Recent from talks
Monte Bernorio
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Monte Bernorio
The Monte Bernorio is an elevation located next to the town of Villarén de Valdivia, in the north of the province of Palencia (Spain) where important archaeological remains have been found, as well as the remains of a fortified Cantabrian city, which exceeds 120 ha and is one of the largest found in Spain and also in Europe. This oppidum is one of the most important archaeological sites from the pre-Roman period in the Iberian Peninsula, also known as Castro de Monte Bernorio.
Monte Bernorio is a mountain of 1,170 m (3,840 ft). Its summit has a flat shape that extends over about 28 ha (69 acres). Overlooking a large plain, it is located next to the town of Villarén de Valdivia, which belongs to the municipality of Pomar de Valdivia, on the Montaña Palentina, 7 km from Aguilar de Campoo and close to the Cantabria-Meseta highway.
Despite treasuring the history of more than 1400 years at its peak, its emblematic character in the historiography of the Iron Age and having been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1992, the Monte Bernorio site was threatened by the aggression that the project to install a wind farm with 24 wind turbines would entail if it were carried out. This is why it has been included in the Red List of Spain's Heritage in Danger, by the association Hispania Nostra. This project has been the object of significant popular rejection, considering it "a patrimonial aggression" of the highest level.
Located in a strategic place overlooking a large plain, currently occupied by some 40 towns, this impressive hill has been used as a fort and fortress.
The first archaeological excavations were carried out in 1890, commissioned by Claudio López Bru, the second Marquis of Comillas. Throughout the various archaeological campaigns carried out, a good number of constructions and utensils have been located that testify to the events that took place there, which range from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages, The latest research works have been funded by public entities, mainly the Diputación de Palencia, and entities such as the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, the University of Frankfurt and the University of Oxford.
According to these investigations, the mountain has been occupied uninterruptedly since the c. 8th century BCE to the c. 1st century BCE, although there are indications of occupation during the Chalcolithic period and the Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE ). During the 2006 survey, ceramics, weaponry and ornaments from the Iron Age were found, as well as the skeletal remains of a baby.
The perimeter of the mountain was surrounded by a wall, some of the remains of which have been found, as well as an inner wall that protected the acropolis. In the 2007 campaign, the first stone and adobe walls of the houses appeared, as well as personal belongings, weapons and remains of fauna. The remains of another baby were also found.
The site is completed with the remains of a Roman camp of more than 18 ha (the largest found in the Iberian Peninsula) located 2 km away, on the top of Castillejo (Pomar de Valdivia), from which two legions predictably undertook the siege. Numerous remains of military equipment have been found inside: arrowheads, caligae tacks, tent pole studs, a pilum, bronze remains of legionary equipment and some coins.
Hub AI
Monte Bernorio AI simulator
(@Monte Bernorio_simulator)
Monte Bernorio
The Monte Bernorio is an elevation located next to the town of Villarén de Valdivia, in the north of the province of Palencia (Spain) where important archaeological remains have been found, as well as the remains of a fortified Cantabrian city, which exceeds 120 ha and is one of the largest found in Spain and also in Europe. This oppidum is one of the most important archaeological sites from the pre-Roman period in the Iberian Peninsula, also known as Castro de Monte Bernorio.
Monte Bernorio is a mountain of 1,170 m (3,840 ft). Its summit has a flat shape that extends over about 28 ha (69 acres). Overlooking a large plain, it is located next to the town of Villarén de Valdivia, which belongs to the municipality of Pomar de Valdivia, on the Montaña Palentina, 7 km from Aguilar de Campoo and close to the Cantabria-Meseta highway.
Despite treasuring the history of more than 1400 years at its peak, its emblematic character in the historiography of the Iron Age and having been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1992, the Monte Bernorio site was threatened by the aggression that the project to install a wind farm with 24 wind turbines would entail if it were carried out. This is why it has been included in the Red List of Spain's Heritage in Danger, by the association Hispania Nostra. This project has been the object of significant popular rejection, considering it "a patrimonial aggression" of the highest level.
Located in a strategic place overlooking a large plain, currently occupied by some 40 towns, this impressive hill has been used as a fort and fortress.
The first archaeological excavations were carried out in 1890, commissioned by Claudio López Bru, the second Marquis of Comillas. Throughout the various archaeological campaigns carried out, a good number of constructions and utensils have been located that testify to the events that took place there, which range from the Bronze Age to the Middle Ages, The latest research works have been funded by public entities, mainly the Diputación de Palencia, and entities such as the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, the University of Frankfurt and the University of Oxford.
According to these investigations, the mountain has been occupied uninterruptedly since the c. 8th century BCE to the c. 1st century BCE, although there are indications of occupation during the Chalcolithic period and the Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE ). During the 2006 survey, ceramics, weaponry and ornaments from the Iron Age were found, as well as the skeletal remains of a baby.
The perimeter of the mountain was surrounded by a wall, some of the remains of which have been found, as well as an inner wall that protected the acropolis. In the 2007 campaign, the first stone and adobe walls of the houses appeared, as well as personal belongings, weapons and remains of fauna. The remains of another baby were also found.
The site is completed with the remains of a Roman camp of more than 18 ha (the largest found in the Iberian Peninsula) located 2 km away, on the top of Castillejo (Pomar de Valdivia), from which two legions predictably undertook the siege. Numerous remains of military equipment have been found inside: arrowheads, caligae tacks, tent pole studs, a pilum, bronze remains of legionary equipment and some coins.
Recent media