Concejos abiertos y facenderas
Montaña leonesa y meseta · Castilla y León · Spain
Third placeMedieval
Neighbourhood assemblies (concejo abierto) and communal works (facendera, hacendera) that still govern hundreds of small municipalities and commonly held woodlands. Iberian vernacular direct democracy, an exact relative of the machizukuri inherited from Edo.
- Led by
- Comunidades vecinales
- Status
- Active
- Participation
- Vernacular
- Visitable
- Contexto territorial
- Contact
- No public contact on record
- Last reviewed
- 1 September 2026
Verification
Partially verified
This place has at least one source on record and awaits a second one for contrast. Full verification will arrive in the review phase of the atlas.
- Verified primary and secondary source, reviewed within the last twelve months
- Partial one source on record
- Unverified starting knowledge, sources pending
Sources
- Facenderas, veceras y velandas ↗ · secondary source · consulted on 1 September 2026 · Diario de León