HISTORY: PONFERRADA CASTLE
Jun 9, 2010 Architecture, Capital, Capitals, Castilla y León, Culture, History, History León, Monument, Monuments, Monuments León, Tourism, Tourism, Cultured Tourism, Tourism León
Ponferrada is a beautiful city which the River Sil runs through. Its many ruins hold great cultural importance, providing evidence of the different civilisations that lived there in the past.
One of these ruins is the Ponferrada Castle, declared a Historic Artistic Monument in 1924.
Tags: Art, Way of Saint James, Castilla y León, Ponferrada Castle, Templar Castle, Culture, Leon Culture, History, History León, León, Monument, Monuments, Ponferrada, River Sil, Tourism, Cultured Tourism, History Tourism, Tourism León, Ponferrada Tourism
CITIES: “SEGOVIA”
Dec 29, 2009 Architecture, Capitals, Castilla y León, Town, Towns, Culture, History, Segovia Monument, Segovia, Tourism, Cultured Tourism, Segovia Tourism
Segovia is the capital of the province that shares its name in the autonomous region of Castilla & León, and lies at the base of the ‘Sierra de Guadarrama’.
Because of its position along transhumance routes, Segovia became an important centre for wool and textile production throughout the 12th century.
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HISTORY: “OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY OF LA PUERTA”
Dec 28, 2009 Architecture, Culture, History, History León, Church, Mountain, Monuments León, Landscapes, Villages, Tourism, Cultured Tourism, Tourism León
When the floodgates of the Riaño dam closed in 1987, the following villages were flooded: Salio, Escaro, Pedrosa del Rey, Huelde, Anciales, Riaño (a new Riaño was built) and La Puerta. The church from this last village was saved and it is the focus of this article.
The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary was transported, stone by stone, to the new Riaño. This building has an apse that dates from the 13th and 14th century and contains Gothic paintings inside which are particularly rare in Spain.
Tags: Castilla y León, Cantabrian Chain, Culture, Leon Culture, History, History León, Riaño History, León, Mountain, Monument, Monuments, Nature, Landscape, Villages, Riaño, Rosario de la Puerta, Routes, Hiking, Tourism, Cultured Tourism, History Tourism, Tourism León, Natural Tourism
VILLAGES: “RIAÑO”
Dec 22, 2009 Activities, Culture, Sports, Mountain, Nature, Leisure, Landscapes, Villages, Routes, Hiking, Tourism
In the middle of the countryside, the Cantabrian Chain to be precise, you can find the youngest village in the province of León: Riaño.
This small village is not yet 13 years old, given that the old Riaño was flooded by the dam which was named after it.
The old hamlet was destroyed to make the Riaño dam navigable and to admit certain water sports, such as sailing, windsurf, canoeing, water-skiing, etc.
Tags: Castilla y León, Cantabrian Chain, Culture, History, León, Mountain, Monument, Nature, Villages, Riaño, Routes, Hiking, Tourism, Active Tourism, Cultured Tourism, History Tourism, Tourism León, Natural Tourism, Riaño Tourism, Rural Tourism
HISTORY: “AQUEDUCT OF SEGOVIA”
Dec 11, 2009 Architecture, Capitals, Town, Culture, History, Leisure, Villages, Tourism
The most emblematic and best-conserved monument in Segovia that the Romans built on the Iberian Peninsula is the Aqueduct of Segovia.
We are talking about – probably – the most significant monument of Segovia.
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