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What to see and do in La Iglesuela del Cid

What to see and do in La Iglesuela del Cid (Maestrazgo, Teruel): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 2 Activities · 2 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in La Iglesuela del Cid

La Iglesuela del Cid
Village
La Iglesuela del Cid is a town in the Teruel Maestrazgo, at 1,227 metres above sea level, at the confluence of two streams that divide the village; the central core, triangular in plan, was the medieval walled enclosure, with its five access gates. On the nearby hill of Nuestra Señora del Cid stands the most important Iberian settlement in the comarca, also occupied in Roman times, with remains of a wall and funerary slabs set into the walls of the hermitage of la Virgen del Cid, built in 1546 and renovated in the eighteenth century. The municipality, with 357 inhabitants, took its definitive name in 1464 and later added “del Cid”. On 23 July 1837 the Carlist pretender Carlos María Isidro de Borbón spent the night at the Casa de Blinque.
Historic Ensemble of La Iglesuela del Cid
Monument
The historic ensemble of La Iglesuela del Cid, one of the best preserved in the Maestrazgo, was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) in 1982 for preserving a notable civil and religious heritage that exemplifies Aragonese architecture from the Middle Ages onward. Among its manor houses, the former town hall stands out, dating from the late 15th or early 16th century, with a sober façade, a portico of three pointed arches and two Gothic twin windows. The Casa de Blinque has a singular portico on a quadrangular pillar dated 1729, with an arch bearing the Templar emblem of the tau, and the Matutano-Daudén palace preserves a monumental double staircase with a lattice balustrade, typical of the 18th-century manor houses of the Maestrazgo.
Festivities of la Iglesuela del Cid
Activity
Patron saint festivities of La Iglesuela del Cid on 1 August, in honour of San Abdón and San Senén, and on 8 September, for the Nativity of the Virgin. The sanctuary of the Virgen del Cid, built in 1546 and remodelled in the 18th century, also hosts its own pilgrimages.
Hermitage of la Iglesuela del Cid
Monument
Hermitage in the municipality of La Iglesuela del Cid, a town whose name recalls the passage of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar around 1089. On 23 July 1837 the Carlist pretender Carlos María Isidro de Borbón lodged at the Casa de Blinque during his expedition through the Maestrazgo.
Festivities of invierno de La Iglesuela del Cid
Activity
La Iglesuela del Cid's winter festival is held in the town whose name recalls the passage of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar around 1089, and which in 1837 lodged the Carlist pretender Carlos María Isidro de Borbón in the Casa de Blinque.
The passing of the Cid through La Iglesuela
Historical milestone
Tradition places around 1089 the passage of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar through these lands, a memory that has left numerous place names and the name of the sanctuary of the Virgen del Cid. The second part of the municipality's name comes from that memory.
The Casa de Blinque and the Carlist pretender
Historical milestone
On 23 July 1837 Carlos María Isidro de Borbón lodged in the Casa de Blinque during his expedition through the Maestrazgo. The locality remained disputed until the Duke of Ahumada occupied it on 3 May 1840.