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What to see and do in Golosalvo

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

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities

When to go to Golosalvo: festival calendar

April: Festivities of San Jorge de Golosalvo (April 23)

How far each place is from the centre of Golosalvo

Cerro Asomadilla 350 m

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What to see and do in Golosalvo

Golosalvo
Village
Golosalvo is a municipality in the comarca of La Manchuela, in the province of Albacete, situated on a small plateau and belonging until the 19th century to the Estado de Jorquera. It was a hamlet of Fuentealbilla between 1889 and 1926 and regained its status as an independent municipality in 1927. Its 17th-century parish church holds a San Jorge carved in the 18th century by the Murcian sculptor Francisco Salzillo, to whom a San Simeón is also attributed, and a Virgen del Rosario, a Baroque carving of the Castilian school older than the other two images. The patron saint gives his name to the main festival, held on 23 April. It lives on cereals and, above all, the vine, and has 79 inhabitants.
Salzillo's San Jorge in Golosalvo
Monument
The image of the municipality's patron saint, an 18th-century carving by the Murcian sculptor Francisco Salzillo, kept in the 17th-century parish church alongside a Saint Simeon also attributed to him.
Virgin of the Rosary of Golosalvo
Monument
The Virgin of Rosario, carved in polychrome wood, is the oldest of the three images kept in the parish church of Golosalvo (Albacete), a 17th-century building. It is a Baroque carving of the Castilian school, earlier than the other two notable images in the church: that of San Jorge, patron saint of the village, from the 18th century, and that of San Simeón, also Baroque, both attributed to the Murcian sculptor Francisco Salzillo.
Cerro Asomadilla
Nature
The cerro Asomadilla, at 748 metres above sea level, is the highest point in the municipal district of Golosalvo, in the Albacete district of La Manchuela, and rises very close to the village centre. From its summit the relief descends southward to the 683 metres of the lowest land in the municipality, a contrast that sums up the gently rolling plateau landscape typical of the district.
Festivities of San Jorge de Golosalvo
Activity
The festivities of San Jorge are the patron saint festival of Golosalvo and the main annual date for this small town in La Manchuela, held on 23 April in honour of the martyr soldier George, also patron saint of Aragon, Catalonia and other Spanish towns such as Cáceres or Alcoy. Golosalvo preserves a sculpture dedicated to its patron saint, the work of the sculptor Francisco Salzillo.
The municipality that came back into being
Curiosity
Golosalvo lost its status as a municipality between 1889 and 1926, a period in which it was a village of Fuentealbilla, and regained its administrative independence in 1927.