Petilla de Aragón explained

Petilla de Aragón
Settlement Type:Municipality
Pushpin Map:Spain Navarre#Spain Aragon#Spain
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Spain
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Autonomous community
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Navarre
Subdivision Type3:Comarca
Subdivision Name3:Comarca de Sangüesa
Subdivision Type4:Judicial district
Subdivision Name4:Aoiz
Coordinates:42.4614°N -1.0928°W
Elevation M:843
Area Total Km2:27.55
Population Demonym:Petillés
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Utc Offset:+1
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:50686
Area Code Type:Dialing code
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Jorge Sedano (2007)
Leader Party:Paulino Rived Murillo

Petilla de Aragón is a town and municipality of the autonomous community of Navarra, northern Spain. The municipality itself is formed by two enclaves, Petilla de Aragón itself and Los Bastanes (also known as Baztán de Petilla), that are entirely surrounded by the neighboring autonomous community of Aragón.

In the 15th century, Petilla was the site of a battle between the Navarrese and Aragonese armies in which the fictional troubadour Manrico and the Conte di Luna, of Verdi's Il trovatore, fought on opposite sides, not knowing they were brothers; this is recounted by the gipsy Azucena in her famous aria Stride la vampa!

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Notes and References

  1. Ascoli GA . Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex . . 9 . 7 . 557–68 . July 2008 . 18568015 . 10.1038/nrn2402 . 2868386 . vanc. Alonso-Nanclares L . Anderson SA . 3 . Barrionuevo . German . Benavides-Piccione . Ruth . Burkhalter . Andreas . Buzsáki . György . Cauli . Bruno . Defelipe . Javier.