Petilla de Aragón

Petilla de Aragón
Municipality

Coat of arms
Petilla de Aragón
Location in Spain
Petilla de Aragón
Petilla de Aragón (Aragon)
Petilla de Aragón
Petilla de Aragón (Spain)
Coordinates: 42°27′41″N 1°5′34″W / 42.46139°N 1.09278°W / 42.46139; -1.09278Coordinates: 42°27′41″N 1°5′34″W / 42.46139°N 1.09278°W / 42.46139; -1.09278
Country  Spain
Autonomous community  Navarre
Province Navarre
Comarca Comarca de Sangüesa
Judicial district Aoiz
Government
 • Mayor Jorge Sedano (2007) (Paulino Rived Murillo)
Area
 • Total 28 km2 (11 sq mi)
Elevation 843 m (2,766 ft)
Population (2009)
 • Total 25
 • Density 0.89/km2 (2.3/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Petillés
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code 50686

Petilla de Aragón is a town and municipality of the autonomous community of Navarra, northern Spain. The municipality itself is formed by two enclaves (Petilla de Aragón itself and Los Bastanes) that are entirely surrounded by the neighboring autonomous community of Aragón.

In the 15th century, Petilla was the site of a battle between the armies of the País Vasco and Aragón in which the fictional troubadour Manrico and the Conte di Luna, of Verdi's Il trovatore, fought on opposite sides, not knowing that they were brothers; this is recounted by the gipsy Azucena in her famous aria Stride la vampa!

Notable people

  • Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934) was born here; Petilla terminology, a neurological nomenclature, is named after the town.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Ascoli GA, Alonso-Nanclares L, Anderson SA, et al. (July 2008). "Petilla terminology: nomenclature of features of GABAergic interneurons of the cerebral cortex". Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 9 (7): 557–68. doi:10.1038/nrn2402. PMC 2868386. PMID 18568015.


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