Horse head

Cabeza del Caballo is a Spanish municipality and town in the province of Salamanca, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León. It is integrated into the Vitigudino region and the sub-region of La Ramajería. It belongs to the judicial district of Vitigudino.

Its municipal area is made up of the towns of Cabeza del Caballo and Fuentes de Masueco, it occupies a total area of 36.71 km² and according to the demographic data collected in the municipal register prepared by the INE in 2017, it has 316.

Geography

The Uces river passes through the municipal area, which gives water to the well-known Pozo de los Humos, which is a waterfall about 50 m high, located between the neighboring towns of Pereña and Masueco.

Situation

Cabeza del Caballo is located in the northwest of Salamanca. It is 90 km from Salamanca.

It is integrated into the region of La Ramajería. It belongs to the Centro Duero Mancomunidad and to the judicial district of Vitigudino.

The towns of Cabeza del Caballo and Fuentes de Masueco are integrated into its municipal area.

Part of its municipal area is located within the Arribes del Duero Natural Park, a protected area of great tourist attraction.

Northwest: La Zarza de Pumareda	North: Sources of Masueco	Northeast: La Peña
West: Cerezal de Peñahorcada		This: Villar de Samaniego
Southwest: El Milano	South: El Milano	Sureste: Valsalabroso

Nature

Puente Palo

Molino de Lucas

Bridge

Church of Santa Maria Magdalena

The town has many river courses populated by fish such as tench, highly appreciated by fishermen, who take advantage of their leisure time to fish.

Symbols

Shield

The heraldic shield that represents the municipality was approved on November 8, 2008 with the following coat of arms:

"Wheeled shield in bar. 1.o In the field of gules, silver horse head. 2. In azur field, azur waved bar. sterling silver. 3.o In the field of gold, oak ripped from siple. To the royal crown ring closed»

Official Gazette of Castilla y León no. 50 of 13 March 2009

Flag

The municipal flag was also approved on November 8, 2008 with the following textual description:

"Rectangular of proportions 2:3, formed by two equal vertical stripes, being red with a white horse head of the asta and white with seven equal wave strips, four white and three blues of the batiente"

Official Gazette of Castilla y León no. 50 of 13 March 2009

Demographics

Graphic of demographic evolution of Head of the Horse between 1900 and 2022

Source: Spanish National Statistical Institute - Graphical development by Wikipedia.

According to the National Institute of Statistics, Cabeza del Caballo had, as of January 1, 2021, a total population of 257 inhabitants, 141 were men and 116 women, with 212 in Cabeza del Caballo and 45 in Fuentes de Masueco. Regarding the year 2000, the census reflected 482 inhabitants, 251 were men and 231 women, with 379 in Cabeza del Caballo and 103 in Fuentes de Masueco. Therefore, the loss of population in the municipality for the period 2000-2021 has been 225 inhabitants, of which 167 in Cabeza del Caballo and 58 in Fuentes de Masueco, a 47% decrease.

History

The foundation of Cabeza del Caballo dates back to the Middle Ages, obeying the repopulations carried out by the Leonese kings in the High Middle Ages, being framed within the Alfoz de Ledesma after its creation by King Fernando II of León in the 12th century.

With the formation of the current provinces in 1833, Cabeza del Caballo was integrated into the province of Salamanca, within the Leonese Region, becoming part of the judicial district of Vitigudino in 1844.

Economy

Its economy is fundamentally based on livestock and agriculture.

Culture

The main festivals of the town are celebrated on the first Sunday of October and are dedicated to the Virgen del Rosario. The devotion is very great and the protagonists are the godmothers.

The traditional game is the "tiro al palancón", which is a large iron bar used to chip stones, of considerable weight, which must be thrown standing up in such a way that it makes a small turn in the air and land on your end.

Monuments and places of interest

• The parish church of Saint Mary Magdalene, where the image of the patron saint, Saint Peter the Apostle, is venerated.
• Bridge Robleo. Between the 17th and 18th centuries, the route that communicated the towns of Mieza, Cabeza del Caballo, Vitigudino and Ledesma, surely arrived to Salamanca and was of such importance that it was necessary to build a bridge that saved the narrow throat of the river of the Uces, between the current terms of Cabeza del Caballo and La Zarza de Pumareda. Its construction is entirely of granite stone, blocks extracted from the same rock in which it settles and are perfectly placed and united with each other that it is barely observed argamasa or mortar any, because the only joint that exists is the contact of the same surface of the stone, forming an impressive whole of robustness, vigor and strength that amazes the one who sees it and stays a small one when looking it closely.
• Lucas Mill. Recently restored it has become one of the main points for visitors. To get to it you have to cross the Palo Bridge, also new and that it comes to recover the old ones that the river took in its grown. The restoration has been total and it is possible, when it is open for some occasion, to see grind grain in its fully restored machinery.
• David's whirlwind. It is another one of the mills used to grind the grain. The water was diverted to its machinery from a small dam through a channel excavated on the earth.
• Stone Bridge. A bridge that allowed us to join El Milano. It is in good condition and is made, as its name indicates, of stone with large granite boats.
• The Spoundias. Place where the river of the Uces conceals its channel between the rocks forming small underground caves.

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Administration and politics

Municipal elections

The mayor of Cabeza del Caballo does not receive any type of financial benefit for his work as head of the town hall (2017).

Autonomous elections