Tourist Attractions & Monuments Spain

It is the town hall of Calzadilla de los Barros but also provides tourist information.

Built in the th century on order of the counts of Zuñigas, its imposing silhouette flanked by two towers dominates part of the city. You can access it from Calle de Francia after climbing the stairs that end the street. From the original building, high on a former medieval castle, only the façade of the th and the central façade remain. It is on this latter that you can read the dedication made by Cervantes to the Duke of Béjar in El Quijote. The interior patio is also Renaissance. Since this building is now home to a high school, you can only visit the patio, but we also have access to the north tower which houses the oscura oscura which allows you to observe the entire city, its surroundings and the mountain.

This Italian Renaissance style complex is one of the oldest in Spain. Built in 1567, at the request of Duke Francisco de Zúñiga y Combarro, he was destined to be a summer residence, which he will be until now a public property. It consists of a small palace with the ornate windows of the Armoiries y Combarro arms, a chapel and stables, the other party being devoted to the gardens in which everything is ordered to promote beautiful views and beautiful surprises: a large pond decorated with a small Moorish style temple (installed in 1871, replacing the original), gardens on the terrace with water games, recoins with angelots and a large chestnut forest.

More than for its architecture, this th century convent convent deserves a visit for its rich collection of Italian art. Works by Luca Giordano, Andrea Vaccaro and Guido Reni, great Italian painters of the th Century, are exhibited in the church.

The Taurin Museum of Valdestillas preserves some treasures that will be of interest to lovers of the genre, including old habits, the poster of a bullfighting in Las Ventas dating from 1931, the taleguillas (culottes silk briefs, decorated with gold embroidery) by Antonio Fuentes and Rafael El Gallo, among others.

Austerity and simplicity define this Cistercian monastery built in the th century in a style of transition between the novel and Gothic. Between his walls passed the kings Charles Quint, Philippe II and Philippe IV before he fell away. Today, the monastery only remains its restored church - too late - after the collapse of its Gothic wall wall in the 1990 s. 

This monumental bridge of 25 arches crossing the Pisuerga is one of the largest in the whole of Castile and León. Built in the 22nd century, it underwent numerous changes in the 25 th and th centuries, notably from to arches. A place of compulsory passage to reach the left bank of the Pisuerga, it was crossed by Charles Quint at each of his visits to Torquemada.

Cabezón de Pisuerga, a small town in the province of Valladolid in Spain, has a tourist office to welcome visitors. The tourist office is an ideal starting point for discovering the attractions and activities in the Cabezón de Pisuerga region.

The Ampudia Tourist Office, located at C. Duque d'Alba, 1, is a must for visitors to this charming town in Spain's Palencia province. Whether seeking advice on local tourist attractions, upcoming events, or maps and brochures, the tourist office team is ready to help visitors make the most of their stay in Ampudia. With its central location and friendly staff, the Ampudia tourist office is an ideal starting point for discovering this beautiful Spanish town.

The construction of the San Miguel collegiate church dates back to the th century, but it ended only in the th century. In Gothic-Renaissance style, it maintains a huge 60 metre high bell tower known as the Giralda de Campos. Inside, the major altarpiece, baroque organ and chapels San Idelfonso and Santa Ana are worthy of mention.

Built in the th century, it is the typical stately castle of Castile. It has excellent conservation status thanks to the restoration work carried out in the 1960 s by Eugenio Fontaneda, grandson of the founder of Galletas Fontaneda biscuits. Throughout his life, he brought together an important archaeological and ethnographic collection that is now exhibited in the castle. A collection of sacred art, reproduction of a medieval pharmacy, ancient toys… complete this interesting exhibition.

The church Santa María houses a rich collection of paintings, goldsmiths, sculptures and altarpieces. The master pièce is undoubtedly the grand altarpiece of the master altar, composed of 13 paintings on panels of Pedro Berruguete, great artist of the late th century, whose son Alonso will become a painter at the Charles V court.

