Bercedo
BurgosCastilla y León
Toponym derived from the Latin bersedum ('cabbage field'), applied to settings cultivated with cabbages and winter vegetables.
Pastoral hamlet of the Mena valley, height of the Los Tornos pass (917 m), historical passage of transhumance between the Encartaciones and the Bureba.
Evolution of the name
- bersedum late Latin 5th–9th centuries
- Bercedo medieval Castilian from the 10th century
Glossary
- Tornos Pass
- Natural pass of 917 metres altitude in the Ordunte range, divide between the Mena valley (Burgos) and the Asón valley (Cantabria). It is the lowest pass of the Eastern Cantabrian and historical route of livestock transhumance between the winter pastures of the Bureba and the summer pastures of the pasiega brañas.
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