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What to see and do in Villarroya de los Pinares

What to see and do in Villarroya de los Pinares (Maestrazgo, Teruel): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 2 Activities

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Church of Villarroya de los Pinares 50 m

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What to see and do in Villarroya de los Pinares

Villarroya de los Pinares
Village
Villarroya de los Pinares is a mountain municipality in the Maestrazgo, in the province of Teruel, situated at 1,337 metres above sea level beside the Guadalope river, in the Sierra de Gúdar, with 160 inhabitants (INE 2025), compared with the 1,278 it had in the mid-nineteenth century. The village, declared a historic-artistic site in 1982, preserves numerous buildings crowned with old coats of arms. Its Gothic church, dedicated to la Virgen de la Asunción, was built in 1459 and has a notable polygonal apse and a porticoed gallery; buried in it is Cardinal de la Peña, who dreamed of turning it into a cathedral. Nearby stand the hermitage of San Benón and the ruined castle that belonged to James I of Aragon. It lives on agriculture, livestock farming and, more recently, rural tourism.
Church of Villarroya de los Pinares
Monument
Church of the Assumption of Villarroya de los Pinares, a Gothic temple built in 1459, with a notable polygonal apse and a porticoed gallery, which has undergone several repairs since its construction. Buried inside is Cardinal de la Peña, who always cherished the dream of turning it into a cathedral.
Mountain range of Villarroya
Nature
The mountain range around Villarroya de los Pinares, at 1,337 meters above sea level, lies in the northern part of the Sierra de Gúdar, next to the source of the Guadalope river. The town, with its 1459 Gothic church dedicated to the Virgen de la Asunción, was declared a historic-artistic site in 1982.
Festivities of Villarroya de los Pinares
Activity
Villarroya de los Pinares celebrates its fiestas mayores in honor of San Benón on 16 June and Santiago on 25 July, in a town declared a historic-artistic site in 1982 that preserves a 1459 Gothic church dedicated to the Virgen de la Asunción.
Festivities of invierno de Villarroya de los Pinares
Activity
Villarroya de los Pinares's winter festival is held in a village declared a historic-artistic site in 1982, with a Gothic church from 1459 dedicated to the Virgen de la Asunción, in the northern part of the Sierra de Gúdar.