{"id":1011381,"date":"2026-02-19T11:07:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.obsnev.es\/?page_id=1011381"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T10:21:59","slug":"diccionarios-geograficos-y-catastro-de-ensenada","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/en\/diccionarios-geograficos-y-catastro-de-ensenada\/","title":{"rendered":"Geographical Dictionaries and \"Catastro de Ensenada\""},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1011381\" class=\"elementor elementor-1011381\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-becff23 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"becff23\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-806e6b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"806e6b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0dbc22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0dbc22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"panel-gb1009466-6996d37b6dd1d-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><p>Geographical dictionaries are toponym-based catalogs that date back to the late 16th century, created to organize and systematize geographic knowledge. For a specific area, they list and describe towns, villages, parishes, town halls, states, populations, rivers, mountains, and other geographic features. The most significant dictionaries containing relevant information on vegetation and land use are those by Tom\u00e1s L\u00f3pez, Mi\u00f1ano, and Madoz. Through this map, you can access information from all these geographical dictionaries and the Ensenada Cadastre for the Sierra Nevada municipalities. Click on the different municipalities to view the associated information.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dedb9e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dedb9e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8211716 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"8211716\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe height=\"600\" src=\"\/leaflet2\/municipios\/\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81f1882 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81f1882\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"panel-gb1009466-6996d37b6dd1d-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><div id=\"panel-gb1009466-6996d37b6dd1d-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Tom\u00e1s L\u00f3pez\u2019s Geographical Dictionary<\/h3><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><p>Tom\u00e1s L\u00f3pez was a Spanish geographer and cartographer born in Madrid in 1731. To compile his dictionary, he sent questionnaires to parishes requesting information on the location of their towns, rivers, mountains, and roads. In addition to the questionnaire, respondents were asked to create a map or plan of their territories, marking villages, forests, roads, and other features of interest. When Tom\u00e1s L\u00f3pez died in 1802, he had only to finalize and prepare the material for publication. All this information is currently held in the Manuscripts section of the National Library of Spain.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b83ab6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b83ab6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_SierraNevada.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1009439\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_SierraNevada.png 992w, https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_SierraNevada-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_SierraNevada-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_SierraNevada-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Map of Sierra Nevada<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a65f740 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a65f740\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"panel-gb1009466-6996d37b6dd1d-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><div id=\"panel-gb1009466-6996d37b6dd1d-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Sebasti\u00e1n Mi\u00f1ano\u2019s Geographical Dictionary<\/h3><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><p>The Geographical and Statistical Dictionary of Spain and Portugal was completed in 1829. Its author, Sebasti\u00e1n de Mi\u00f1ano y Bedoya (1779-1845), was a Spanish writer, journalist, geographer, historian, and politician. Published in 11 volumes between 1826 and 1829, the work earned him a seat in the Royal Academy of History.<br \/>Mi\u00f1ano\u2019s primary sources remained the parish priests, to whom he wrote individually, requesting \"certain and positive notions of their respective towns and those nearby.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-417ae40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"417ae40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_SebastianMinano.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1009438\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_SebastianMinano.jpg 403w, https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_SebastianMinano-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_SebastianMinano-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbe9213 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbe9213\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"panel-gb1009466-6996d37b6dd1d-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><div id=\"panel-gb1009466-6996d37b6dd1d-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Pascual Madoz\u2019s Geographical Dictionary<\/h3><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><p>The Geographical-Statistical-Historical Dictionary of Spain and its Overseas Possessions was published by Pascual Madoz between 1846 and 1850. Comprising 16 volumes, it analyzes every settlement in Spain. At the time, it represented a significant improvement over Mi\u00f1ano\u2019s 1829 dictionary. Madoz was assisted in this massive undertaking by over a thousand collaborators and twenty correspondents.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1acd40 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b1acd40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-469f321 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"469f321\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"441\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_PascualMadoz.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1009435\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_PascualMadoz.jpg 441w, https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_PascualMadoz-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_PascualMadoz-9x12.jpg 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c305fd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c305fd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_PascualMadoz_2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1009436\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_PascualMadoz_2.png 586w, https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_PascualMadoz_2-297x300.png 297w, https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_PascualMadoz_2-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d137ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d137ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"panel-gb1009466-6996d37b6dd1d-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child\" data-index=\"0\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><div id=\"panel-gb1009466-6996d37b6dd1d-0-0-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor\" data-index=\"1\"><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Ensenada Cadastre<\/h3><div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\"><p>Starting in 1749, a meticulous large-scale inquiry was conducted across the 15,000 localities of the Crown of Castile (excluding the Basque provinces due to tax exemptions). This census covered inhabitants, land holdings, buildings, livestock, trades, and income, as well as the geographical characteristics of each town. Ordered by King Ferdinand VI at the proposal of his minister, the Marquis of Ensenada, it is known today as the Ensenada Cadastre. Between 1750 and 1754, every town in \"the Castiles\" was subjected to a 40-question interrogation. The Cadastre was the intended precursor to a tax reform\u2014which never took place\u2014aimed at replacing complex provincial taxes with a Single Contribution based on \"equity and justice, in proportion to what each person owns.\"<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6eae5e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6eae5e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_Poqueria_Ensenada.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1009437\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_Poqueria_Ensenada.jpg 415w, https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_Poqueria_Ensenada-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/obsnev.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Diccionarios_Geograficos_Poqueria_Ensenada-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Sketch of the Poqueira Ravine in the Ensenada Cadastre<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec8d95a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ec8d95a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Los diccionarios geogr\u00e1ficos son cat\u00e1logos basados en top\u00f3nimos, cuyo inicio se remonta a finales del siglo XVI, con la idea de ordenar y sistematizar el conocimiento geogr\u00e1fico. Dentro de un \u00e1rea geogr\u00e1fica espec\u00edfica, se listan o describen las ciudades y aldeas, parroquias y ayuntamientos, estados, poblaciones, r\u00edos y monta\u00f1as, y otras caracter\u00edsticas geogr\u00e1ficas. Los diccionarios [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1011381","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1011381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1011381"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1011381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1011403,"href":"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1011381\/revisions\/1011403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obsnev.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1011381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}