Travel Guide La Bañeza

You may not know this city, which is already known to bikers, since the Gran Premio de la Bañeza's «ciudad de La Bañeza» welcomes almost 60,000 aficionados from Spain and elsewhere every year, beginning in early August. If, well before them, she has seen or settled Astures, Romans, Wisigoths and Armansor Armies, the location of the present Bañeza is born in mid-century. By order of Count Gatón del Bierzo, she brings together Christians settled in San Pedro de Périx, and the Mozarabs of Córdoba, also Christians, settled around the present San Salvador Church, which they named Bani Eiza (place belonging to the descendants of Jesus), which will detract from its current name. In the Middle Ages, its market is famous throughout the kingdom of León and then throughout the Castille. This commercial and industrious fiber will continue in modern times, since merchants and artisans will come from all over Europe, including Flanders and France, looking for fabrics. Today, this city of nearly 10 400 inhabitants still lives in trade and services, since it is surrounded by one of the largest agricultural regions of the León (the tierras of the Bañeza, about 30 000 people) and maintains an industrial activity, particularly in the production and packaging of beans (aluds) bias). A beautiful quiet city, to discover around its Plaza Mayor and its pedestrian center, or along the rivers around it: Orbigo, Tuerto and Duerna.