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What to see and do in Villar del Pozo

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

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

When to go to Villar del Pozo: festival calendar

May: Pilgrimage of Nuestra Señora de la Blanca (May 1)

Towns near Villar del Pozo

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What to see and do in Villar del Pozo

Villar del Pozo
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Campo de Calatrava, in the province of Ciudad Real, one of the smallest in the province with its 13.23 square kilometres, which belonged to the Order of Saint John from 1250 and in whose district lies part of Ciudad Real airport. Its church of Nuestra Señora de la Consolación goes back to the thirteenth century and was last rebuilt in 1969; on the first of May the inhabitants climb in pilgrimage to the chapel of Nuestra Señora de la Blanca, and in the district remain Los Hervideros, an old carbonated spring of great fame in the nineteenth century.
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Consolación de Villar del Pozo
Monument
The church of Nuestra Señora de la Consolación de Villar del Pozo (Campo de Calatrava, Ciudad Real) has its origins in the 13th century and was for centuries the only parish of the three nearby population centres. Reinaugurated on 1 June 1889, it suffered severe damage during the Civil War, and in 1962 its roof collapsed. The current building was erected in 1969 to plans by the architect Fernando Luis Bendito, based on a preliminary design by Luis Cubillos de Arteaga, occupying only half of the original plot.
Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Blanca
Monument
Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Blanca, in the municipal area of Villar del Pozo (Ciudad Real, Campo de Calatrava), destination of the pilgrimage held in its honour every 1 May, which opens the village's festive calendar.
The Hervideros of Villar del Pozo
Nature
A former carbonated spring that enjoyed great fame in the 19th century and today lies almost abandoned, one of the many hervideros of the Campo de Calatrava.
Pilgrimage of Nuestra Señora de la Blanca
Activity
The pilgrimage festival that the people of Villar del Pozo hold on the first of May, walking to the hermitage of their patron saint.
The smallest municipality in the region
Curiosity
With barely fifty inhabitants and 13.23 square kilometres, Villar del Pozo is one of the smallest municipalities in the province. It belonged to the Order of Saint John from 1250, and part of Ciudad Real airport lies within its municipal district.