Footsteps of Teresa of Ávila - Palencia
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Right from the start, the city of Palencia lent its support to the founding of the city in 1580, led by Bishop Álvaro de Mendoza, a close friend of the Saint. Saint Teresa would return to the city on two later occasions, and the warm welcome she received from the residents of Palencia is reflected in the phrase attributed to her: "the people of Palencia are made of some of the finest stuff I have ever seen".
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The Big House of Monte El ViejoMore informationIt is located in the site that names it: ‘Monte El Viejo’, it consists of a central tower to which two square rooms of lower height are attached. It is a gift of King Alfonso VIII to the city. Today it...
Cathedral of PalenciaMore informationThe building combines various styles - Renaissance, and Gothic, among others - and contains numerous important paintings and sculptures. The underground crypt houses the relics of San Antolín, which lie...
Church convent of San FranciscoMore informationIt has a cloister with pointed arches resting on fine paired columns reinforced by buttresses. Founded by the Franciscan order in the 13th century. It held the General Assembly of the kingdom back in the...
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Calle / Church of the CompañiaMore informationBuilt in the late 16thb century, with a Latin cross ground floor and a single nave. It follows the Jesuit model. The internal distribution and the facade are defined by a sober classical symmetry. The...
Church of San BernardoMore informationRebuilt church. Only te plateresque facade has been preserved of the original structure. Here, Santa Teresa de Jesús founded a convent at the request of the bishop Don Álvaro de Mendoza, which later on...
Church of San Juan Bautista - Villanueva del RioMore informationSmall Romanesque church of the 12th century, with an outstanding pointed front and six archivolts resting on columns with ornate capitals.It was originally built in Villanueva del Río Pisuerga, but when...
Church of San MiguelMore informationWork on this temple began in the early 11th century and was completed in the 12th century. Noteworthy features include the early Romanesque apse and other late Romanesque elements including the pointed...
Church of San PabloMore informationFounded by Santo Domingo de Guzmán in the 13th century. It held the General Assembly in 1313 and contained a Estudio General back in the 16th century, offering degrees in Theology and Arts. On the outside,...
Church of Santa ClaraMore informationLocated inside the Convento de Santa Clara. It contains the Cristo de las Aguas, recumbent Christ found in the street.
