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What to see and do in Arenales de San Gregorio

What to see and do in Arenales de San Gregorio (La Mancha, Ciudad Real): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

When to go to Arenales de San Gregorio: festival calendar

February: Independence Day of Arenales (February 20)
May: Festivities of San Gregorio de Arenales (8 y 9 de mayo)

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What to see and do in Arenales de San Gregorio

Arenales de San Gregorio
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Mancha, in the province of Ciudad Real, which Madoz described in 1845 as fifty gardens each with its own farmhouse, was constituted as an agricultural colony in 1880, took its present name in 1956 and did not become independent from Campo de Criptana until 1999, an anniversary it commemorates every 20 February. Its district is almost entirely covered by vineyards under the La Mancha Denomination of Origin, dotted with olive groves, cereals and melon fields, and its parish is dedicated to San Gregorio, patron of the principal festivals.
Church of San Gregorio de Arenales
Monument
The parish church of Arenales de San Gregorio, dedicated to the patron saint of this small town that grew out of a Manchegan farming colony.
The vineyards of Arenales de San Gregorio
Nature
The municipal area of Arenales de San Gregorio is almost entirely covered by vineyards protected under the La Mancha Denomination of Origin, dotted with olive groves grown for olives and oil, cereals -mainly wheat and barley- and melon fields. The municipality's economy rests basically on this primary sector, complemented by a wine cooperative, itself integrated into the La Mancha Denomination of Origin, which processes the local grapes.
Festivities of San Gregorio de Arenales
Activity
The patronal festival of Arenales de San Gregorio (Ciudad Real) is celebrated on 8 and 9 May in honour of its patron saint, San Gregorio Nacianceno, and of the Immaculate Conception, with a procession and popular events in the middle of spring. The village's festive calendar also includes the feast of San Antón, on 17 January, the Día de la Constitución municipal (municipal Constitution Day), on 20 February, and the August festivities, around the 15th.
Independence Day of Arenales
Activity
Every 20 February, Arenales de San Gregorio commemorates the municipal independence it achieved from Campo de Criptana in 1999. Before achieving it, in 1991 the town had come to be considered an entity of a territorial scope smaller than a municipality, a preliminary step on the way to its establishment as a municipality in its own right.
From fifty orchards to a municipality
Curiosity
In 1845 Pascual Madoz described fifty market gardens here, each with its own farmhouse. The place was constituted as a farming colony in 1880, took its present name in 1956 and became independent from Campo de Criptana in 1999.