Picture courtesy of the Tourist Office of Frómista
SAN MARTÍN DE FRÓMISTA
If there ever was a perfect and classic example of Romanesque architecture, this is it: the church of San Martín de Frómista. Built in the second half of the 11th century, it emanates symmetry, harmony, proportion and balance throughout. Stylistically some elements remind of the cathedral of Santiago, San Isidoro de León and Santa María in Sangüesa.
COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF SANTA MARÍA LA BLANCA IN VILLALCÁZAR DE SIRGA
This fortified temple from the 13th century is one of the most notable medieval churches in Castile and León. The outstanding tombs of the Infante Don Felipe and his wife, Doña Leonor Ruiz de Castro, are considered one of the top works of Castilian Gothic sculpture. They are accompanied by a third sepulchre – a knight of the Order of Saint James.
Picture courtesy of Turismo de Castilla y León
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- Locality: Villalcázar de Sirga
- Address: Calle Costanilla, 9.
- Telephone: [+34] 646 98 30 94 (María José)
- Website
- Ticket price: € 1.5 approx. / € 1 concessions.
Picture courtesy of Turismo-Palencia.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
- Locality: Carrión de los Condes
- Address: Calle Adolfo Suarez, 2.
- Telephone: [+34] 979880932
- Website of Tourism Department
- Website of the Exhibition
- Price: € 5 approx.
PANTOCRATOR OF CARRIÓN DE LOS CONDES
The church of Santiago in Carrión de los Condes is renowned for its spectacular sculpted frieze, more specifically for the central Pantocrator surrounded by the Tetramorphs (the Four Evangelists in animal form). The folds of the tunic and the strength and the dynamism of this Romanesque work of art have been admired by millions of pilgrims.
ROYAL MONASTERY OF SAN ZOILO
9th-10th-century monastery, whose façade is one of the best examples of Cluniac Romanesque style in the Iberian Peninsula. Among its treasures are a beautiful Plateresque cloister and two Islamic canvases from the 11th century.
