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What to see and do in Palomar de Arroyos

What to see and do in Palomar de Arroyos (Cuencas Mineras, Teruel): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Activities

How far each place is from the centre of Palomar de Arroyos

Church of Palomar de Arroyos 50 m

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What to see and do in Palomar de Arroyos

Palomar de Arroyos
Village
Palomar de Arroyos is a small municipality of the Cuencas Mineras comarca, in the province of Teruel, with 166 inhabitants and a municipal area of 33.62 km², at over 1,200 metres above sea level. It was called simply Palomar until the 1916 reform of municipal names. Its parish church of San Juan Bautista dates from the 17th century. The patronal festivities, on 6 August, include a pilgrimage to the hermitage of the Salvador, where bollos are handed out; the village also celebrates a bonfire for San Antón on 17 January and a cultural week in July. Between 1967 and 1971 the Escucha thermal power station was built within its municipal area, which reached an installed capacity of 183,000 kW.
Church of Palomar de Arroyos
Monument
Church of San Juan Bautista, a 17th-century Baroque church with three naves and a barrel-and-lunette vault; it was set on fire and destroyed by the Carlists during a civil war and later rebuilt as the village's present parish church.
Festivities of Palomar de Arroyos
Activity
The festivities of Palomar de Arroyos are celebrated on 6 August with a procession to the hermitage of El Salvador; the town, whose church of San Juan Bautista dates from the 17th century, was called simply Palomar until the 1916 reform of municipal names.