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Tajuelo
Tajueco is a municipality in the district of Berlanga, in the south of the province of Soria.
The town is situated in an area of extensive pine forests that embrace the municipality's numerous springs. The springs are primarily fed by the spring of "El Molinillo", which supplies water to the village.
The Duero River and its tributaries, which form part of the Natura 2000 Network, occupy a portion of the riverbank. The vegetation in the area is characterised by a variety of coniferous trees, including junipers, jabinos (a dwarf variety of juniper) and pines, with the resin pine being particularly prevalent.
The most significant edifice in Tajueco is the parish church of San Pedro. The original Romanesque church has been reduced to a small chapel. The Gothic chancel or main chapel was constructed prior to 1430, while the remainder of the church was built in the 18th century, including the Baroque altarpiece.
Tajueco's economic resources are primarily derived from cereal and sunflower farming, pig farming, and resin production.
The people of Soria have succeeded in maintaining their traditional and cultural heritage in an exemplary manner. The most notable example is the continued practice of coarse and glazed pottery in the region.
Similarly, Tajueco can be proud to have maintained the essence of its traditional festivities. The Cántico de las Ánimas takes place on the evening of 1 November. A tradition that has been in place for approximately two or three hundred years. The men of the village are divided into two groups, each of which sings the same quatrains four times, with the two groups alternating between verses. The process then continues until the end of the fourth canticle, with the walker traversing the village.
On Corpus Christi, children born in the last year are blessed. To achieve this, the items in question are placed on the ground for the young people of the village to touch while they carry the banners.
The town's festivals are San Antonio de Pádua, on 13 June, and San Roque, on 26 October. The day of San Roque is actually 16 August, but in this locality, it is celebrated at the end of October as it is the date on which the village got rid of a disease that devastated its inhabitants. On the morning of San Roque, the transfer of the "relic" takes place. This relic is a rod with a representation of San Roque himself. Its transfer consists of a meeting of the men of the village in which they pray for those who have died during the previous year. The rod is passed in chronological order to the eldest members of the village.