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What to see and do in Cenizate

What to see and do in Cenizate (La Manchuela, Albacete): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

When to go to Cenizate: festival calendar

May: Pilgrimage of San Isidro de Cenizate (May 15)
August: Festival of la Abuela Santa Ana (Del 24 al 29 de agosto)

How far each place is from the centre of Cenizate

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What to see and do in Cenizate

Cenizate
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Manchuela, in the province of Albacete, which received the privilege of town status in 1663 within the Estado de Jorquera; its church of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Baroque of the eighteenth century and a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) since 1991, preserves three altarpieces, and on the outskirts stands the chapel of Santa Ana, patroness of festivals known as la Abuela Santa Ana.
Church of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves de Cenizate
Monument
A largely 18th-century Baroque church with Renaissance details, on a Latin cross plan with a single nave. It preserves three altarpieces, that of San Martín de Tours completed in 1600 and the Baroque ones of San Esteban and San Antonio. It was listed as a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) in 1991.
Hermitage of Santa Ana de Cenizate
Monument
The hermitage of Santa Ana, dedicated to the mother of the Virgin, stands on a plot of about 10,000 square metres planted with pines on the outskirts of Cenizate, declared together with the hermitage itself a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) in 1991. The building, from the 18th century and Baroque in style, has a single nave with lunettes —28 metres long by 6 wide— and a small transept topped by a dome with pictorial decoration and the tetramorph on the pendentives, a motif repeated in the vault of the presbytery. The wooden altarpiece and the image of the saint are of modern workmanship. The entrance doorway, lintelled and heavily whitewashed, is protected by a covered atrium.
Festival of la Abuela Santa Ana
Activity
The patron saint festival of Cenizate in honour of Saint Anne, with religious ceremonies, open-air dances and popular activities over almost a week.
Pilgrimage of San Isidro de Cenizate
Activity
The carrying of the patron saint from the church of Las Nieves to the spot known as El Tejar, where a day out in the countryside is held with food and music.
El privilegio de villa de 1663
Historical milestone
In 1663 the Crown granted the privilege of township to a group of villages of the Estate of Jorquera: Cenizate, Villamalea, Mahora, Navas de Jorquera, Valdeganga and Casas-Ibáñez, which gained council autonomy without yet breaking entirely with the mother town.