The town of Toro, cradle of wine
- Position
- Toro
- Type of route
- One day
Knowing Toro and enjoying its alleys is as much as delving into remote pages of the history of Castilla y León. Its monumental ensembles are vestiges of past glories that made this city a coveted place, royal heritage and lordship of princesses.
The current urban layout of Toro, cradle of great wines and surrounded by the fertile plain irrigated by the Duero, allows one to guess what was the original defensive fence with the remains of the Alcázar.
On this route you can visit: the Collegiate Church Santa María la Mayor de Toro, the Monastery of San Salvador, the Museum of Medieval Sculpture of the Church of San Salvador, the Church of San Lorenzo el Real, the Museum of Sacred Art of the Royal Monastery of Sancti Spiritus, the Church of San Sebastián de los Caballeros, the church-Museum of San Sebastián de los Caballeros, the remains of the walls of Toro, the gates of Corredera, Santa Catalina, the Puerta del Mercado or the Clock Tower, the Postigo arch, the palaces of the Counts of Requena, of the Marquises of Castrillo (House of Culture), of the Marquis of Alcañices, the House of the Nunciature or the Palace of Laws, the Church of Santo Tomás Cantuariense, the Church from the Holy Sepulcher, the Bullring, the Latorre Theater and the Puente de Piedra or Puente Mayor.
Image gallery
What to see?
Stone bull or VerracoMore informationOne of the emblematic "monuments" of the city of Toro is its "Toro de Piedra", a figure sculpted in granite, belonging to the group of sculptures called "Verracos", monuments of the final stage of the...
Church of San Lorenzo el RealMore informationThis temple, of Mudejar Romanesque style was built in the XII century. The church has a single nave and it is established on rock. In the chevet, a semicircular apse and a presbytery of two sections are...
Church of San Sebastian de los CaballerosMore informationIt houses an important collection of linear Gothic frescoes from the Monastery of Santa Clara and a collection of votive offerings that were found in the hermitage of Virgen de la Vega (Christ of Battles).
Church of Santo Tomas CantuarienseMore informationRomanesque church, with three naves, built in the 12th century and rebuilt in the 16th and 18th centuries.Its interior stands out for its rich altarpiece, a work from the 16th century, considered by many...
Church of the Santo SepulcroMore informationRomanesque-Mudejar church from the end of the 12th owned by the Order of the Holy Sepulcher, and which later passed to the order of Saint John of Jerusalem. At present it houses some steps of the Brotherhood...
Hermitage of Santa Maria de la Vega or Cristo de las BatallasMore informationMudéjar Romanesque style. The floor of the hermitage is a nave covered with a pair of armor and a knuckle inheriting another one from the end of the 15th century, plus a main chapel with a straight presbyteral...
Colegiata Santa Maria la Mayor de ToroMore informationRomanesque-Gothic church. Its construction was carried out from the last third of the 12th century (around 1170), during the reign of Fernando II de León, until well into the 13th. It has three naves and...
Monastery of Sancti SpíritusMore information14th century building from 1307, next to Jewish cemetery. Founded by Doña Teresa Gil. Highlights: Floor paved with tiles, 14th century panelling, church armour, chapel vault, Baroque main altarpiece, 16th...
Museum of religious art in the church of San SalvadorMore informationIt is said that in the 12th century there was a Templar monastery on this spot, dedicated to Salvador. The crosses and beams have stone inscriptions from the 17th century under the name of ‘de los caballeros’....