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What to see and do in San Lorenzo de Calatrava

What to see and do in San Lorenzo de Calatrava (Sierra Morena, Ciudad Real): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 3 Activities · 2 Curiosities

When to go to San Lorenzo de Calatrava: festival calendar

April: San Marcos and the hornazos (April 25)
August: Festivities of San Lorenzo Mártir (August 10)

Towns near San Lorenzo de Calatrava

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What to see and do in San Lorenzo de Calatrava

San Lorenzo de Calatrava
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Sierra Morena, in the province of Ciudad Real, which ceased to be a hamlet of Mestanza and attained the standing of an independent municipality in 1842, adding to its name the surname de Calatrava in 1916; its church of San Lorenzo Mártir was until then a chapel of ease of that of Mestanza and the village is today one of the least populated in the province. On Good Friday the Juego de las Caras is played, a game of tossed coins it shares with neighbouring Fuencaliente, and at San Marcos it is traditional to make and eat hornazos.
Church of San Lorenzo Mártir
Monument
A parish church dedicated to the patron saint of the town, historically a chapel of ease of the church of Mestanza until municipal independence in the 19th century.
Cabral and Fresnedas Streams
Nature
Watercourses that run through the municipal territory of San Lorenzo de Calatrava, amid valleys and slopes of Mediterranean woodland, in the very heart of the Sierra Morena. The Cabral stream rises in the Los Morales area and joins the Fresnedas at the spot known as el Chorrillo; the Fresnedas, for its part, enters the municipality from the north, through the Términillo area, and continues southward until it flows into the río Jándula, already in the province of Jaén.
From hamlet to municipality
Curiosity
The town ceased to be a village of Mestanza and gained the status of an independent municipality in 1842. In 1916 it officially changed its name from San Lorenzo to San Lorenzo de Calatrava.
One of the most depopulated municipalities in the province
Curiosity
From the roughly 435 inhabitants it had in the mid-19th century it has fallen to little more than 190 today, making it one of the least populated villages in Ciudad Real.
The Game of Faces of San Lorenzo de Calatrava
Activity
A traditional betting game with coins played on Good Friday, a custom shared with neighbouring Fuencaliente and considered the only secular game of its kind still kept up in Castilla-La Mancha.
Festivities of San Lorenzo Mártir
Activity
Summer patron saint festivities in honour of San Lorenzo in San Lorenzo de Calatrava (Ciudad Real), with a procession, verbenas and popular events. The town preserves as a relic a small bone of the saint, which is carried in procession on 10 April.
San Marcos and the hornazos
Activity
The celebration of San Marcos, patron saint of farmworkers in San Lorenzo de Calatrava, in the Sierra Morena region, takes place every 25 April, and it is traditional to make and eat hornazos, the typical sweets of the day.