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What to see and do in Villar de Domingo García

What to see and do in Villar de Domingo García (La Alcarria Conquense, Cuenca): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

When to go to Villar de Domingo García: festival calendar

August: Festivities of la Virgen del Rosario de Villar de Domingo García (Penúltimo fin de semana de agosto)

How far each place is from the centre of Villar de Domingo García

Roman villa of Noheda 6.8 km
The mosaic of Noheda 7.3 km

Towns near Villar de Domingo García

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What to see and do in Villar de Domingo García

Villar de Domingo García
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Alcarria Conquense, in the province of Cuenca, in whose hamlet of Noheda a late Roman villa of the fourth century was discovered in 2005, famed for a figurative mosaic without known parallel in Hispania for its dimensions and its iconographic programme, with scenes such as the myth of Pelops and Hippodamia or the Judgement of Paris, and today provided with an interpretation centre. Its district takes in the western slope of the Bascuñana range, between 1,355 metres and the 890 of the Guadamejud valley, and preserves more than a hundred and twenty cellar-caves dug into a hillside and a church of la Asunción with Baroque altarpieces of Solomonic columns.
Roman villa of Noheda
Nature
The Roman villa of Noheda is an archaeological site located next to this hamlet, in the municipal district of Villar de Domingo García, on gently sloping ground bounded to the south by the Chillarón stream, to the north by the hill of the Cuesta de las Herrerías and to the west by the N-320 road. Excavations, begun in 2005, have documented the villa's bath area and an extensive series of rooms, among them a three-apsed hall where a figurative mosaic was found with 231 square metres of surviving surface, made for the most part using the opus vermiculatum technique. Dating from the 4th century, it is renowned for having no known parallel in Hispania for its size and for the complexity of its iconographic programme. It has an interpretation centre.
The mosaic of Noheda
Curiosity
The floor combines mythological themes, games and allusions to literary and theatrical genres, with scenes such as the myth of Pelops and Hippodamia, the Judgement of Paris and the abduction of Helen.
Church of la Asunción de Villar de Domingo García
Monument
The church of the Asunción in Villar de Domingo García, in the district of La Alcarria Conquense (Cuenca), is the parish church of the municipality. Basilical in plan with three naves, it retains remains of an earlier building, such as arches and rib vaults, over which it was remodelled and enlarged between the 17th and 18th centuries. To this latter phase belong the Baroque altarpieces with Solomonic columns in the side naves and the Neoclassical altarpiece in the central nave. It also holds valuable carvings, among them a Christ on the Cross and an image of Saint Michael. Notable is its bell tower, sturdy and well finished, visible from any point in the village.
The cave wine cellars of Villar de Domingo García
Nature
The cave cellars of Villar de Domingo García form a group of more than a hundred and twenty caves dug into the hillside on the outskirts of the village, beside the Camino del Rebollillo. They were cut into a particularly hard rock, so their construction required laborious work. They were traditionally used to make and store wine, thanks to the constant temperature inside. Many of them are now in ruins or abandoned, although the group remains a testimony to a traditional wine-growing economy in the district of La Alcarria Conquense.
The western slope of the sierra de Bascuñana
Nature
The municipal area encompasses the western slope of the Sierra de Bascuñana, with elevations ranging from 1,355 metres down to 890 metres in the Guadamejud valley. This sierra, one of the westernmost of the Sistema Ibérico, lies in La Alcarria Conquense and forms a north-south anticline about 35 kilometres long and 3 wide, extending from Mariana to the Estrecho de Priego, continuing northward into the Sierra del Rodenal. It is crossed by the Guadiela, Escabas and Trabaque rivers, which have carved gorges such as those of Las Tejeras and Priego.
Festivities of la Virgen del Rosario de Villar de Domingo García
Activity
Villar de Domingo García's festivities in honor of the Virgen del Rosario, a municipality in whose hamlet of Noheda a 4th-century Roman villa was discovered in 2005, with a figurative mosaic with no known parallel in Hispania.