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Laredo ((:laˈɾeðo)) is a town in the autonomous community of Cantabria. According to the 2008 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 12,648 inhabitants. In addition to Laredo, the municipality includes the villages of La Arenosa, El Callejo, Las Cárcobas, Las Casillas, La Pesquera, Tarrueza and Villante. Except from the last two, the other villages had been physically integrated into Laredo. Located between the cities of Santander and Bilbao, Laredo is known in the region and nationally for "''La Salvé''", its 5 km long beach (7 km at high tide) and for the historic part of town dating back to Roman times. Its festivities in August are also well known due to the main event that occurs every year on the last Friday of August, known as la ''batalla de flores'' (the battle of the flowers), during which large floats entirely covered with flowers and petals are paraded along the central streets. In Laredo (and many other cities in Spain) it is tradition for a group of men to parade a giant sardine through town at the end of carnival. At the end of this ritual, called "''Entierro de la Sardina''":es:Entierro de la Sardina (burial of the sardine), the sardine is burned on the beach after a fireworks display.〔(''El Diario; Último adiós a la sardina en Laredo'' )〕 ==History== High middle age :In 1200, Laredo was named ''villa''. On January 25 of that year, the King Alfonso VIII signing in Belorado (Burgos), conferred on it the privilege by statute. It becomes, in this way, Laredo was the third Cantabrian town to receive this distinction after Castro Urdiales (1163) and Santander (1187). In the jurisdiction, it is provided the jurisdictional limits of Laredo stretching along the coast, between the mouth of the Asón in the west and of the Agüerain the east, and inland to Ampuero. All this, causes an increasing of the population that extends among the Church of the Assumption and the stream of Bario; It was protected with a wall (that still remains) and it was divided into three ''ruas'', from east to weast: San Martín, En Medio and Yusera; from north to south: Ruamayor, Carnicerías Viejas (today San Marcial), Santa María and Azoque. in 1339, Laredo took part in the conquest of Tarifa with the boat ''Nicolao''; and in 1357 in the victory of Rochela, what contributed to the restoration of the spanish comerce with Brujas. In the 15th century, the ''villa'' continued to provide voats and men to the commerce, militars and fishing companies of the time; and assists to the disappearance of the Jewish community in Laredo. Middle age :The ''villa'' now belongs to the judges of the Four Towns of the Sea: Castro Urdiales, Santander and San Vicente de la Barquera. It has 2000 residents and it's passing through a brilliant period, backed by the Catholic Monarchs. in 1629, Laredo is named capital of judges of the Four Towns of the Coast of the Sea, which turns the ''willa'' into the most importante and extensive council. In fact, it is permanent seat of the royal magistrate, comprising the current ''Cantabria'', and it is presented as the ''villa'' which controls the privileges that the king grantes. From this period of the history, it is conserved the Ark of the Three Kings, where the municipal documentation is deposited and which is guarded by three officers of the council. Contemporary age :in 1822, Laredo become the town hall, and in 1836 it has lost his cane and the municipality and the institutions in which Laredo could locate. In the second half of the 19th century, the installation of canneries and salting (throughout the 20th century ranks first in the secondary sector) lead to the departure of the village. Tourism bursts into the ''villa'', which is set to transform its economy and appearance. In 1876, the ''Guide to sea bathing in Laredo'' was published. It produced the urbanization of large areas of the medieval quarter and it started the construction of the fishing port in 1883. Currently, Laredo sets its urban development and the tourism remains being one of the main sources of its economy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laredo, Cantabria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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