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What to see and do in Cuerva

What to see and do in Cuerva (Montes de Toledo, Toledo): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Activities

When to go to Cuerva: festival calendar

September: Festivities of Nuestra Señora del Remedio (September 8)

How far each place is from the centre of Cuerva

College of Grammarians of Cuerva 150 m
Castle of Peñaflor 850 m

Towns near Cuerva

What to see in Totanés 5.5 km · 3 places
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What to see in Pulgar 6.2 km · 3 places
What to see in Gálvez 7 km · 4 places
What to see in Menasalbas 7 km · 8 places
What to see in Noez 9 km · 3 places
What to see in Casasbuenas 13 km · 4 places
What to see in Polán 14 km · 5 places

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What to see and do in Cuerva

Cuerva
Village
Cuerva is a municipality of the Montes de Toledo, with 1,226 inhabitants (INE 2025), on a hill bordering Totanés, Pulgar, Las Ventas con Peña Aguilera, Menasalbas and Gálvez. Mentioned by Ptolemy as Libora, among the Carpetani, it was in 181 BC the scene of a Roman victory over rebellious Celtiberians, recounted by Livy. Won from the Moors by the Laso de la Vega family during the Reconquest, it was resettled at the end of the 12th century and appears as Corva in a document of Alfonso VII from 1155; a 16th-century text records that its first name was Peñaflor, a memory preserved in its coat of arms. In its territory stands the castle of Peñaflor, attributed to Alfonso X and linked to access to the Montes de Toledo; it preserves the Colegio de Gramáticos, from the 17th century, and celebrates its festivities in honour of the Virgen del Remedio.
Castle of Peñaflor
Monument
A fortification located in the municipal district of Cuerva, in the south of the province of Toledo, next to the road linking the town with Gálvez. Its construction is attributed to the reign of Alfonso X the Wise, in the 13th century. In the 15th century it was acquired by the adelantado of Cazorla, Juan Carrillo, and later passed to Garcilaso de la Vega, father of the poet, whose descendants lived there until the 17th century. Its last owners, the counts of Oñate, abandoned it in 1576 due to its poor condition, and in 1881 the main façade was demolished to obtain gravel to pave the road. Rectangular in plan with three round towers at the corners, it preserves a battlemented wall-walk with machicolations, but never had a keep or a moat. Today it stands in advanced ruin and is owned by the Cuerva town council.
College of Grammarians of Cuerva
Monument
The Colegio de Gramáticos, a 17th-century building in Cuerva, was founded in 1623 on the initiative of the Lasso de la Vega family for twelve scholarship pupils from Cuerva, Batres, Añover and Ventas con Peña Aguilera, who received classes in Latin grammar and singing geared toward the priesthood, as well as lodging, board, uniforms and footwear. Over time the building came to be used as a state school and as a Guardia Civil barracks. It is a rectangular building in rubble masonry with ashlar at the corners, two storeys and a tiled roof with dormer windows; the façade, symmetrical in composition, has a central door and balcony flanked by the family's stone coats of arms. It was declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection), with the rank of monument, in 2011.
Festivities of Nuestra Señora del Remedio
Activity
The patronal festival of Cuerva (Montes de Toledo) in honour of the Virgin of the Remedy is celebrated on 8 September, with a procession from the sanctuary of the same name and popular events. The town preserves the hermitage of the Virgin of the Remedies, which gives the devotion its name and is one of the elements of its heritage.