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What to see and do in Los Pozuelos de Calatrava

What to see and do in Los Pozuelos de Calatrava (Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 3 Activities

When to go to Los Pozuelos de Calatrava: festival calendar

April: Festival of la Cruz de Los Pozuelos (late April)
May: Festivities of Santa Quiteria de Los Pozuelos (21 y 22 de mayo)
August: Festivities of Santa Rosa de Lima (22 y 23 de agosto)

Towns near Los Pozuelos de Calatrava

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What to see and do in Los Pozuelos de Calatrava

Los Pozuelos de Calatrava
Village
Los Pozuelos de Calatrava is a municipality in the district of Campo de Calatrava, in the province of Ciudad Real, with 326 inhabitants, crossed from east to west by the Guadiana river, along which a small ironworks operated in the 19th century. Its parish church is dedicated to the Visitación de Nuestra Señora. The patron saint festivities, in honour of Santa Quiteria, are held around 21 and 22 May with parades, an opening address and a procession, and in August the co-patron, Santa Rosa de Lima, is celebrated. At the end of April the Fiesta de la Cruz is also held, with the traditional Cruz de Mayo in the church square, performances by jota groups, chocolate cakes and a parade of faralaes dresses.
Church of la Visitación de Nuestra Señora de Los Pozuelos
Monument
A church with a single-nave floor plan under a gabled roof, with whitewashed quartzite walls, a side tower and bell tower, located in the center of Los Pozuelos de Calatrava.
The Guadiana as it passes through Los Pozuelos
Nature
The Guadiana crosses the municipal district of Los Pozuelos de Calatrava from east to west; in the 19th century a small ironworks operated here beside the river.
Festivities of Santa Quiteria de Los Pozuelos
Activity
The festivities of Saint Quiteria, patroness and protector of Los Pozuelos de Calatrava, are celebrated around 21 and 22 May with a programme including a parade, an eve-of-feast vigil for the saint, an opening address, the traditional Mayos songs sung in her honour, a solemn mass, a processional outing and a mass for the village's deceased.
Festivities of Santa Rosa de Lima
Activity
Los Pozuelos de Calatrava celebrates its co-patron saint, Santa Rosa de Lima, around the 22nd-23rd of August, and its main patron saint, Santa Quiteria, around the 21st-22nd of May.
Festival of la Cruz de Los Pozuelos
Activity
Los Pozuelos de Calatrava, in the Campo de Calatrava (Ciudad Real), celebrates the traditional Cruz de Mayo on the last weekend of April, set up in the church square. During the festivity groups perform jotas, the chocolate cakes typical of the day are handed out and, on the eve of May, the Mayos are sung to the Virgin Mary. The programme is rounded off with a flamenco fashion parade in which residents wear faralaes dresses.