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What to see and do in Laguna del Marquesado

What to see and do in Laguna del Marquesado (Serranía Alta, Cuenca): 7 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 · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Laguna del Marquesado: festival calendar

August: Los Cargos de Laguna del Marquesado (August) · La Joya de Laguna del Marquesado (16 y 24 de agosto)

How far each place is from the centre of Laguna del Marquesado

Nature Reserve of the Laguna del Marquesado 50 m

Towns near Laguna del Marquesado

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What to see in Zafrilla 4.9 km · 6 places
What to see in Tejadillos 5.2 km · 1 place
What to see in Valdemeca 8 km · 7 places
What to see in Campillos-Sierra 8.8 km · 1 place
What to see in El Vallecillo 11 km · 2 places
What to see in Valdemoro-Sierra 12 km · 1 place
What to see in Beamud 14 km · 1 place

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What to see and do in Laguna del Marquesado

Laguna del Marquesado
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Serranía Alta, in the province of Cuenca, which takes its name from a karstic lagoon surrounded by reed beds, declared a nature reserve and a refuge for waterbirds and for rare flora such as the threatened Sparganium natans. Its parish church is dedicated to San Bartolomé Apóstol, at whose festivals the ceremony of los Cargos and the popular race of La Joya are held, and during storm Filomena, in January 2021, -21.8 °C was measured here.
Nature Reserve of the Laguna del Marquesado
Nature
Karst lake surrounded by reed beds which gives the village its name, a refuge for waterbirds and freshwater fish and a habitat for rare flora such as the threatened Sparganium natans.
Church of San Bartolomé Apóstol de Laguna del Marquesado
Monument
The parish church of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle, patron saint of the village, is the main historic building in Laguna del Marquesado. According to Pascual Madoz in his geographical dictionary of 1847, the church was then a chapel of ease of the parish of Huerta del Marquesado, on which it depended ecclesiastically.
Los Cargos de Laguna del Marquesado
Activity
Traditional ceremony in which the symbols of the three powers are carried in procession during the village's patron saint festival.
La Joya de Laguna del Marquesado
Activity
Popular foot race run during the festival of San Roque and San Bartolomé, one of the most eagerly awaited traditions of the local summer.
The cold of Storm Filomena
Curiosity
Laguna del Marquesado sits at 1,320 metres above sea level, in the middle of a polje of karstic origin surrounded by mountains of around 1,500 metres, in the Serranía Alta of Cuenca. Its high-mountain climate, with frequent snowfalls, places the town among the settlements of the Iberian System with the lowest minimum temperatures. This was shown on 12 January 2021, during storm Filomena, when the weather station by the river recorded -21.8°C, the lowest temperature on record in the town.
Andrés de Cabrera and Beatriz de Bobadilla
Historical milestone
In 1480 Isabel the Catholic granted the marquisate of Moya to Andrés de Cabrera, who had handed her the alcázar of Segovia, and to his wife Beatriz de Bobadilla, chief lady-in-waiting to the queen. These mountain towns came under their seigneury.