurtir las telas foscamente tejidas. Esta pisa de Aniezo es la �nica existente en Cantabria junto con otra que se ha mantenido en uso hasta hace algunas d�cadas en el pueblo de Ledantes (Vega de Li�bana).
Otros elementos interesantes que componen el parque son la peque�a central el�ctrica o f�brica de luz, muestra de las muchas que iluminaron los pueblos de Espa�a hasta hace no tanto tiempo; el molino, imprescindible para alimentaci�n tradicional hasta mediados del siglo XX, cuando cayeron en desuso (solo en Li�bana se conservan alrededor de 100 molimos en desigual estado; el potro de herrar todav�a utilizado en muchos pueblos de Cantabria, el lavadero, otra infraestructura anta�o imprescindible en el medio rural, afortunadamente desplazada en las ultimas d�cadas por la generalizaci�n de los electrodom�sticos; y finalmente un pintoresco puentecilla de piedra.
Aniezo - Li�bana Valle de Li�bana Espa�a
Aniezo es una localidad del municipio de Cabez�n de Li�bana (Cantabria, Espa�a). En el a�o 2008 contaba con una poblaci�n de 32 habitantes (INE). Esta localidad est� situada a 683 metros de altitud sobre el nivel del mar, y a 6,6 kil�metros de la capital municipal, Cabez�n de Li�bana.
Seg�n la tradici�n, en esta localidad naci� el religioso Beato de Li�bana. El 2 de mayo celebra la fiesta de La Santuca. Se trata de una celebraci�n que ya exist�a en el siglo XV: una talla de la Virgen Mar�a es llevada en procesi�n desde esta localidad hasta Santo Toribio, que queda a unos 15 kil�metros de distancia; all� est� durante unas horas y luego regresa a Aniezo. Desde esta localidad de Aniezo se puede pasar a San Mam�s, en el vecino municipio de Poblaciones, por el �Collado de las Inverna�llas� (1.585 m), en la vertiente sur de Pe�a Sagra.
Aniezo es tambi�n el nombre de un r�o, afluente del r�o Buy�n o Bull�n y subafluente del r�o Deva, que nace en Pe�a Sagra, pasa por las localidades de Aniezo y Cambarco y desemboca en el Buy�n poco antes de Frama. Este r�o forma a su paso el llamado �Valle Estrechu� o �Estrecho�, tambi�n �Valdeaniezo�, en la vertiente oeste de Pe�a Sagra, del que forman parte las localidades de Aniezo, Luriezo, Cahecho y Cambarco.
English
Aniezo is a hamlet in the municipality of Cabez�n de Li�bana, (Cantabria, Spain). The 2009 census showed Aniezo to have a population of 33 inhabitants (INE). It is located at an altitude of 683 metres above sea level, and 6.6 km from the municipal capital, Cabez�n de Li�bana.
According to tradition, Saint Beatus of Li&eaccutebana was born here. The fiesta of 'La Santuca' is celebrated on 2 May every year. It is a celebration that has taken place since the 15th century. A wooden carving of the Virgin Mary is carried in a procession down the mountain to the Monastery Santo Toribio de Li�bana which is 15 km away. It is known as the longest procession in Spain.
Pisa and "Water Park" of Aniezo
It is a small ethnographic complex restored and fitted for your visit, forming a cozy little park where water and its preindustrial use are the protagonists. You can see several traditional artifacts that share its dependence on hydropower. The most curious is the clap, known locally as steps or ram, which was used to hit, scouring and enfurtir the foscamente woven fabrics. This Pisa (treading) of Aniezo is the only one in Cantabria with another that has remained in use until a few decades ago in the village of Ledantes (Vega de Li&eaccutebana).
Other interesting elements of the park are the small power plant or factory light showing the many that lit the towns of Spain until not so long ago; the mill, essential for traditional food until mid-twentieth century, when they fell into disuse (only about 100 molimos Li&eaccutebana preserved in unequal state); the practice of shoeing is still used in many villages in Cantabria, laundry, other essential infrastructure in rural areas formerly fortunately shifted in recent decades by widespread appliances; and finally a picturesque stone Puentecilla.
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