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What to see and do in Matarrubia

What to see and do in Matarrubia (La Campiña, Guadalajara): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

When to go to Matarrubia: festival calendar

May: Festivities of el Santo Cristo de la Agonía (first weekend of May)

Towns near Matarrubia

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What to see and do in Matarrubia

Matarrubia
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Campiña, in the province of Guadalajara, set in a hollow between the tablelands of La Muela, El Chaparral and El Llano, with a name that alludes to the yellowish tone of the holm oaks and scrub that covered these lands; its church of San Bartolomé, of the sixteenth century, preserves a sundial carved in 1743 by the stonemason Mathías Sánchez, and the district holds the greatest concentration of century-old cork oaks in the province.
Church of San Bartolomé de Matarrubia
Monument
A 16th-century stone church that preserves a sundial carved in 1743 by the stonemason Mathías Sánchez and a baptismal font brought, according to tradition, from the deserted village of Canrayado.
The century-old cork oaks of Matarrubia
Nature
The municipal district holds the largest concentration of centuries-old cork oaks in the province of Guadalajara, with specimens of between two and three hundred years old.
Matas rubias
Curiosity
The town's name comes from the matas rubias, a reference to the yellowish tone of the kermes oaks and scrub that historically covered this land. The built-up area sits in a shallow valley between the tablelands of La Muela, El Chaparral and El Llano.
Festivities of el Santo Cristo de la Agonía
Activity
The festivities of the Santo Cristo de la Agonía are the main festivities of Matarrubia (La Campiña, Guadalajara), in honour of the village's patron, and coincide with the Cruz de Mayo, the first weekend of the month. They include religious acts, concerts, children's activities and a painting contest. It is tradition to put up the mayos, young trees on the balconies of unmarried young women, although depopulation has reduced the custom to a single symbolic mayo in the Plaza Mayor.