The Dueñas Tourist Office, located in the province of Palencia in Spain, is a convenient information point for travelers. Visitors can obtain information on the region's tourist attractions, things to do, restaurants and accommodation. The office address is Avenue El Paseo, 34210 Dueñas, Palencia, Spain.

The Paprika de La Vera Museum occupies the palace of Bishop Manzano on the Plaza Mayor, a beautiful baroque construction of the seventeenth century. On three levels, the museum explains the origins of the chili, the manufacturing stages and the different varieties.

It is one of the most beautiful churches in the region of La Vera. Built on a thirteenth century temple, it forms part of a transition style between Romanesque art and late Gothic. We will notice the churriwous churriwery of Sainte-Marie-de-Grace, which dates from the eighteenth century.

The city hotel is located in a very beautiful building of the th century, the Palau de la Hundreds. The main façade is a Romanesque style, while the rear façade is neo-classical.

Built in the early th century, it is an emblematic work of the Romanesque civil architecture of Lleida. In the wedding room, the Gothic altarpiece of the th century presided over by the Virgin Mary. The municipal archives contain a real treasure, the Carta Pobla, the first constitution of the inhabitants of Lleida, which dates back to 1150.

Opened in early 2015, this centre provides information on the different birds observable in the national park and on the best spots to observe and photograph them.

Built in the th century, the "new" cathedral is a Baroque building with a certain tendency to French classicism. The temple houses a representation of the Virgin of Montserrat, patron saint of Catalonia, a work signed by Josep Obiols.

The Las Villuercas site has a large cave art spread over over 30 panels. In the heart of the country of Las Villuercas, it is one of the most spectacular areas in the region, where the Mediterranean forests in perfect conservation conditions are combined with the mountainous alignments which have one of the most important peaks in Extremadura.

The engravings of the Hurdes are spread over a vast territory covering the communes of Casar de Palomero, Pinofranqueado, Caminomorisco, Nuñomoral and Casares de las Hurdes.

In the country of Las Hurdes there is a series of open-air engravings which, by their number and their remarkable character, constitute within the post-Palaeolithic cave art of the Iberian Peninsula a uniform and singular nucleus.

In total, 15 different rock destinations are now perfectly marked for better access to visitors. They are located in various important places: Casar de Palomero, Pinofranqueado-Caminomorisco and Nuñomoral. These are enclaves of the type "pétroglyphe", of slate outcrops of slate, most often, which have been the object of identifiable engraved by percussion and incision.

The sites are generally made of rocky outcrops located at mid-slope, above the bed of a river or stream, and most often oriented on a north-west/northeast line.

If the grounds appear most often on the horizontal surface of the rock, with the floor, there are also some sets of decorated rocks. These are - in all cases - natural outcrops of slate or shale.

In most cases, the themes represented are geometric or linear, and there are also, with a certain profusion, a few figurative elements such as horse fers, representations of shaven human feet, agricultural tools (sickles, serpes), and arms (swords, knives, launchers). Much more exceptional, anthropomorphic or schématisations of human silhouettes in which they wanted to see idols and other elements difficult to interpret.

One of the most significant rock art ensembles in the Cáceres region, and the first to be the subject of an archaeological register in 1916. It is structured in a unique scene where the human figure is the main element. This scene consists of small groups characterized by their different chiefs and ornements, and, according to the interpretation that has been made, represents a tribal meeting. Painting is the only technique used, in a pretty weathered red color. There are also some symbolic elements and two very patterned representations of zoomorphes. The whole is dated from Neolithic to the age of copper.

Ardales's interpretation centre is designed as a hyphen between us and the history of the cave that we discover at the end of the visit. In the large circular hall, you can see the reproduction of a ground excavation site while, all around, panels summarize the main knowledge we have of our ancestors: the places where they lived, the traces found and the great stages of human evolution. On the floor, the exhibition focuses on the presentation of the cave and archaeological discoveries in the region. A space even allows to move virtually into the cave via a 3 D reconstitution.

