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What to see and do in Calzada de Oropesa

What to see and do in Calzada de Oropesa (La Campana de Oropesa, Toledo): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 3 Curiosities

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What to see and do in Calzada de Oropesa

Calzada de Oropesa
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Campana de Oropesa, in the province of Toledo, whose name comes from the Latin calciata, paved, in allusion to the old Roman road that linked Augusta Emerita, Caesarobriga and Toledo, and on which Philip IV conferred the title of town on 20 February 1642, detaching it from the authority of Oropesa; its parish church preserves paintings attributed to Claudio Coello, rediscovered in the restoration of 1986, and the municipality also keeps a convent of Recollect nuns founded around 1676.
Parish church of Calzada de Oropesa
Monument
The parish church of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, in La Calzada de Oropesa (La Campana de Oropesa district, Toledo), is visible from a large part of the district and preserves paintings by Claudio Coello, rediscovered in 1986 during restoration work that restored the splendour of the oil paintings, as the press reported at the time.
Convent of recoletas de Calzada de Oropesa
Monument
Convent of Calzada de Oropesa (Toledo), a monastery of Augustinian Recollects founded around 1676 by Isabel de la Madre de Dios, one of the historic buildings that recall the town's more populous past.
The Roman road that gave the village its name
Curiosity
The place name Calzada de Oropesa comes from the Latin calciata, paved, referring to the old Roman road that crossed the area linking Augusta Emerita, Caesarobriga and Toledo. After annexing the depopulated medieval settlement of Carrascalejo, the town was known for a time as La Calzada y Carrascalejo; when that settlement declined, the simple name La Calzada prevailed, to which de Oropesa was later added to distinguish it from other towns of the same name and to recall its link with the former county.
The town charter granted by Philip IV
Curiosity
On 20 February 1642, King Philip IV granted Calzada de Oropesa (La Campana de Oropesa, Toledo) the title of town with its own jurisdiction, freeing it from the lordship of the Count of Oropesa, under whose authority it had remained until then.
The 49 degrees of 1970
Curiosity
The town shares with eight other places in Spain the record for the highest temperature ever noted in the country, 49 degrees reached during the summer of 1970.