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What to see and do in Villalgordo del Júcar

What to see and do in Villalgordo del Júcar (La Mancha del Júcar-Centro, Albacete): 10 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 2 Activities · 3 Curiosities · 1 Food and drink

When to go to Villalgordo del Júcar: festival calendar

July: Pilgrimage of San Cristóbal de Villalgordo (July 10)
August: Festivities of San Roque de Villalgordo (August 13-17)

How far each place is from the centre of Villalgordo del Júcar

Palace of los Gosálvez 500 m

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What to see and do in Villalgordo del Júcar

Villalgordo del Júcar
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Mancha del Júcar-Centro, in the province of Albacete, to which Charles II granted the title of town in 1672, separating it from Villanueva de la Jara, and whose valley the Júcar crosses between pinewoods and dry-farmed crops. It preserves the Gosálvez palace, a work of Versailles-inspired design of the early twentieth century declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) in 1993, and the church of Santa María Magdalena, begun in the seventeenth; thanks to the Gosálvez paper industry and to the use made of the river it was the second municipality in Spain to have electric lighting.
Palace of los Gosálvez
Monument
Palace from the beginning of the 20th century inspired by Versailles, declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) on 16 June 1993. Although in ruins, it preserves its symmetrical wings, the central courtyard and the gardens with American palms.
Church of Santa María Magdalena de Villalgordo
Monument
Parish church begun in the 17th century, with a Latin cross plan and a single nave with lunette vaults and side chapels, to which a Tuscan portico was added in the 18th century.
The Júcar as it flows through Villalgordo
Nature
The Júcar river crosses the municipal area of Villalgordo del Júcar, in the comarca of La Mancha del Júcar-Centro, forming a fertile plain surrounded by pine groves and dry-farmed fields. The land bathed by the river is sandstone, loose and of poor agricultural quality in this area, and a bridge eases its crossing next to the town.
The continuous paper mill of the Gosálvez family
Curiosity
In 1842 Santiago Gosálvez set up, beside the Júcar in Villalgordo del Júcar, a flour mill, a spinning mill and the second continuous papermaking mill in Spain, the origin of the town's industrial heyday. From that textile and papermaking period the Gosálvez family's palace still stands, declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) on 16 June 1993.
One of the first villages in Spain with electric light
Curiosity
Thanks to the Gosálvez paper industry and the use of the Júcar, Villalgordo was the second municipality in Spain to have electric lighting.
Villalgordo, a town since 1672
Curiosity
Charles II granted Villalgordo the title of villa in 1672, separating it from Villanueva de la Jara. The name refers to a villar, a hamlet, set on a broad, low hill.
Festivities of San Roque de Villalgordo
Activity
Patronal festivities of Villalgordo del Júcar in honour of San Roque, held from 13 to 17 August; on the 14th the traditional vaquillas are run through the streets of the town, a release considered highly recommended and unique in the comarca.
Pilgrimage of San Cristóbal de Villalgordo
Activity
Pilgrimage festival in honour of San Cristóbal, one of the events of the municipality's summer calendar along with the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene on 22 July.
El azafrán de la ribera del Júcar
Food and drink
The nineteenth-century accounts already cited saffron among the main products of this riverside, alongside cereals, wine and oil. The flowers are picked before dawn and stripped the same day before the stigmas are toasted.