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What to see and do in El Valle de Altomira

What to see and do in El Valle de Altomira (La Alcarria Conquense, Cuenca): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities

When to go to El Valle de Altomira: festival calendar

August: Festivities of la Virgen del Sagrario de Garcinarro (August)

How far each place is from the centre of El Valle de Altomira

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What to see and do in El Valle de Altomira

El Valle de Altomira
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Alcarria Conquense, in the province of Cuenca, born in 1970 of the merger of Garcinarro, Jabalera and Mazarulleque under the name of Puebla de Don Francisco and renamed with its present designation on 27 April 2010; in Garcinarro, its capital and most populous centre, stands a sixteenth-century Renaissance church. In summer it holds the festivals of the Virgen del Sagrario, which are added to those of its patron, San Isidro Labrador.
Renaissance church of Garcinarro
Monument
The church of Our Lady of the Sagrario, a 16th-century Renaissance temple located in Garcinarro, capital of the municipality of El Valle de Altomira, was declared a national historic-artistic monument on 24 September 1982 by royal decree published in the Boletín Oficial del Estado on 15 November that same year, signed by King Juan Carlos I and the Minister of Culture Soledad Becerril. It is listed as a bien de interés cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection).
From Puebla de Don Francisco to El Valle de Altomira
Curiosity
The municipality came into being in 1970 from the merger of Garcinarro, Jabalera and Mazarulleque under the name Puebla de Don Francisco. On 27 April 2010 it took its present name.
Festivities of la Virgen del Sagrario de Garcinarro
Activity
The feast of the Virgin of the Sagrario of Garcinarro is celebrated in August, around the 15th, and is organised by the young people of the village, who make it one of the most eagerly awaited dates in the area; it thus adds to the patronal feasts of San Isidro Labrador.