Everything about Old Castile totally explained
Old Castile (
Spanish:
Castilla la Vieja) is a historic region of
Spain, which included territory that later corresponded to the provinces of politically, Santander (now
Cantabria),
Burgos, Logroño (now
La Rioja),
Soria,
Segovia,
Ávila,
Valladolid,
Palencia to which some scholars add
Salamanca,
Zamora and
León.
Its origins are in the historic
Castile that was formed in the
9th century in the zone now comprised by Cantabria,
Álava, and Burgos.
In the
18th century,
Charles III of Spain assigned to the so-called kingdom of Castilla la Vieja the provinces of Burgos, Soria, Segovia, Ávila, Valladolid, and Palencia.
The royal decree of
30 November 1833, the reform of
Javier de Burgos, established the basis for
the division of Spain into provinces that, with a few modifications, continues down to the present day; this decree added the provinces of Logroño and Santander to Castilla la Vieja.
Another royal decree, on
30 November 1855, divided Spain into 49 provinces, and assigned the provinces of Valladolid and Palencia to the Kingdom of León, leaving Castilla la Vieja only Santander, Burgos, Soria, Segovia, and Ávila. Although there were further reform efforts in the
19th century, this division is reflected in the encyclopedias, geographies, and textbooks from the mid-19th century until it was supreseded in the second half of the
20th century. For example, early editions of
Enciclopedia Espasa, of the
Encyclopædia Britannica and the popular student encyclopedia
Álvarez all follow this division of provinces into
Castilla la Vieja and
León.
With the establishment of the
autonomous community of
Castile and León in
1983, Castilla la Vieja lost a large portion of its separate identity; on the one hand, it was integrated politically with León into a larger entity, and on the other hand, two of its provinces became autonomous communities in their own right: Santander became
Cantabria and Logroño became
La Rioja.
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