Calle de Muñopedro

Muñopedro is a village in Segovia, settled on land that the Christian resettlement fixed around the 12th century. Its name keeps the memory of the man who led the settlement: Muño, son of Pedro. Hence Muño Pedro, fused into a single word over the centuries. The village fell under the abbey of Párraces and raised a church dedicated to San Miguel. Moving the place-name to Arganzuela follows a broader scheme: much of the Imperial neighborhood was laid out with streets named after Segovian towns, so Muñopedro shares its surroundings with other streets christened after villages of that province. The village that lends the name later saw the emptying of the countryside, as the mechanization of farming pushed its people toward the cities.