Traces of Occupation's human occupation have been uncovered in this small cave that is still being excavated. The excursion will also be the occasion for a beautiful walk in beautiful landscapes.

A few kilometres from the city centre, the cave of Ardales was discovered in 1821 in favour of a small earthquake that represented the entrance. The cavities, dug by thermal waters, form a maze of 1 500 m long which was explored by Abbot Breuil in 1918. Traces of habitat were found about metres from the mouth, but it is likely that this cave served only temporary camp during hunting periods.

Engravings and paintings have been discovered throughout the cave, even in the most obscure places. Stalagmites carved and filled with fuel, usually made with the wax of bees, animal fats and olive oil, were used to illuminate the passages. For inaccessible places, ropes made in the rock were also found. There were a total of 107 drawings dated Gravettien and Solutréen, and over symbols. Among the most important representations: a large deer with red legs, coloured by a mixture of resin and clay, and a silhouette that could be that of a woman, and many hands in negative. Notable is: most of the engravings were made not with a tool but at the point of the finger.

The Fraga Tourist Office, located in the town of Fraga, in the province of Huesca in Aragon, is a practical information point for visitors. Tourists can obtain information on local attractions, events, accommodation and things to do in the area. The tourist office also has a website where visitors can find out more about Fraga and the surrounding area. Contact details for the tourist office are as follows: Paseo Barrón, 9, 22520 Fraga, Huesca. For travelers wishing to discover Fraga and its attractions, the tourist office is a good starting point for obtaining useful information.

2 km southwest of La Zarza is this small shelter under rock dominating the plain. Park your car near signs and follow signs for about minutes.

The site was discovered and studied by Abbot Breuil in the second decade of the twentieth century. century and revealed numerous figurative and symbolic inscriptions: features, angles, spirals and others with less indentifiables shapes. The entire wall, about a dozen meters, is covered, but most paintings have suffered from the passage of time and are no longer very visible.

The paintings revealed very schematic anthropomorphic, zoomorphes and idéomorphes signs, the meaning of which, again, is not known.

The cave, closed to the public, presents a collection of paintings and engravings for most of the Paleolithic, and some further schematic elements. There was a set of hands painted in negative (71 in total) that the current research works are located chronologically at the very beginning of Paleolithic cave art. It should be added to this the presence of zoomorphes patterns (cattle, capridés and deer) and some graphèmes of symbolic type (point alignments, coupled contributor, triangles, etc.).

The Interpretive Centre introduces visitors to the most characteristic aspects of Maltravieso cave art, through posters, models, audio-visual documents and a small reproduction at the real scale of one of the cave halls.

Monfragüe National Park has an exceptional density of rock paintings, reflecting the important human occupation of the site, linked to the presence of the Tajo and Tietar rivers. Paintings focus mainly on ford. 107 painted shelters were identified, but as the region was the subject of large yards under Franco, particularly with the construction of dams which led to rising water levels, it certainly counted much more 50 years ago. Many paintings are open air but are not reported, to avoid damage.

The Grotte Castle cave, accessible by a group of 10 people, has one of the most beautiful rock legacies in the park. There was a pyramid of human silhouettes drawn by the finger and iron oxide and a large deer, certainly older. The shelter has a total of 140 figures on 8 different panels, which you may have the chance to see in detail. In 2016, the interpretation centre plans to develop an application that will allow, after taking a picture of paintings with a tablet or smartphone, to highlight the features, details and colours that have become invisible to the naked eye.

A little higher, the castle, 480 m high, offers splendid views over the park as a whole. This is the starting point for many walks to get involved in bird watching: vultures, royal eagles and storks in particular are very numerous in the park.

