Zamarramala
human settlement in Segovia, Segovia Province, Spain
Zamarramala is a village in the municipality of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. It stands above its surroundings and can be seen from Segovia proper. In the past, it had its own town hall, but it became part of Segovia in the 1970s.
Fiesta de Santa Águeda
Zamarramala is known for its Fiesta de Santa Águeda, declared a Fiesta of National Tourist Interest
(Spanish: Interés turístico Nacional) in 1972. The Las Águedas festival (February 5), one of the oldest in Spain, which has been recorded since 1227, and which remembers the value of the Zamarriega women who, according to legend, would have helped to reconquer the Alcázar of Segovia, taken from the Saracens. In this Festival, two "mayors" are elected to govern the town for two days. Participation is mostly female.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Zamarramala” as human settlement in Segovia, Segovia Province, Spain. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as human settlement in Segovia, Segovia Province, Spain. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 20, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6170829. Authority coordinates are 40.966, -4.135. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1972 and 1227.
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