Duero Route - Aranda de Duero
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Aranda de Duero is the main town in the Burgos region along the Ribera del Duero. It contains one of the largest sets of underground wine cellars in the region, an underground city that hearkens back to the town's wine trade, which still goes on.
Of the monuments in Aranda de Duero, the Iglesia de Santa María and the Iglesia de San Juan Bautista. The Palacio de los Verdugo is an example of the town's civil architecture, together with the Plaza Mayor and the medieval Puente de las Tenerías over the river Bañuelos. In the Santuario de la Virgen de las Viñas is the image of the patron saint of Aranda de Duero.
What to see?
Church of San Juan BautistaMore informationThis church was erected in the early 14th century. It has an interesting south front with nine archivolts and a tympanum containing the sculpted image of saint John the Baptist.The Capilla de las Calderonas...
Church of Santa MariaMore informationThe church was started in the second half of the 15th century, late Burgos Gothic style. It has three naves and a transept. Two coats of arms of the Catholic monarchs and the Aranda family.The south front...
Experiences on the Ribera del Duero Wine RouteMore informationIn a strip of 115 kilometers that runs through the provinces of Burgos, Segovia, Soria and Valladolid and always with the Duero River as a travel companion, the Ribera del Duero Wine Route offers visitors...
Museum Casa of the Bolas. Permanent Collection Felix CañadaMore informationIt is located in an emblematic building, in which is believed that the Queen Isabella the Catholic and Mrs. Juana de Avis stayed in. It houses the pictorial collection that the engineer Felix Cañada donated...
Museum of Pottery and CeramicMore informationUpper floor: permanent exhibition on traditional pottery. Most of the pieces come from Castilla y León.Lower floor: two rooms, one displaying traditional pottery from Aranda de Duero, some dating from...
Museum of the TrainMore informationA museum dedicated to the enthusiasts of the world of trains, created in 1998 through the efforts of a group of people lovers of railways. Installed on the so-called station of Chelva, it shows pieces...
Sacred Museum of Aranda de DueroMore informationThe old church of San Juan Bautista in Aranda de Duero hosts a permanent exhibition of great value works of the Diocese of the locality and, through which, the traveller will discover the religious experiences...
Church of San Nicolas de BariMore informationRomanesque front. Inside, the choir staircase and the 16th-century main altarpiece. Interesting 15th-century coffered ceilings and paintings, done in the XV century. The repertoire of performances includes...
