The best museums Castile And Léon

The tour of this museum, opened in 2011, has the double advantage of visiting a modernist house, since it is housed in a small palace (Palacete) of 1930, Casa de Doña Josefina, and has a remarkable collection of traditional costumes and jewellery. In total, this museum holds a fund of more than 2 000 pieces of textiles and jewellery from the lands of León, from the th to the early th century. Each year, an exhibition showcases some special parts in a very contextualized way: work suits, feasts or dolls. The visit begins with a video explaining the history of the place, its costumes and the rites they accompanied. One will appreciate, in particular, the number (42) and the quality of the patenas (th century silver medals, marked with religious motives), the cristos'preñaos ' (literally Christ Enceints who protected women's pregnancy), jardines (typically Bosniak contenant containing "still alive flowers" and offered as proof of love, for example, at the time of marriage), destinées intended for a marriage. to fight the post-natal mortality, very frequent in these times, or the remarkable collaradas, the Bosniak «identity» collars of coral and agate to which medals are attached and who are not without thinking about jewellery Berbers. Be aware that the museum's wealth has earned it the coming of Madrid experts in traditional jewellery. 

In a beautiful art nouveau art palace from the beginning of the th century built at the initiative of Miguel de lis by architect Joaquín de Vargas. Once inside, admire the beautiful glass roof. The museum presents a collection of objects from that time. A small corner of Paris 1900 in the middle of Castile.

Set in the sumptuous building of the old San Gregorio college (th century), the museum houses unique collections in Europe. The huge stone altarpiece that spans the portal, pure masterpiece of the isabélin style, is worth travelling alone. Inside, the decorative richness of the cloister dazzled its refinement. The collections presented constitute the widest range of polychrome wood religious sculptures in the th, th, and th centuries.

Built in the late th century in a neo-classical style, this monastery occupied by the religious nuns of Cistercian order houses an interesting museum of sacred art. Examples of this include the youth paintings of Goya and his brother-in-law Francisco Bayeu.

Located in the banker Fabio Nelli's Renaissance palace. The beautiful pink building houses numerous archeological samples from the Paleolithic, Roman, Wisigothic deposits of the province. Also a fine art section, with some collections of religious paintings from the xive, xve and sixteenth centuries.

Insolite, with his collection of objects brought back by the Augustins missionaries since 1565.

Located in the Torre del Reloj building on the main square of the village, this small museum has been interested in the history of Palenzuela from the time of préromaine through a series of audiovisual documents and archaeological collections.

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.

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.

A symbol of the power of the Velasco line, this imposing Gothic fortress was built at the end of the xivth century, between 1370 and 1380, and classified as a National Monument in 1931. Composed of two square towers, crowned with niches and connected by a central building, Alcázar has a austere and robust look. The interior retains elements of the original decoration, of mutiny inspiration. The Alcázar houses the historical museum of the Merindades, which traces the history of the region.

We will, of course, stop in this place which pays tribute to one of the flagship products of the production and Gastronomy of La Bañeza, beans, of course white but also of all other colours and which benefits from a PGI (protected geographical indication) Alubia de la León-León. Located in the building where its regulatory council sits, it presents a collection of instruments, models and photographs to better understand the culture of this product, as well as samples of all varieties from Spain.