Picture courtesy of the Tourist Office of Carrión de los Condes
INFORMATION
PROVINCE: Palencia
AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY: Castille and León
DISTANCE TO SANTIAGO: 402 km
TOURIST OFFICE
Callejón de Santiago, s/n
34120 Carrion de los Condes
Tel.: [+34] 979 880 932
Email: turismo@carriondeloscondes.es
LINKS OF INTEREST
- Hostels
- Hotels & “hostales”
- Masses
- Transport
- Restaurants & bars
- Services
- Left luggage: No
USEFUL NUMBERS
- Health Centre: [+34] 979 880 245
- Civil protection: [+34] 979 880 003
FESTIVALS & OTHER EVENTS
- San Zoilo: patron saint’s days, starting the first Monday following the second to last weekend in August.
- Santiago Apóstol (Saint James the Apostle): July 25th, with a comprehensive agenda of cultural and leisure activities.
Aymeric Picaud in his Codex Calixtinus highlighted the importance of this town. The remains of the martyr named Zoilo, patron saint of the town, were moved to the then monastery of San Juan Bautista, currently named of San Zoilo.
Land of great Jacobean tradition where there many hospitals welcoming pilgrims.
Services
MUST-SEES
- Church of Santa María del Camino: the size of this church in the 12th century was comparable to that of cathedrals from the same period, which gives us an idea of its importance. It holds a special pilgrim blessing ceremony during the high season from May to October.
- Christ Pantocrator of the Church of Santiago: the Romanesque western façade with its doorway and renowned sculpted frieze is a must-see. The portico of Saint James is the only original element from the 12th century church. Currently no religious services are held in it.
- Benedictine Monastery of San Zoilo: governed by the Abbey of San Pedro of Cluny since 1076, it was one of the first buildings in Cluniac Romanesque style in the Iberian Peninsula. A cloister was attached to the Romanesque construction at the end of the Gothic period, which is considered one of the most beautiful of its time in Spain. Today, the building has been adapted and turned into a hotel with historical charm.
Track Carrión de los Condes - Terradillos de los Templarios
NEARBY POINTS OF INTEREST
- Legidos: parish church of Santiago from the 16th century.
- Moratinos: church of Santo Tomás de Aquino, built between the 16th and 17th centuries.
- Hermitage of Virgen del Puente: in 13th-century Mudejar style, it was for years a hospital for pilgrims and a leper colony.