To part of their old history, historical tracks that go back very remote times, the kingdoms of Castile and Leon desempean an historical paper importantsimo in the Average Age and Reconquista. From this little to our DAS the man dej samples of its art and culture throughout all its territory, having Castilla and Len a artstico histrico set importantsimo in which great part of spanish history can be read.
Their Castles are the glorious rest ms of the past histrico of this Community. Omnipresent in the landscape, singulars in its location, a rosary of castles seeds all the regional geographer and there is no hill that, todava today, does not show the imposing fortifications that made the Castilian and leonine seoros respectable. They arise as defensive towers as of the century VIII and his construccin extends until century XV, date in which the castles begin to lose original his funcin.
At the moment there are almost 300 castles distributed by all the regional geographer, which turns it second importance of all pas and occupies the first position as far as categora of these monuments.
Some strengths are prcticamente in inaccessible places, retired of the urban ncleos and including in stos, of others so slo are left the vestiges, of aqu that has been made one seleccin of ms attractive tursticamente speaking.
Their popular celebrations, that are developed throughout all ao, allow us to know aspects a rich one and varied folclore, very not known for the great very archaic pblico and of races, that by surprising dejarn a strong track after the visit to this community. Antropolgicas Su to carcter popular, its forts races and their noticeable religious characteristics characterizes these pblicas celebrations that follow one another by all the ncleos of poblacin, by pequeos that are.
Castilla and Len, immersed in civilizacin and western culture, maintain these celebrations alive that form a mosaic multicolor where religin has capacity, carried out by patronos, saints and invocations. Ace like the pagan world, with the pervivencia of the carnivals and personages who lose themselves in preRoman cultures. Tauromaquia and the gastronmicas calls around a traditional food tambin comprise of these manifestations. In Castilla and Len the great religious celebrations of the Easter acquire special resonance that, adems to gather the popular fervor, become extraordinary museums of art outdoors. Something that provides the imaginera, to travs of its valuable statures and the colorful one of the multitudinal processions.
The kitchen of Castilla and Len of century XXI coexists, to equal parts, between the traditional prescription, that maintain its plates and ingredients intact, and the again diseo kitchen that reigns most of in the European restaurants. Due to great extensin geogrfica and, fundamentally, to the orogrfica and cultural diversity of regin, the popular recipe book very abundant and is extraordinarily varied.
Each zone conserves its gastronmica peculiarity. Trout, cooks most of evolved in the towns of regin festive foods of repostera and plates with ms of 300 aos of antigedad, remaining unalterable his presentacin and the ingredients. A characteristic is ste that characterizes the vigor of the Castilian and leonine kitchen. |
