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What to see and do in La Puebla de Almoradiel

What to see and do in La Puebla de Almoradiel (La Mancha de Toledo, Toledo): 9 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 2 Activities · 1 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

When to go to La Puebla de Almoradiel: festival calendar

June: Pilgrimage of la Virgen de Palomares (first Saturday of June)
August: Festivities of el Santísimo Cristo de la Salud (Del 31 de agosto al 3 de septiembre)

Towns near La Puebla de Almoradiel

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What to see and do in La Puebla de Almoradiel

La Puebla de Almoradiel
Village
Municipality of the comarca of La Mancha de Toledo, in the province of Toledo, cited in the treaty of 1243 between the orders of Santiago and Saint John, with a town charter from 1315 and a settlement charter granted in 1341 by the master of Santiago to draw inhabitants to a depopulated district; its church of San Juan Bautista preserves Romanesque and Gothic elements of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, it also has the chapel of Nuestra Señora del Egido and the pilgrimage of the Virgen de Palomares, and its airén and cencibel grapes are vinified in one of the largest cooperative wineries in the comarca.
Church of San Juan Bautista de La Puebla de Almoradiel
Monument
The church of San Juan Bautista de La Puebla de Almoradiel, on the plaza de la Constitución (La Mancha de Toledo), preserves Romanesque and Gothic elements from the 12th to the 14th centuries, the oldest monument in the municipality, although the mixture of styles from its successive building phases makes precise dating difficult. Inside and on the facade, remains of this style can be seen, such as two round arches in the transept and two splayed windows with paired arches sheltering lobed tracery with a central quatrefoil. It has a central nave with a transept, a barrel vault with lunettes and two chapels on either side of the transept.
Hermitage of el Santísimo Cristo de la Salud
Monument
The ermita of the Santísimo Cristo de la Salud, dedicated to the patron of the town and the centre of its main festivities at the end of August, was commissioned in the 17th century by Francisco Sánchez Roldán. It combines a facade of Romanesque influence with an interior of Renaissance and Baroque elements, with a polygonal plan and a single nave, covered by a barrel vault, lunettes and coffering; the apse has a dome on pendentives with four oculi decorated with frescoes. The titular image, from 1766, bears the signature of Juan Antonio Argüelles. The Feria y Fiestas del Santísimo Cristo de la Salud are celebrated on 31 August and 1, 2 and 3 September, and were declared a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Regional (a regional tourist-interest festival designation) in 2016.
Hermitage of Nuestra Señora del Egido
Monument
Ermita in La Puebla de Almoradiel dedicated to Nuestra Señora del Egido, patron saint of the town, in Renaissance style with some Baroque elements, commissioned in the 16th century, at the height of the Spanish Renaissance, by Don Juan López Cañizares. It has a rectangular plan with a single nave, covered by a groin vault and a dome on pendentives with four oculi decorated with the Evangelists; on the facade, a stone niche houses a sculpture of the Virgen del Egido, among Renaissance elements such as the semicircular pediment and ornamental balls. It forms a complex with an adjoining convent and historically functioned as a hospital.
Al-murad-ied, the small castle
Curiosity
The place name is linked to the form al-murad-ied, in which murad would mean castle in Mozarabic and the ending would indicate smallness. The town obtained its settlement charter in 1341.
Festivities of el Santísimo Cristo de la Salud
Activity
Main festivities of La Puebla de Almoradiel (comarca of La Mancha de Toledo) in honour of its patron saint, celebrated from 31 August to 3 September. They include the processional transfer of the image from its ermita to the parish church, vigils and fireworks, and on the main day the grand procession back to the ermita, followed by concerts, street parades and sporting events. They were declared a Fiesta de Interés Turístico Regional (a regional tourist-interest festival designation) in 2016.
Pilgrimage of la Virgen de Palomares
Activity
Romería (pilgrimage) that, every first Saturday of June, carries the image of the Virgen de Palomares on foot from the parish of La Puebla de Almoradiel to its ermita, located 9 kilometres from the town, between this town and Quero. Pilgrims stop to stock up at the Casa de los Pastores, and at the ermita an open-air mass is celebrated, followed in the afternoon by a rosary procession through the fields, with food stalls and dancing until nightfall. Tradition tells that some farmers found the image buried and, unsure which town should take it in, placed it on a cart and let the oxen decide the way, which led to La Puebla instead of Quero, the origin of the dispute between the two towns over the Virgin.
The 1341 settlement charter
Historical milestone
The place figures in the treaty of 1243 between the orders of Santiago and Saint John, obtained a charter of villa in 1315 and its own jurisdiction in 1331. In 1341 the master of Santiago granted it a charter of settlement to attract residents to a depopulated district.
The Virgen del Egido cooperative
Food and drink
With close to 570 members and more than half a century of activity, it is one of the largest cooperative wineries of the comarca. It vinifies the airén and cencibel grapes of the district and sets the pace of the harvest in a village given over to the vineyard.