Municipio de Ezprogui
Ayesa, together with Moriones, form part of the municipality of Ezprogui. This municipality in the Valley of Aibar, borders on the mountains of Olaz and Andúa, lending the local landscape a rugged appearance. The municipality comprises the inhabited villages of Ayesa and Moriones, together with the now-deserted villages of Arteta, Ezprogui, Gardalain, Guetadar, Julio, Loya, Sabaiza and Usumbel.
Pascual Madoz’s Geographical – Statistical – Historical Dictionary 1845 – 1850 defines Ezprogui as follows:
EZPROGUI: Place in the Valley of Aibar in the province and General captaincy Of Navarra, Territorial court and diocese of Navarra. territorial court and diocese of Pamplona (6 leg), Judicial district of Aoiz (4): forms council with the Places of Guetadar, Sabaiza, and Moriones, in which the mayorship resides for one year on a rotational basis. LOCATED at the foot of Mount Santa Agata, with cold CLIMATE: contending N and S winds, leading to inflammations and coughs. It has 5 houses; parish church (San Juan Evangelista), served by an abbot; a chapel (Sta. Eufamia) ¼ from the village, and a spring of healthy water for the use of the residents. The LOCALITY neighbours. N. and E. Sada; S. Ayesa and Eslava, and W. MOrines. The TERRAIN is part slate, part gravel and fairly rough: it comprises a very high mountain populated with oak, box and several shrubs: it is crossed by a brook which springs in the territory of Iranzgote, from which it takes its name, and flows into the River Aragon. The TRACKS are local and in poor condition. The POST comes from Sada on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, and leaves on the same days. PRODUCTION: wheat, barley, wine, some oil and legumes; breeding of sheep, goats and cows; hunting of partridges and hares. INDUSTRY: a flour mill. COMMERCE importing essential items. POPULATION: 5 residents, 32 souls. TAX AND WEALTH with the valley. (V.)
Diccionario geográfico – estadístico – histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar by Pascual Madoz. Madrid. 1850 – 1850
Diccionario geográfico – estadístico – histórico de España y sus posesiones de Ultramar por Pascual Madoz.
Madrid. 1850 - 1850
AYESA
Parish Church of San Andrés. This church has a Mediaeval layout although its current appearance is the result of work performed in the XVI century and the Baroque.
Civil architecture The village’s houses are grouped beneath the church, which overlooks them from its vantage point. Buildings in ashlar are common with dressed stone on openings and corners, and whose doorways are semicircular or are made from lintels on cantilevers. Special mention should be made of a house with a horizontal façade flanked by two lopped towers, an entrance in the form of a twin pointed archway and arch window, also pointed. At the entrance to the village, there is a house which has been altered to a great extent, but maintains an outstanding ashlar facing and bears a Baroque shield from the XVIII century.
MORIONES
Parish of San Martín The church, at the highest point of the village, has a rectangular nave with four sections plus square transept, and Baroque half-barrel roof.
Chapel of la Magdalena This Romanesque-style (XII century) chapel, practically in ruins, is set somewhat apart from the village.
Civil architecture The houses are scattered beneath the church and many are in a poor state of repair due to depopulation.
Source: Catálogo Monumental de Navarra. Mª. C García Gainza, Mercedes Orbe Sibatte.
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