Highlands of Soria
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- One day
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This region, lying in the north-east of the province of Soria, conceals a valuable legacy dating back to prehistoric times: traces of the dinosaurs, which visitors can discover on this fascinating ancient route that takes in towns such as Oncala or Villar del Río.
The landscape of Soria’s uplands is also the perfect setting for a visit to the Romanesque Tower of Yanguas or the Chapel of Nuestra Señora de la Peña in San Pedro Manrique, an 18th century work that still stands on this attractive route that enables visitors to discover the region’s most emblematic monuments.
This route includes the following sites of interest: the Chapel of Nuestra Señora de la Peña, the Parish Church of San Pedro Manrique and the Church of San Pedro el Viejo, all situated in San Pedro Manrique; the Church of San Millán, the Tapestry Museum and the Shepherds’ Museum, in Oncala; San Miguel Tower, the Church of Santa María and the Yanguas Religious Art Museum; the Parish Church of Nuestra Señora del Vado and the Villar del Río Palaeontology Centre; and the Church of San Martín in Magaña.
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Magaña castleMore informationThe Magaña castle is considered one of the most important 15th century stately castles in the province of Soria. The best view to appreciate the attractive and suggestive silhouette of the castle is on...
Church of San MillanMore informationLate 18th-century Neoclassic edifice housing a superb tapestry collection. See comments. The Archbishop Don Juan Francisco Jiménez del Río had the church built in the late 18th century.Latin cross ground...
Museum of the PastorsMore informationYou can follow the route of the shepherd over eight months from his preparations in Oncala to his return the following year. The positive and negative aspects of his journey are presented. The museum offers...
Tapestries MuseumMore informationEight tapestries from the series known as ‘Apoteosis Eucaristica’, have been preserved. ‘El triunfo de la Fe’ and ‘El triunfo de la Eucaristía’ are worthy of note. They bear the indisputable mark of Brussels...
Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la PeñaMore information18th-century ashlar, rubble and brick shrine on the site of a former romanesque temple of which the round facade with archivolts is still standing. It has a rectangular nave and a square chancel over which...
Parish Church of San Pedro ManriqueMore information17th-century church devoted to Saint Martin, with three naves divided into three sections separated by round arches and covered by small vaults, the result of several subsequent reforms. Only the chapel...
Ethnographic Museum of SarnagoMore informationThe contributions of ancient tools and utensils of the neighbors have managed to create this museum, where different everyday environments such as the kitchen, the bedroom or pantry and work area in the...
Dinosaur footprints Fuentesalvo and la DehesaMore informationFuentesalvo site:It is in Villar del Rio. You can access on foot and by car. It is signposted with a poster near to the ditch of the local route 115 over the kilometer 33 towards North, at the end of a...
Parish Church of Nuestra Señora del VadoMore informationMade of slate, featuring ashlar buttresses, this single-nave church has groin vaults in its three sections and two fronts. One of the fronts contains an inscription indicating the name of the person who...