Route 5 Center. Section 2 - Ledesma
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Imposing on the Tormes River and near the Arribes del Duero rises the beautiful town of Ledesma.
Get to know its quiet cobbled streets full of stately homes, palaces and churches, as well as its beautiful fortress and its beautiful walk over the river through the wall.
Its spa was already used in Roman times.
The exquisite cuisine typical of the Salamanca pasture, with sausages and stews as the protagonists, and the famous artisanal donuts cannot be missing from the table.
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What to see?
- Castle of LedesmaMore information
The fortress takes up an angle of the walled enclosure which could be part of the fortress built by Fernando II, of which only the pointed door has been preserved. Two D-shaped towers were built in order...
- Church of Santa ElenaMore information
Located outside the walls of the town, it is a clear example of Romanesque from the repopulation period, in the time of Fernando II de León.It is a modest, rural Romanesque building that has a nave and...
- Parish Church of Santa Maria la Mayor (Ledesma)More information
Built between the 15th and 16th centuries upon an earlier structure, this church used to house a clerecy with a beautiful gothic chapel attached to the Evangelist side serving as a choir. The church is...
- Roman CarriagewayMore information
Édifice du XIXe siècle. À l'intérieur on remarque le grand escalier, le plafond artesonado et l'ancien salon des séances orné par Ramón Prado.By the platform of the Puente Mocho and on both sides the remains...