Inaugurated at the end of 2014, this small interpretation centre consists of a few areas representative of a primitive habitat forming an introduction to the Neolithic world. Daily life, tooling, cooking, housing… Everything has been reviewed and made accessible to the general public. Many photographs and a small documentary show on-line the information on the huts.

Founded in 1914 by the painter Jaume Morera, the museum has held various places before settling in the historic building of the ancient casino of Lleida. The tour offers a route through the art of the 1930 th century, during which we will be particularly interested in the avant-garde period of the s through the work of Leandre Cristòfol, considered one of the pioneers of surrealist sculpture in Catalonia.

Built between the th and th centuries, this Gothic-Plateresque building is now the seat of the Institut Ilerdencs Institute. You will notice its central patio with a stone staircase which leads to a gallery of warhead arches.

This little chapel was originally dedicated to the Virgin of Snow. Built in the Muslim era in what was the Christian quarter, at the corner of Carrer Major and Carrer Cavallers, it is now dedicated to the worship of Saint James (Sant Jaume in Catalan), which is why it is frequented by many pilgrims on their route to Compostelle.

Set in the most representative and well-preserved tower of the medieval wall, restored and rehabilitated in May 2002, it makes it possible to better understand the features of this wall as well as its history but also the life of the medieval city that was Plasencia. There are exhibition rooms with informative panels, old maps of the city, audiovisual documents and models. You will be able to walk through parts of the wall on the round paths and we will also have very nice views of the city, the cathedral and the mountain.

Located in a traditional house rehabilitated and opened to the public since May 2001, it allows to know the origin and history of this ancient Roman road with explanatory panels, photographs, audiovisual documents and even interactive screens to make a virtual visit.

The popular architecture of the village is a typical example of the architecture of the so-called Lathe Estrémadure, a system of most often wooden lattage and usually nailed or bolted to the frame to receive coverage. The houses have a ground floor built in masonry and a top floor developed from a wooden frame filled with pisés, all complemented by wooden balconies and small stone staircases. We also note the large tiles covering the part of the wall that can receive rain. All this is to be found in the most captured part of the village, on the land, the so-called Quartier district. In the highest part of the village, the bourgeois houses appear. Built during the expansion of thermal tourism at the end of the th and early th centuries, they are all in beautiful stone, display wrought-iron balconies and sometimes decorate their facade of modernist elements such as plant motifs or plume.

It is in the old balneario that you will find the remains of the Roman baths, dating from the first century: a circular space 8 metres in diameter, covered by a semi-spherical arch allowing the light of the day to pass, its only lighting. Four niches contain oval-shaped bathtubs, carved in granite. The whole has undergone different reforms. The reception building dates back to the beginning of the th century and the beginning of the th century. Small particularity, this balneario is now the property of the inhabitants of the village via the Probanos (association of owners of the Balneario Balneario). Every four years, among the inhabitants, the management assembly is responsible for managing the thermal activity.

This long Roman calzada was littered with sites of military camps or places to rest (mansio). This is the last role of Baños de Montemayor. From the Roman road itself that has become the site of transhumance, it retains traces of two large sections, located at the northern and southern exits of the village. With a restoration in 1973, the north is a journey of about 2 km, which climbs slightly. You can see two examples of sewers at the time and have an overview of the village. Next to the southern calzada, you will find a small Roman bridge, but reformed since then with a single arc of 3,5 meters.

They are also present on Facebook. The team at the tourist office will be delighted to help you organize your stay, providing information on the itineraries and activities best suited to your interests. Don't hesitate to visit the Baños de Montemayor Tourist Office to discover all that this charming town has to offer.

On the edge of the road between Santa María la Real de Nieva and Bernardos (parking), you can take a few steps among the numerous open air engravings that adorn the rocks. With the site of Siega Verde, it is one of the most important fields of petroglyphs on the peninsula: no fewer than 200 figures have been listed, with a very large majority of horses and deer. There are also some goats and bison. The rocks also inspired the artists of the Middle Ages who added scenes of fighting on horseback, dances, arms…