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What to see and do in Parrillas

What to see and do in Parrillas (La Campana de Oropesa, Toledo): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Parrillas: festival calendar

August: Festivities of el Cristo del Olvido (Agosto o septiembre)

How far each place is from the centre of Parrillas

Church of Nuestra Señora de la Luz 250 m

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What to see and do in Parrillas

Parrillas
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Campana de Oropesa, in the province of Toledo, set at the foot of the outliers of Gredos, whose place name is attributed to the Latin parricus, an enclosure for livestock, or to the vines; it obtained the title of town in 1642 — recalled by its rollo de ajusticiar, the pillar of justice, and by the coat of arms with a dehesa holm oak and a vine leaf — although it remained subject to the jurisdiction of the lordship of Oropesa, and in May it climbs in pilgrimage to the chapel of la Fuente Santa.
Church of Nuestra Señora de la Luz
Monument
The church of Nuestra Señora de la Luz is the parish church of Parrillas, situated at the foot of the Gredos foothills, in the Campana de Oropesa district (Toledo), and its main monument. Pascual Madoz's geographical dictionary, in the 19th century, already listed it as an entry-level curacy of ordinary provision, a minor ecclesiastical category within the diocese.
Execution pillar of Parrillas
Monument
The execution pillory of Parrillas, in the Campana de Oropesa district (Toledo), is a jurisdictional column recalling the town charter obtained by the town in 1642. Parrillas belonged to the lordship of Oropesa until that year, when the growth of its population earned it the town charter, although it remained under manorial jurisdiction.
Hermitage of la Fuente Santa
Monument
Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Fuente Santa, in the municipal area of Parrillas, linked to a spring and the destination of the pilgrimage held every 1 May. As early as 1849 Madoz's dictionary described it as standing on the outskirts of the village, to the south, though at the time it recorded it as destroyed; the pilgrimage tradition has continued to this day.
Parricus, the livestock enclosure
Curiosity
The etymology of the place name is attributed to the Latin parricus, an enclosure for livestock, or else to diminutive forms related to vines, both consistent with the municipality's farming and stock-raising history.
Festivities of el Cristo del Olvido
Activity
Parrillas celebrates the Cristo del Olvido on the first weekend of August (original date: the 14th of September).
The 1642 town charter of Parrillas
Historical milestone
The growth in households allowed Parrillas to obtain the title of villa in 1642, although it remained subject to the jurisdiction of the seigneury of Oropesa. Its coat of arms recalls that past with a dehesa holm oak and a vine leaf.