Palomero

History

Its origins are not well defined, although it is certainly an ancient population, since tombs without inscriptions have been found whose characteristics are not those expected from Christian or Muslim rites, and therefore, they suppose a much earlier origin. There is a document from 1030 (of doubtful origin) in which Casar de Palomero (houses of Palomero), Palomero and Marchagaz (a nearby town) are mentioned as municipalities dependent on the convent of Sancti Spíritus de Salamanca, to which they ceded as vassalage a series of products on the date of Nativity. A little later, is a document delimiting the terms of a domain known as Palumbarium (which could be referred to Palomero) and Granata, later known as Granadilla. It is known that there was a castle at the top of the Altamira peak, in the Sierra de Santa Bárbara, later destroyed in 1489 by order of Queen Isabel the Catholic and at the request of the Sancti Spíritus Commander. Given that there is reliable evidence of Roman occupation in nearby towns, it can be assumed that it must also have been a Roman settlement, given the proximity of towns such as Cáparra, where there are excavations and important archaeological sites of Roman origin (there is an interesting center of interpretation). A series of unclassified remains have also appeared, such as pipes and the previously described tombs, which could help to better understand the history of the municipality. It is mistakenly interpreted that Palomero belonged to the House of Alba, as reflected in its current and wrong coat of arms, but in reality it was never like that. Nor is it true that it belonged to Granadilla (Granata) and in fact there are abundant documents that prove it, such as the delimitation of terms between the two towns in the Late Middle Ages…