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• Valencia de Don Juan Castle. Valencia de Don Juan.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Santo Domingo s/n. 24200. Valencia de Don Juan. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.vivaleon.com/museo_del_castillo_de_valencia_de_don_juan_leon.htm. The Castle that touches the sky. It was built in the 15th century. There was another castle on the same site before, which had been built on the rui…

• Monastery of San Pedro de las Dueñas. Sahagún.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera de Sahagún, s/n. 24248. San Pedro de las Dueñas. Sahagún. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.turisleon.com/pruebas_im_comarca/monasterios/Adescas/Monasterio_de_San_Pedro_de_las_Duenas.html. This church was built in the late 10th or early 11th century. It is one of the most representative exam…

• Parish Church of Santiago Apóstol. Villada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 34349. Pozuelos del Rey. Villada. Palencia. (Castile-Leon) The main altarpiece in polychrome wood is particularly outstanding, and has three lovely carvings at the top depicting the Flight from Egypt and images of Saint James and Saint John.…

• Parish Museum in Villada. Villada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Iglesia de Santa María de la Asunción. Villada. Palencia. (Castile-Leon) http://villada.es. It has a large collection of relics and religious objects of great value.…

• Parish Church of El Salvador. Bercianos del Real Camino.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24325. Bercianos del Real Camino. León. (Castile-Leon)…

• El Romero Fountain. Bercianos del Real Camino.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24325. Bercianos del Real Camino. León. (Castile-Leon) It is located a kilometre and a half outside the village, in the Olmo Valley.…

• Shrine of the Virgin de Perales. Bercianos del Real Camino.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24325. Bercianos del Real Camino. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.aytobercianosdelrealcamino.es. This church is the object of great veneration in the region. It is a simple brick building with a belfry which in the 12th century was associated to the Hospital of Cebreiro. It is the site of a popular …

• Shrine of the Virgin del Río. Villada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 34340. Villada. Palencia. (Castile-Leon)…

• Church of San Fructuoso. Villada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 34340. Villada. Palencia. (Castile-Leon) It conserves a Gothic Christ dating from the 13th century.…

• San Miguel Church. Grajal de Campos.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Mayor. 24340. Grajal de Campos. León. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: info@aytograjaldecampos.es . http://www.aytograjaldecampos.es/turismo-y-ocio/museos/. It has three naves and a Romanesque brick facade. Its interior is formed by naves with arches supported on large Tuscan columns.…

• Mozarabic Fortress. Grajal de Campos.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24340. Grajal de Campos. León. (Castile-Leon) Practically the whole town has Mozarabic passages and rooms which indicate that it was once a major settlement.…

• Fortress Castle. Grajal de Campos.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24340. Grajal de Campos. León. (Castile-Leon) In the 15th century the village of Grajal became the property of the Vega family. One of their descendants, Hernando de Vega, began building the current castle in the early 16th century on the remains of another castle dating from the 10th century.…

• Palace of the Counts of Grajal. Grajal de Campos.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24340. Grajal de Campos. León. (Castile-Leon) This is one of the most singular palaces of the Spanish Renaissance. It is notable in the 16th-century architecture of León and of Spain as it offers a new concept of the palace which is closer to the idea of a Renaissance villa or recreational dwelling.…

• Shrine of Santo Cristo de la Era. Villada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 34340. Villada. Palencia. (Castile-Leon)…

• Church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción or Santa María. Villada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 34340. Villada. Palencia. (Castile-Leon) It conserves a Pièta dating from the 16th century.…

• Shrine of Santo Cristo de la Vera Cruz. Burgo Ranero, El.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24343. Burgo Ranero, El. León. (Castile-Leon) Remains outside El Burgo Ranero.…

• Shrine of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores. Burgo Ranero, El.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24343. Burgo Ranero, El. León. (Castile-Leon) It has a single nave. The most outstanding feature of the exterior is the sanctuary, while on the interior in the presbytery there is a Baroque altarpiece presided by the image which gives its name to the church (15th to 16th centuries). This is a typica…

• Church of San Bartolomé. Burgo Ranero, El.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24343. Calzadilla de los Hermanillos. Burgo Ranero, El. León. (Castile-Leon) Highlights on the interior include a 16th-century Calvary and an interesting main altarpiece with a polychrome image of San Bartolomé crushing the devil, and the crests of the Marquis of Villasante and the lord of the town,…

• Parish Church of San Pedro. Burgo Ranero, El.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24343. Burgo Ranero, El. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.aytoelburgoranero.es/. This is today a simple church, whose Romanesque carved figure of the Virgin can be seen in the Cathedral Museum in León. Highlights include the silver processional cross and a 19th-century Isabelline monstrance.…

• Shrine of San Roque. Calzada del Coto.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24342. Calzada del Coto. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.aytocalzadadelcoto.es.…

• Church of San Esteban. Calzada del Coto.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24342. Calzada del Coto. León. (Castile-Leon) It is made of brick and tamped earth and has a solid slender tower. Among the highlights is a Baroque altarpiece dating from the 18th century.…

• Royal Monastery of San Benito de Sahún. Sahagún.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Doctores Bermejo y Calderón. 24320. Sahagún. León. (Castile-Leon) www.sahagun.org. From San Benito to San Mancio. Only three parts of the Royal Monastery of San Benito still remain: the chapel of San Mancio, the tower and the arch of San Benito. The chapel of San Mancio was originally dedicate…

• San Tirso Church in Sahagún. Sahagún.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza San Tirso s/n. 24320. Sahagún. León. (Castile-Leon) www.sahagun.org. A Mudejar church. This is one of the oldest Mudejar churches in the province of Leon. It has a triple apse and sanctuary. It is made up of a tower above the straight section of the central apse, a compartmentalised transept a…

• Museum of the Madres Benedictinas. Sahagún.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Doctores Bermejo y Calderón, 8. 24320. Sahagún. León. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 987780078 | The tour includes a visit to the museum and the monastery chapel, with the tombs of Alfonso VI and his wives. Of particular interest are the 16th-century silver monstrance attributed to Enrique de Arfe, …

• Monastery of Madres Benedictinas. Sahagún.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Doctores Bermejo y Calderón, 8. 24320. Sahagún. León. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: info@monasteriosantacruz.com. http://www.monasteriosantacruz.com.   It has an interesting museum with a collection of gold items and religious painting, as well as a magnificent monstrance by Enrique de Arfe (16th cen…