The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Misión de San Antonio
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The fourth of the convents, the Convent of Santa Teresa (the Order of the Discalced Carmelites) was founded in Valladolid on 10th August 1568. It was built on an estate next to the river, where, as the Saint said "we all fell ill". As a result, the order moved to another, healthier location donated by Doña María de Mendoza, which remains their permanent home in the present day. In 1968 the convent was named an ‘illustrious resident’ by the city, and both the street and the district where the convent is situated are known as ‘Rondilla de Santa Teresa’.
What to see?
Visitor Center Fossil TreeMore informationIt exposes the reconstruction of the primitive environment of 120 million years ago, through vegetal fossils from different geological eras, information about fossil forests in Spain and the most famous...
Hermitage of San PelayoMore informationHortigüela, crossing point between lands of the upper and middle Arlanza, is village in which highlights a proud hermitage on a rocky headland from which we can watch a beautiful landscape of water, river,...
Monastery of San Pedro de ArlanzaMore informationSituated in the province of Burgos, the River Arlanza encircles the ruins of the historic Monastery of San Pedro Arlanza, a superb example of Romanesque art. It was founded by Count Gonzalo Téllez and...
Tower of CastrovidoMore informationThe castle from XIV century was built by the family Velasco. The tower is made of sandstone masonry and ashlar in the corners, fastened with mortar of lime and sand, and pebble. This fortress retains the...
Tower of Hoyuelos de la SierraMore informationThis four-floor tower is attached to what once was a palace; it is square and made with masonry. It is a place with few windows, where the most striking window keeps part of its decoration. All of it is...
Archaeological and paleontologic Museum / Museum of los DinosauriosMore informationThe museum provides a complete archaelogical and paleontological journey through its two rooms.There are also pieces which are representative of each culture: two-sided quarzite carvings which are 300000...
Santo Domingo de SilosMore informationIn the idyllic setting of the Tabladillo valley, southeast of the province of Burgos, stands Santo Domingo de Silos. Get to know the Silos monastery, considered one of the great Romanesque jewels in Spain,...
The Festival of los JefesMore informationRepresentation of the feat of the silenses aginst the attack of the moores. Loud music, street parades, Las Crestas, San Antón horse racing, torchlit races around the village by the teenagers, castilian...
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- Castilla y León Tourist Interest
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- Ultimo sabado de enero
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- Santo Domingo de Silos
Monastery of Santo Domingo de SilosMore informationBenedictine monastery erected in the 12th century in honour of its Abbot, Abad Domingo, who died in 1073. A temple similar to that of San Pedro de Arlanza was built in 1088 and was replaced by the present...
