Xeografia E Historia 3 Eso Santillana ⟶

I am just a stone on a hill. But if you put your hand on the page of your atlas—trace the Duero River with your finger, then trace the border of the Kingdom of Castile—you are touching me.

But I felt a tremor in the 10th century. Almanzor’s armies marched past me to burn Santiago de Compostela. Then, a slow decay. The Caliphate fractured into Reinos de Taifas . My tower fell into ruin. Connection to Unit 2 (Los reinos cristianos y la Reconquista) xeografia e historia 3 eso santillana

One day, I felt a different kind of pressure. Not the roots of a pine tree, but the iron spike of a groma (Roman surveyor’s tool). The Romans had arrived. They looked at my hill—a strategic cerro testigo (remnant hill)—and saw a fort. They built a wall around me. I was no longer nature; I was the foundation of a castro . I am just a stone on a hill

For three centuries, I was a witness to the Mesta . Thousands of ovejas merinas (Merino sheep) flooded past me, following the cañadas reales (royal sheep trails). The Concejo de la Mesta became richer than kings. I learned that geography is not just rivers and mountains—it is power . The wool went to Flanders. The gold came back to Burgos. Almanzor’s armies marched past me to burn Santiago

The Christian wind blew from the north. First, the King of León. Then, the Castilians. In 1085, I was on the frontier. No one lived here. It was tierra de nadie (no man’s land)—the “Desert of the Duero.”