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What to see and do in Fernán Caballero

What to see and do in Fernán Caballero (Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

When to go to Fernán Caballero: festival calendar

August: The fernanduco-style bull run (August) · Festivities of San Agustín de Fernán Caballero (26 al 31 de agosto)

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What to see and do in Fernán Caballero

Fernán Caballero
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Campo de Calatrava, in the province of Ciudad Real, set at 614 metres in the transition between the Manchegan plain and the last foothills of the Montes de Toledo, taking its name from Ferrant Cavallero, a nobleman documented at the beginning of the fourteenth century, and granted the title of town in 1482. Its church of Nuestra Señora de Gracia, of the sixteenth century, was burnt in the Carlist war of 1837 and rebuilt afterwards, and the municipality keeps a form of bull-running of its own, the estilo fernanduco, recognised in 2012 as heritage of regional tourist interest.
Church of Nuestra Señora de Gracia de Fernán Caballero
Monument
The church of Nuestra Señora de Gracia, in Fernán Caballero (Ciudad Real), is a 16th-century single-nave temple with buttresses and a gabled roof. It was burned down in 1837, during the Carlist War, together with the town hall: the organ was destroyed, the tower was damaged and the bells cracked from the bullets and the fire. It was later rebuilt with alms from devout residents, with three altar tables placed inside without a retable or other paintings to adorn them. Today it retains an attached three-tier tower, topped with a belfry and a clock of Art Nouveau design.
The fernanduco-style bull run
Activity
The fernanduco-style bull runs are the popular bull-running festival of Fernán Caballero (Ciudad Real), held during the festivities of San Agustín, on 30 August, and declared Bien de Interés Turístico Regional (a regional-level tourist interest designation) in 2012. Its origins go back to 1850, making it, together with that of Almodóvar del Campo, one of the oldest in the province; until 1989 it was advertised as a Pamplona-style bull run, a name that was changed that year to the current one. The route, shaped like a V between the streets General Herrera, Avenida Macario Dorado and Travesía del Casino, allows runners to find themselves face to face with one bull while fleeing from the other; it lasts two hours and begins with rockets. Since 2013, stands and wooden barriers have replaced the agricultural trailers.
Festivities of San Agustín de Fernán Caballero
Activity
The festivities of San Agustín in Fernán Caballero (Ciudad Real) are held at the end of August, with the main day on the 30th, when the fernanduco-style bull runs take place: two fighting bulls, usually from local herds, run a V-shaped route through the streets, so that runners cross paths face to face with one bull while fleeing the other, in a festival lasting up to two hours. The bull run dates back to 1850, one of the oldest in the province along with that of Almodóvar del Campo; it was first advertised in the Pamplona style and took on its current name in 1989. In 2012 it was declared Fiesta de Interés Turístico Regional de Castilla-La Mancha (a festival declared of regional tourist interest in Castilla-La Mancha).
Ferrant Cavallero, the knight who gave the village its name
Curiosity
The municipality takes its name from a nobleman of the Reconquest, Ferrant Cavallero, documented at the beginning of the 14th century. The town obtained the title of villa in 1482.
The Martyrs of Fernán Caballero
Curiosity
On 24 July 1936 fourteen Claretian religious from Ciudad Real were shot at the railway station of Fernán Caballero, an episode remembered as that of the martyrs of Sigüenza and Fernán Caballero.
Between La Mancha and the Montes de Toledo
Nature
The municipal area of Fernán Caballero, on the western edge of La Mancha and the south-eastern foothills of the Montes de Toledo, stands at 614 metres in the urban centre, although the Sierra del Perro and Sierra de Casalobos come close to 900 metres. Across its 103.96 km², the Manchegan plain alternates with the mountainous relief that links up with the Campo de Calatrava. The Becea river, dammed at the Gasset reservoir, flows into the Bañuelos, while the Guadiana borders the municipality to the south-east and feeds the El Vicario reservoir. The landscape combines broad areas of scrubland with market gardens and olive groves.