Arévalo
title: "Arévalo" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipalities-in-the-province-of-ávila"] topic_path: "general/municipalities-in-the-province-of-avila" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arévalo" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| official_name | Arévalo |
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| image_caption | 1) ; 2) Church of San Martín; 3) Partial view of Arévalo; 4) View of the main square. |
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| shield_size | 150px |
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| mapframe-caption | Interactive map of Arévalo |
| map_caption | Location of Arévalo |
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| subdivision_name | Spain |
| subdivision_type1 | Autonomous community |
| subdivision_name1 | Castile and León |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Ávila |
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| area_total_km2 | 46.07 |
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| elevation_m | 820 |
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Arévalo is a municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Ávila in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Lying on the northern Meseta at the confluence of the Adaja and the rivers, it is the most populous settlement of .
Placename
The name came from the Celtic word arevalon, meaning "place near the wall."
History
In medieval times, Arévalo was the head of the ** of the same name.
The town boasted of a sizeable mudéjar community in the late middle ages. Having its own Faqīh and constituting an Aljama, the morería was among those that contributed the most to the Crown of Castile from a fiscal standpoint. It also had a Jewish community before the expulsion of Jews from the Crown of Castile in 1492.
Location and population
It is located at an altitude of 820 meters and is near the junction of the two rivers Adaja and Arevalillo. Its encompassed area is 46.07 km2.
|source = INE |percentages = pagr |align = none |2023 |7768 |2024 |7830 |2025 |7851
Monuments
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Arevalo_-_El_Salvador_2.JPG" caption="Iglesia de El Salvador"] ::
The government of Spain declared the historic centre of Arévalo a Historic-Artistic site due to its many examples of Mudéjar art.
- La Muralla. The city walls, of which only the north part can be appreciated, as the east part is practically destroyed. It is currently being restored. They originally had five doors and formed a triangle with the castle in its superior vertex. The two sides of the triangle are formed by the rivers Arevalillo and Adaja. The base of the triangle was protected by a double wall and a pit.
- The parish church of Santo Domingo de Silos.
- The church of San Juan.
- The church of Santa María whose tower is crossed by the street of the same name.
- The church of San Miguel which possesses a great collection of works of art.
- The church of San Martín or the Torres Gemelas (Twin Towers). Formerly a mosque, it conserves a peculiar style.
- The church of El Salvador (The Savior) in which the floats for the Easter processions are kept. In addition to this there are many other brick monuments from different eras. The palace of the Gutiérrez de Altamirano, the house of the militia, the palace of Cárdenas, the palace of río Ungria, the palace of Real, the palace of Ballesteros Ronquillo, the palace of Sedeño and the palace of general Vicente del Río. There are also diverse convents, the castle in which the Museum of Cereal is located, plaza del Arrabal, plaza Del Real, plaza de San Pedro and plaza de la Villa.
Commuting
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Arevalo_-_Casa-Palacio_de_Ballesteros_Ronquillo.jpg" caption="Remains of the Casa-Palacio de Ballesteros Ronquillo"] ::
The highway A-6 unites Madrid with A Coruña and some of the population uses this transit system to commute to the main cities of the northwest peninsula.
Also the train line Madrid-Hendaya has a stop in this town. From this line, the town is communicated thanks to its numerous regional trains with cities such as Madrid, Ávila, Medina del Campo, Valladolid, Burgos, Palencia, Vitoria and Santander.
Economy
Farming, cattle ranching, lumber industry, a small but powerful industrial sector and other businesses which are fundamentally based upon the processing of agriculture are the main forms of employment.
Education
There are 3 schools, C.P. La Moraña, C.P. Los Arevacos and el Amor de Dios, which operate in this district. Additionally there are 3 centers for secondary education, Los Salesianos, I.E.S Adaja y I.E.S Eulogio Florentino Sanz.
Places of interest
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Spainarevalocastillo02.jpg" caption="Castle of Arévalo, built between the 12th and 16th centuries."] ::
In addition, Arévalo has other places of interest like la formidable Avenida Emilio Romero, a sports facility, a new bridge constructed , the plaza of the villa, (in Spanish, Plaza de la Villa), the municipal library, the museum of el cereal, the history of Arévalo museum, the nature center in la Plaza del Real, and the Tuesday market in the fairground.
Traditions of the town of Arévalo and festivals
Festivals
Arévalo celebrates the festival of its patron saint San Victorino on 7 July, with its traditional parade of cabezudos, the opening of its fairground, and bullfights in the town's streets. The festivals conclude with fireworks from the castle until 11pm.
Sister cities
- Autun, France
Informational notes
References
References
- Pascual Cabrero, Jose-Luis. "Una mirada sobre el diferente. La comunidad mudéjar de Arévalo (Ávila): élites, pecheros, movilidad y comercio". Hamsa. Journal of Judaic and Islamic Studies.
- Harvey, L. P.. (2005). "Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614". University of Chicago Press.
- Beinart, Haim. (2001). "The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain". The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press.
- [https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=2858], INE
- "Arévalo". TURESPAÑA.
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