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What to see and do in Guriezo

What to see and do in Guriezo (Asón-Agüera, Cantabria): 10 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 2 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 3 Historical milestones

When to go to Guriezo: festival calendar

August: Fiesta de las Nieves (August 5)
September: Fiesta de los Martinucos (first Sunday of September)

How far each place is from the centre of Guriezo

Embalse de El Juncal 4.1 km
Fiesta de las Nieves 4.2 km

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What to see and do in Guriezo

Guriezo
Village
Municipality in the comarca of Asón-Agüera, with 2,496 inhabitants (INE 2025) and 74.53 km², ranging from sea level to Pico Betayo (748 m). It groups together 24 neighborhoods around its capital, El Puente. Demonym: guriezano.
Origen de Altos Hornos de Vizcaya
Historical milestone
In the 19th century a blast furnace financed with Biscayan capital was set up in Guriezo, which local tradition points to as the origin of the later company Altos Hornos de Vizcaya.
Iglesia de San Vicente de la Maza
Monument
Church from the 17th-18th centuries in Rioseco, declared a bien de interés local (asset of local interest).
Fiesta de las Nieves
Activity
The municipality's patronal festival.
Francisco Marroquín, primer obispo de Guatemala
Historical milestone
Francisco Marroquín Hurtado (1499-1563), born in Guriezo, was the first bishop of Guatemala.
Ferrería de La Yseca
Monument
Ironworks in Guriezo active between the 13th and 17th centuries, restored in the 20th century alongside the Casona de los Marroquín.
Embalse de El Juncal
Nature
Reservoir on the Chirlía river, in Guriezo, which generates hydroelectric power and supplies drinking water to the district via the Autovía del Agua.
Monumentos megalíticos de Guriezo
Historical milestone
In the uplands of Guriezo's territory there survive megalithic monuments, with menhirs and burial mounds attesting to prehistoric human occupation.
Isidro y Carlos Nozal, ciclistas de Guriezo
Curiosity
Guriezo is the birthplace of the professional cyclists Isidro Nozal (1977) and Carlos Nozal (1981).
Fiesta de los Martinucos
Activity
Feast of Los Martinucos in the Agüera quarter, in Guriezo.