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Palenzuela is the first town in the route through Palencia. Emperor Carlos V paid four visits to this province, three of which he stayed overnight. On that particular October 17th, 1556, on his way to his retreat in Yuste, the emperor was surely thinking of the numerous images his journeys had left him with, like the day of his first visit, when the people of Aguilar had welcomed him with a corrida de toros (bullfighting).

What to see?

  • Palenzuela CastleMore information

    Ruins more than a thousand years old. The castle began to be built in the 9th century on the wall and consisted of three towers finished with ashlar stone. Remains of the northeast wall and three sloping...

  • Church of San Juan BautistaMore information

    Built with stone blocks, with three naves and rib vaults. Flat end with a presbytery. On the Epistle side is the Capilla de la Inmaculada, plateresque, covered by a starred rib vault on scallops. The Capilla...

  • PalenzuelaMore information

    The 'Very Noble and Very Loyal' town of Palenzuela offers you a harmonious combination of nature, rest and a lot of history, in the heart of the Cerrato region of Palentine. Walk through this cobbled town...

  • Palenzuela MuseumMore information

    The Palenzuela Museum takes advantage of the space of the Town Hall Clock Tower, which was a large fortified gate of the second walled enclosure of the town, probably built in the 14th century. As time...

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