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What to see and do in Pozuelo

What to see and do in Pozuelo (Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel, Albacete): 7 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

When to go to Pozuelo: festival calendar

October: The Auroros of Pozuelo (Domingos de octubre)
November: Round of the Souls of Pozuelo (Víspera de Todos los Santos)

How far each place is from the centre of Pozuelo

Church of San Bartolomé de Pozuelo 2.1 km

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What to see and do in Pozuelo

Pozuelo
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Sierra de Alcaraz y Campo de Montiel, in the province of Albacete, with a Neoclassical church dedicated to San Bartolomé, begun at the start of the eighteenth century and consecrated in 1810, and the Casa-Palacio de los Coroneles, the most notable civil building of the built-up area; five kilometres away opens La Torca, a circular depression with steep edges that holds a dry-stone cuco inside. It keeps up sung traditions such as the Auroros, who pray the rosary at dawn on Sundays in October, and the Ronda de Ánimas, instituted in 1771.
Church of San Bartolomé de Pozuelo
Monument
A neoclassical church begun in the early 18th century and consecrated on 11 March 1810, with an 18th-century neoclassical altarpiece, 19th-century paintings and religious sculpture of the 17th to 20th centuries, including work by pupils of Salzillo.
Palace House of the Colonels
Monument
An 18th-century palace of two storeys with a tower, decorated ironwork and a carved doorway, the most notable civic building in the centre of Pozuelo.
The Torca of Pozuelo
Nature
A circular depression with steep sides five kilometres from the village, inside which stands a dry-stone cuco used for farm work.
The Auroros of Pozuelo
Activity
A group that sings the rosary at dawn on the Sundays of October, one of the best-preserved oral traditions in the municipality. The auroros also keep up the ronda de ánimas (round of the souls), begun in 1771, in which they go around the village on the night of All Saints asking alms for the souls to the sound of a small bell, as set out in their founding charter. On Friday of Sorrows they sing to the Virgin during her procession, and during Holy Week they accompany the processions of Baroque religious imagery with drum and ancestral chant.
Round of the Souls of Pozuelo
Activity
The Ronda de Ánimas of Pozuelo, a confraternity established in 1771 according to its founding charter, goes around the village on the eve of All Saints in a sung procession. Its members ask alms for the souls to the ring of a small bell, chanting a nocturne as set out in that charter.
The 1516 inquisitorial trial
Curiosity
In 1516 the Inquisition tried the tailor Martín de Burgos following a joke made by his wife about his Jewish ancestry, an episode documented in the local archives.