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What to see and do in San Bartolomé de las Abiertas

What to see and do in San Bartolomé de las Abiertas (La Jara, Toledo): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 2 Curiosities

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What to see and do in San Bartolomé de las Abiertas

San Bartolomé de las Abiertas
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Jara, in the province of Toledo, born around the middle of the eighteenth century of the merger of two independent hamlets, Las Abiertas, founded at the end of the fifteenth century, and San Bartolomé de Valdecelada, of the beginning of the sixteenth; its historic centre, of traditional stone architecture, is arranged around the church of the patron saint, and every 24 August the Baile de la Pera is performed, which legend attributes to a woman who leapt about to frighten off a snake.
Church of San Bartolomé Apóstol de las Abiertas
Monument
Parish church dedicated to the town's patron saint, around which the old town of traditional stone architecture is laid out.
The Legend of the Dance of the Pear
Curiosity
Tradition tells that a woman carrying pears came across a snake on the road and began to jump about to frighten it away, a gesture that gave rise to the dance performed every 24 August.
The Union of Las Abiertas and Valdecelada
Curiosity
The municipality was born of the merger, around the middle of the 18th century, of two independent villages: Las Abiertas, founded at the end of the 15th century, and San Bartolomé de Valdecelada, from the beginning of the 16th.