| Official Name: | Torrecilla sobre Alesanco |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Spain La Rioja#Spain |
| Coordinates: | 42.4081°N -2.8344°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous community |
| Subdivision Type2: | Comarca |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nájera |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Party: | PP |
| Leader Name: | Cirilo Ángel Amutio Bolandier |
| Area Total Km2: | 4.36 |
| Elevation M: | 612 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 26224 |
Torrecilla sobre Alesanco is a village in the province and autonomous community of La Rioja, Spain. The municipality covers an area of and as of 2011 had a population of 38 people.[1]
It has a privileged situation for having a 617 metres official average altitude, between Nájera and Santo Domingo de la Calzada. Actually, it is 12 km far from each other. Nearby there are different villages, such as San Millán de la Cogolla (15 km), Cañas (2 km) and Logroño, the capital city of La Rioja (37 km).
It is placed in the medium course of the Tuerto river.
The first documentary mention of the village appears in the regional code of laws of Nájera, admitted by Sancho III of Pamplona around the year 1020 and verified by Alfonso VI of León and Castile in 1076.
In the 12th century, Mrs. Toda Petriz, who was Mr. Pedro López de Haro’s widow, quoted Torrecilla in a donation writing.
In 1215, Mrs. Toda relinquished the locality to Santa María la Real of Nájera monastery, in assistance for her soul.
The parochial church of Asunción was built in the 16th and 17th centuries. It is an ashlar work with recent added bricks. It consists of a nave with an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof and two side chapels. Lately, the upper part of the tower has been reconstructed with bricks.
The chancel, the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary, is an altarpiece with:
In the two side chapels, there are two sculptures one of Assumption of Mary and the other of the Descent from the Cross
In the nave, two altarpieces more are shown: the first one in honour of Valvanera Virgin, while the second one was dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
According to the landscape topology, the wood has been repopulated with pine trees, although it still preserves some oaks. Among the wide diversity, the most plentiful animals in this area are: the medium-size predatory animals, foxes, rabbits and partridge birds.
The economy in this village is mainly agricultural based on cultivations of potatoes, beetroots, wheat and barley. However, a quarter of the total worked area is destined to vineyards.
The cattle herd (including bovine and porcine) which Pascual Madoz described in his "Geographic, Statistical and historical dictionary of La Rioja" a century ago has been currently reduced to two pig farms.