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What to see and do in Liétor

What to see and do in Liétor (Sierra del Segura, Albacete): 12 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

When to go to Liétor: festival calendar

August: Patron saint festivities of Liétor (Del 23 al 28 de agosto)

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What to see and do in Liétor

Liétor
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Sierra del Segura, in the province of Albacete, born as an Andalusi farmstead around the tenth century and granted by the Crown after the conquest to the Order of Santiago, which retained its jurisdiction until the liberal reforms of the nineteenth century. It preserves the chapel of Nuestra Señora de Belén, famed for the murals of expressive popular style painted between 1734 and 1735, the convent of Discalced Carmelites founded in 1679 and built entirely in brick, and the church of Santiago Apóstol, of the second half of the eighteenth century with an earlier tower.
Church of Santiago Apóstol de Liétor
Monument
A church on the Plaza Mayor built in the second half of the 18th century, with a Latin cross plan and three naves under a barrel vault. Its tower dates from the late 15th or early 16th century and it was listed as a cultural asset in 1992.
Convent of los Carmelitas Descalzos de Liétor
Monument
Founded in 1679 in honour of Saint John of the Cross during the reign of Carlos II and built entirely of brick, with a façade completed in 1700 and a cloister of 1696. It was closed under Mendizábal's disentailment in 1835 and listed as a cultural asset in 1981.
Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de Belén de Liétor
Monument
A rectangular hermitage with a wooden roof on diaphragm arches, famous for its murals painted between 1734 and 1735 in an expressive folk style, with Solomonic columns and scenes of the Visitation and the Holy Family. Listed as a cultural asset in 1976.
Reservoir of Talave
Nature
Dam and reservoir located on the course of the río Mundo, in the hamlet of Talave, within the municipality of Liétor in the province of Albacete. The dam is 38 metres high, 7.10 metres wide at the crest and 32.2 metres at the base, and the reservoir serves a dual function of regulating flows for irrigation and supplying water to the Región de Murcia. Since 1979 it has also received inflows from the Tajo-Segura transfer, which ends its course there before entering the Segura basin. It covers an area of 295 hectares, with a maximum capacity of 39.11 cubic hectometres, 23.6 kilometres of shoreline and 9.1 kilometres of flooded course of the río Mundo.
Valley of the Río Mundo in Liétor
Nature
The stretch of the River Mundo that curves around the promontory on which Liétor stands, with traditional market gardens at the foot of the old town.
The baroque organ of Liétor
Curiosity
The church of Santiago Apóstol preserves a Baroque organ dated 1787, as well as an altarpiece by Paolo Sistori and sculptures attributed to the Murcian image-maker Francisco Salzillo.
The crypts of the Carmelite convent
Curiosity
Beneath the former convent of Liétor lie crypts containing naturally mummified remains, one of the most singular features of the village's heritage.
Patron saint festivities of Liétor
Activity
The town's August festival, with bull runs, open-air dances, traditional music and popular events through the streets of the old town.
The grant of Liétor to the Order of Santiago
Historical milestone
Born as an Andalusi farmstead around the tenth century, Liétor was granted by the Crown to the Order of Santiago after the conquest; its jurisdiction over the village was maintained until the liberal reforms of the mid-nineteenth century.
The Grand Master's letter about the frontier
Historical milestone
A letter from the master of Santiago dated 1480 describes the hardships of the residents of Liétor from living right up against the land of the Moors; the census confirms it: from two hundred and fifty inhabitants in 1468 it fell to one hundred and sixty in 1498.
The oil of the Mundo valley
Food and drink
The olive terraces stepped above the river canyon give an early-harvest extra virgin oil, green and slightly pungent, used raw over migas and atascaburras and to preserve the cheeses of the sierra.