Pedrosa de la Vega explained

Official Name:Pedrosa de la Vega
Type:municipality
Coordinates:42.29°N -4.45°W
Pushpin Map:Spain#Europe
Pushpin Map Caption:Pedrosa de la Vega
Subdivision Name3:Pedrosa de la Vega
Area Total Km2:21.06
Elevation M:890
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2

Pedrosa de la Vega is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 366 inhabitants.

Monuments

The palatial Late Antique Roman villa at La Olmeda is situated less than 1 km away from the village of Pedrosa. Long known as the provenance of chance finds, it was finally professionally excavated from 1968, and was a declared a Bien de Interés Cultural, 3 April 1996.[1] The site was donated in 1984 to the Diputación de Palencia by its proprietor and discoverer, Javier Cortes Álvarez de Miranda, who had supported the archaeological investigation of the site from 1969 to 1980. It is open to the public, while a museum dedicated to the finds is housed in the nearby church of San Pedro de Saldaña.

Notes

42.4833°N -49°W

Notes and References

  1. Decreto 97/1996, de 3 de abril, por el que se declara Bien de Interés Cultural, con categoría de Zona Arqueológica, el Yacimiento «La Olmeda» en Pedrosa de la Vega (Palencia)