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What to see and do in Puebla del Príncipe

What to see and do in Puebla del Príncipe (Campo de Montiel, Ciudad Real): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Food and drink

When to go to Puebla del Príncipe: festival calendar

June: Pilgrimage of la Virgen de Mairena (first Sunday of June)

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What to see and do in Puebla del Príncipe

Puebla del Príncipe
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Campo de Montiel, in the province of Ciudad Real, which was called Puebla de Montiel until 23 May 1553, when Philip II granted it the title of town and its present name; its most recognisable symbol is a medieval fortress tower that presides over the built-up area and can be visited. The district, at 940 metres above sea level, extends between holm-oak woods and low scrub with springs such as that of La Zarza, and some two and a half kilometres from the village is the chapel of Nuestra Señora de Mairena, whose patronage and pilgrimage it shares with Villamanrique.
Fortress tower of Puebla del Príncipe
Monument
Medieval fortress tower that presides over Puebla del Príncipe (Campo de Montiel, Ciudad Real) and can be visited; it is the most recognisable symbol of the municipality. Its origins go back to the 8th century, when the territory became part of Al-Ándalus and it was built as part of the Andalusi defensive system in the area. Around the tower and the parish church the original nucleus of the settlement consolidated, growing in its shadow over the following centuries.
Parish church of Puebla del Príncipe
Monument
The parish church of Puebla del Príncipe, in the south of the Campo de Montiel, was built around the 15th century in Gothic style, with a battlemented tower. Around it the original nucleus of the settlement gradually consolidated, so that the temple is the oldest and principal religious building in the town.
Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de Mairena
Monument
The hermitage of Nuestra Señora de Mairena, patroness of Puebla del Príncipe (Campo de Montiel, Ciudad Real), stands about 2.5 kilometres from the town centre, at the spot where tradition places the founding of Mariana by Gaius Marius in the year 100 BC: a fertile place with a spring, surrounded by vegetation and orchards, used as a recreational area by the residents. It lay in ruins until its reconstruction began in 1971. Its patronage is one of the few devotions shared between two villages, Puebla del Príncipe and Villamanrique. On the first Sunday of June the pilgrimage of the Virgen de Mairena is celebrated, whose image is carried on a litter by devotees to the municipal boundary at Las Quebradas.
Pilgrimage of la Virgen de Mairena
Activity
Pilgrimage shared between the towns of Puebla del Príncipe and Villamanrique to the hermitage of the Virgen de Mairena, in the Campo de Montiel (Ciudad Real). It is celebrated on the first Sunday of June and is one of the few Marian devotions venerated jointly by two villages: the image is carried in procession from the hermitage to the boundary between the two municipalities, at the spot known as las Quebradas, where devotees from both towns meet.
From Puebla de Montiel to Puebla del Príncipe
Curiosity
The municipality was called Puebla de Montiel until 23 May 1553, when Philip II separated it from Montiel, owing to its growth, granting it the title of town and its present name. Out of gratitude, it changed the patronymic from Montiel to Príncipe. The new town then had around 80 inhabitants, a population that later declined due to emigration towards the Alpujarras.
The holm oak groves of Puebla del Príncipe
Nature
The municipality of Puebla del Príncipe, at 940 metres above sea level on the slopes of the Sierra Morena (Campo de Montiel, Ciudad Real), extends amid holm oak woods and scrubland, with an abundance of holm oak firewood, rosemary, rockrose and pine. It has springs such as that of La Zarza, which serves as a watering point for livestock, and is a traditional small-game area, abundant in partridges and rabbits.
El pan candeal
Food and drink
Loaf of candeal wheat kneaded with little water and sourdough, with a very dense crumb and thin crust, baked in a wood-fired oven. It lasts for days without hardening completely, an essential condition for the migas, gazpachos and ajos of Manchegan cooking.