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What to see and do in Sigüenza

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

1 Villages · 3 Historical milestones · 2 Food and drink

Towns near Sigüenza

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What to see and do in Sigüenza

Sigüenza
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Serranía de Guadalajara, in the province of Guadalajara, taken from the Muslims on 22 January 1124 by the Aquitanian bishop Bernard of Agen, who began the cathedral shortly afterwards and made the city the ecclesiastical and administrative head of the range; Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza promoted in 1489 a university that trained jurists and theologians for more than three centuries, the church came badly damaged out of the siege that ended in October 1936 and every November its restaurants devote their menus to the mushrooms of the area in long-running mycological events.
The conquest of Sigüenza by Bernardo de Agén
Historical milestone
On 22 January 1124 the Aquitanian bishop Bernardo de Agén took the city from the Muslims and remained at its head as episcopal lord. Shortly afterwards he began the building of the cathedral, which made Sigüenza the ecclesiastical and administrative head of the sierra.
The University of Sigüenza
Historical milestone
Cardinal Pedro González de Mendoza promoted in 1489 the founding of a university around the college of San Antonio de Portaceli. It trained jurists and theologians for more than three centuries, until in 1824 it was reduced to a dependent college and disappeared as a university.
The 1936 siege of the cathedral
Historical milestone
Sigüenza was in the Republican zone from July 1936. After weeks of bombardment, the last defenders made a stand inside the cathedral and held out through a week of siege until the surrender of 15 October. The church came out of the episode gravely damaged.
The Mycological Days of Sigüenza
Food and drink
Every November the Sigüenza restaurants devote their menus to the mushrooms of the surrounding area, with mycogastronomy menus, outings to the countryside and displays of species. It is one of the longest-running mycological events in Castilla-La Mancha.
The mountain migas
Food and drink
Shepherd's dish made with moistened and crumbled stale bread, garlic and paprika, which is stirred at length in the pan and is accompanied by chorizo, torrezno and fried egg. In the sierra it is also served with grapes in autumn, to cut the taste of the fat.