Casas de Monleón

Historia

Casas de Monleón is small village or hamlet in the southeast corner of the province of Salamanca, Spain.History and NameCasas de Monleón was founded several hundred years ago when settlers from the north of Spain repopulated the central ranges after the Reconquista expelled the Moors. The population has waxed and waned and it may not have been inhabited continuously since that time.At some point, Casas de Monleón is said to have been the residence of many of the servants who worked in the adjacent, more upscale town of Monleón, which boasts an enclosing wall and a tower and may have been the seat of local governance for some time.A short walk from the village are some Celtic ruins, mainly tombs hewn out of flat rocks, which folk culture often identifies as ancestral wine presses. On the highest side of the village there is an old Roman Catholic church building that has fallen into ruins.GovernmentCasas de Monleón was formerly incorporated; however, as a result of the sharp decline in the population in the latter twentieth century due to the Spanish miracle which drew many rural people to the cities, it has been annexed to the nearby town of Endrinal de la Sierra. Consequently, it has no mayor, but rather a councilor that serves with two additional councilors of Endrinal and the mayor of Endrinal.