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What to see and do in Casa de Uceda

What to see and do in Casa de Uceda (La Campiña, Guadalajara): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 2 Nature · 1 Activities

When to go to Casa de Uceda: festival calendar

May: Pilgrimage of la Virgen de los Olmos (third weekend of May)

How far each place is from the centre of Casa de Uceda

Mount of Casa de Uceda 50 m

Towns near Casa de Uceda

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What to see and do in Casa de Uceda

Casa de Uceda
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Campiña, in the province of Guadalajara, with a sixteenth-century church of San Bartolomé of three naves, a tower and a porticoed gallery with Renaissance details, and a chapel of the same date dedicated to Nuestra Señora de los Olmos on the municipal hill, the goal of a pilgrimage; its district shares with Matarrubia and Villaseca some rañas, piedmont plains, included in the Natura 2000 Network, and preserves a public-utility woodland of gall oaks, ash and holm oaks with roe deer and wild boar.
Church of San Bartolomé de Casa de Uceda
Monument
The church of San Bartolomé de Casa de Uceda, in the comarca of La Campiña (Guadalajara), is a 16th-century church with a three-nave plan. Outside, a strong tower and a covered arcaded gallery stand out, with a colonnade and a Plateresque doorway under a porch, with Renaissance linear ornamentation. Inside, the remains of an old Renaissance altarpiece are preserved, the only surviving piece of the church's original furnishings.
Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de los Olmos
Monument
The hermitage of Nuestra Señora de los Olmos, from the 16th century, has a Latin-cross plan with a pronounced transept and walls of brick and roughly dressed stone. It stands on the hill of Casa de Uceda (La Campiña, Guadalajara), on the banks of the río Jarama, reached by a track of about three kilometres from the road. On the third weekend of May the pilgrimage to the hermitage is held, in honour of the village's patron saint.
Mount of Casa de Uceda
Nature
Monte de Casa de Uceda is a mount of public utility (no. 102-A) covered with holm oaks, oaks, ash trees, Portuguese oaks and typical scrubland flora, home to game species such as roe deer and wild boar. Part of its area is included in the Natura 2000 network as a site of Community importance, classified as vulnerable to forest fires and to changes in land use.
The rañas of Casa de Uceda
Nature
The rañas of Matarrubia, Villaseca and Casa de Uceda form an area included in the Natura 2000 network as a site of Community importance. It is a zone vulnerable to forest fires and to the transformation of its soils.
Pilgrimage of la Virgen de los Olmos
Activity
Pilgrimage held on the third weekend of May to the hermitage of Nuestra Señora de los Olmos, patroness of Casa de Uceda (Guadalajara), located on the banks of the Jarama river, in the hills, about three kilometres from the village along a path. The hermitage, with a Latin-cross floor plan, dates from the 16th century and holds the image of the patroness. Traditionally the Virgin was brought to the village in August, where she remained until October, when the festive cycle is completed with the patronal festivities of September in her honour.