Culture and nature

  It is also known as "Casa de las Flores" (House of Flowers) because of the flowers that adorn the eight balconies of its façade throughout the year. This building dates back to 1862 and perfectly represents the half-timbered architecture of the area. No...

    Located in front of the main door of the Church of San Antonio at the end of the 18th century. It is the subject of hundreds of photos and postcards, and was placed there in 1681, as the stone at its base says. Its name comes from the fact that this was the place where the...

This is the oldest settlement in Castilla y León. Archaeological work has uncovered a wall, a necropolis, a temple and the walls of a large number of houses among the flora. In fact, it is estimated that some 2,000 people may have lived there. ....

It is also known as the Castle of the Constable Dávalos or the "Triste Condesa". Built between 1395 and 1423 by order of the nobleman Ruy López Dávalos, it boasts a Gothic style with a square floor plan and round towers at the corners. In addition, the...

  The origin of this castle seems to date back to the end of the 14th century, when King Enrique III granted the town of Adrada to the Condestable Ruy López Dávalos, serving as a place of recreation for the Castilian royalty and nobility, who found in the beautiful...

Also known as the Hospital de Peregrinos (Pilgrims' Hospital), it is a former hospital that was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in January 1976. It was founded at the beginning of the 16th century by the prior of the cathedral church of the city of Ávila, Ruy García Manso, to take in the poor and...

  The Plaza de la Villa, with its 19th century fountain that spouts clean, fresh water from the mountains through its four spouts, was once a market, cinema, playhouse and bullring. Today it is a meeting place, a place for strolling and dancing during fiestas. It is here that...

This village is known as El Balcón del Tiétar. In the Parque del Rollo, from where you can enjoy beautiful views of the valley and the Sierra de San Vicente, there is a statue of its illustrious neighbour Arturo Duperier, physicist and researcher and discoverer of lightning...

The dictionary says that "horcajo" is the confluence of two rivers or streams. Located at an altitude of 1,005 metres, four gorges empty their waters into the dam: La Serradilla, El Retamalejo, Matavacas and La Graja. They thus form the Nuño cojo gorge, the gorge that...

It is said that the Virgin Mary appeared to a shepherd named Finardo who was crying over the death of a goat. The Virgin took pity on him and brought the animal back to life in exchange for a church to be built on the site. The construction of the chapel was completed in...

It has an enormous historical value as it has served to connect the flat lands of the Northern Plateau with the lands of the Tiét Valley and, through it, with the lands of Toledo and Extremadura. It has been...

  Although there are historical references attesting to the celebration of bullfights and other spectacles since at least the 17th century, the current construction dates back to 1993.Throughout the year, the bullring is used as a car park...