The Way of Saint James from Madrid - San Pedro de las Dueñas
- Route Data
- Ascent slope
- 795 m.
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San Pedro de las Dueñas is a small quarter in the town of Sahagún de Campos, situated at the end of this stretch of the Pilgrims’ Route to Santiago. It sprang up around the large Benedictine monastery, and here pilgrims can stay the night and find rest and refreshment in the accommodation offered by the Benedictine community.
What to see?
Church of Saints Justus and ShepherdMore informationRenaissance altarpiece from the mid-16th century composed of three sections and five sections on a factory basement and predella. Although the central street of the first bodies has suffered some losses,...
St. Andrew's ChurchMore informationAltarpiece from the second quarter of the 16th century composed of three sections and seven streets, the exterior ones housing bulk images of the evangelists with their corresponding smaller symbol of...
Church of San LorenzoMore informationThis church has a basilica-type ground plan with three naves separated by pointed arches. It is one of the most beautiful and complete examples of Mudejar art.The first historical reference appears in...
Church of San TirsoMore informationThe original structure was erected in the 12th century. It shows a combination of styles: Romanesque stone-block apse, Moorish brick walls.It contains an image of the 15th century representing Saint Michael...
Church of the PeregrinaMore informationFounded in 1257, it used to be part of the long-gone Franciscan convent. The name of the church is a reference to the image of the Virgin dressed as a pilgrim it once contained.Ornaments of different styles:...
Holy Week in SahagunMore informationTwo are the brotherhoods that, founded in the middle of s. XVI, they organize all the acts that take place during the Holy Week of Sahagún: The Brotherhood of Jesús Nazareno and Patrocinio of San José...
- Classification of Festivities
- National Tourist Interest
- Date
- Semana Santa
- Town
- Sahagún
Ruins of the Monastery San Facundo and San PrimitivoMore informationOnly three parts of the monastery remain standing:The Capilla de San Mancio, which was dedicated to San Benito according to the engraving commemorating the consecration of the altar by the Bishop of Astorga...
Museum of the Monastery of Santa CruzMore informationThe sixteenth century silver monstrance attributed to Enrique de Arfe. Sculptures from the sixteenth and seventeenth century, and a fine display of Castillian Baroque.The visit includes the museum and...
Monastery of San Pedro de las DueñasMore informationBuilt in the late 10th century and beginning of the 11th.It is one of the most representative churches of Mudejar Romanesque in its Pre-classical period, began in stone and finished in brick (1087 and...
