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What to see and do in Casas de Lázaro

What to see and do in Casas de Lázaro (Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel, Albacete): 9 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

When to go to Casas de Lázaro: festival calendar

December: Santa Lucía in Casas de Lázaro (December 13)

How far each place is from the centre of Casas de Lázaro

Fulling mill of the Puerto 2.6 km

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What to see and do in Casas de Lázaro

Casas de Lázaro
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel, in the province of Albacete, with a textile craft tradition documented since the fourteenth century which appears on its coat of arms and which one family in the village still keeps alive; its church of San José guards a Dolorosa by the Murcian sculptor Francisco Salzillo, and along the watercourses of the district remain mills such as that of Montemayor. It also preserves the Bronze Age settlements of Peña Galindo and Torre Vieja and the thermal spring of the Fuente de El Buitre.
Church of San José de Casas de Lázaro
Monument
A parish church that holds a Dolorosa by the Murcian sculptor Francisco Salzillo, a carving of Saint Joseph and an oil painting on the ceiling with the four evangelists.
Settlements of Peña Galindo and Torre Vieja
Monument
Bronze Age settlements, between 2500 and 900 BC, with public and residential structures preserved in the municipal district of Casas de Lázaro.
Mill of agua de Montemayor
Monument
A water mill of probable Arab origin that harnessed the river, one of the devices that lined the watercourses of the municipal district along with fulling mills and sawmills.
Fulling mill of the Puerto
Nature
A spot with a working waterfall, one of the municipality's most visited natural corners.
Spring of El Buitre
Nature
The Fuente de El Buitre, in Casas de Lázaro (Sierra de Alcaraz and Campo de Montiel, Albacete), is a spring with waters of thermal properties already mentioned in the Crónica de la provincia de Albacete of 1891, to which local tradition attributes healing properties. At the site, the pools where baths once stood can still be seen.
The looms of Casas de Lázaro
Curiosity
Textile craft is documented from the 14th century and features on the municipal coat of arms. It was at its most active until the mid-20th century, and the Rosa family keeps alive the tradition started by José Antonio Rosa in the 19th century.
Santa Lucía in Casas de Lázaro
Activity
A winter festival held in Casas de Lázaro (Sierra de Alcaraz and Campo de Montiel, Albacete) on 13 December, the feast of Saint Lucy. That day bonfires are lit in the streets of the village, around which residents gather to eat roasted potatoes and drink wine.
The village stew
Food and drink
A sierra stew of chickpeas, beans, potato and vegetables with the trimmings of the pig slaughter, simmered for hours in an earthenware pot. First the broth is eaten with noodles and then the meat and the pulses, in two servings as tradition requires.