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What to see and do in Torrico

What to see and do in Torrico (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 Food and drink

When to go to Torrico: festival calendar

September: Festivities of San Gil (September 1)

How far each place is from the centre of Torrico

Jurisdictional pillar of Torrico 5.4 km

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What to see and do in Torrico

Torrico
Village
Torrico, in the comarca of La Campana de Oropesa (Toledo), has 688 inhabitants (2025) in the valley of the Tagus, among scrubland, holm oaks and cork oaks, next to the Tarrarra lake. It was settled by Celts or Iberian-Celticised peoples, as shown by the discovery of a verraco of the so-called culture of the verracos, and Christian resettlement may have begun in the second half of the 13th century. In 1447 doña María de Toledo Quiñones sold the lordship to Fernán Álvarez de Toledo, lord of Oropesa, and Torrico was incorporated into that county. It retains a 15th-century jurisdictional pillory, the church of San Gil Abad and a Way of the Cross laid out through the town; it celebrates Carnival, Santa Ana on 26 July and San Gil, its patron saint, on 1 September. Its chickpeas are the basis of the cocido de la Campana.
Church of San Gil Abad
Monument
The parish church dedicated to the patron saint of Torrico, the principal monument of this town in the Tagus valley.
Jurisdictional pillar of Torrico
Monument
15th-century pillar of justice topped with decorative mouldings, a symbol of the town's jurisdiction within the state of Oropesa. It stands on a base of four square steps; it has a base decorated with mouldings, a shaft of ashlar stone and a truncated conical top, on which lanterns were later added.
Way of the Cross of Torrico
Monument
Stations of the cross set out across the town centre of Torrico, one of the most characteristic features of the local devotional heritage.
Torrico and the lordship of Oropesa
Curiosity
Originally settled by Celtic peoples, as the archaeological finds show, the town passed in 1447 into the seigneury of Fernán Álvarez de Toledo and thus entered the estate of Oropesa.
Festivities of San Gil
Activity
Torrico's festivities in honor of San Gil Abad, the patron saint to whom its parish church is dedicated, in a town that in 1447 passed to the lordship of Fernán Álvarez de Toledo and became part of the Estado de Oropesa.
The stew of la Campana
Food and drink
Stew of the comarca in which go chickpeas from Torrico, cabbage, potato, carrot and golden thistle, with beef, chorizo, blood sausage, bacon and ham. It is served in three courses and is the dish of the brotherhood meals of the Campana.