The Medieval Jousting of Passo Honroso
Don Suero de Quiñones had made a vow to his love Leonor to fast on thursdays and to wear an iron ring around his neck. But he wanted to be released from the promise, and so he proposed that he would break 300 lances of the foreign knights who crossed the bridge. His challenge was never completed: after breaking only 166 lances the judges took pity on him and released him from the vow.
The tournament is one of the main acts of the games, which include a parade of standard bearers and mounted knights before the great battle, and the ladies' medieval dancing and folk music.
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Date
Primer fin de semana de junio
Classification of Festivities
Castilla y León Tourist Interest
Kind of Festivity
Historical
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- Postal address Hospital de Órbigo. NaN. León
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Hospital de Órbigo town hall
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- Postal address Pza. de Regla, 2. León. NaN. León
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