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What to see and do in Navahermosa

What to see and do in Navahermosa (Montes de Toledo, Toledo): 8 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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

When to go to Navahermosa: festival calendar

May: Pilgrimage of la Milagra (third Sunday of May)

How far each place is from the centre of Navahermosa

Castle of Dos Hermanas 4 km

Towns near Navahermosa

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What to see and do in Navahermosa

Navahermosa
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Montes de Toledo, in the province of Toledo, in whose district stands the castle of Dos Hermanas, a fortress of Muslim origin set on a hill that controlled the passage towards the range and around which the legend of the enchanted princesses revolves; its economy, which in the nineteenth century depended on charcoal, revolves today around the olive grove covered by the Montes de Toledo protected denomination of origin, made with cornicabra olives, alongside cork and goat's cheese, and its most crowded popular occasion is the pilgrimage of La Milagra.
Castle of Dos Hermanas
Monument
The castle of Dos Hermanas stands about three kilometres from Navahermosa, on a crag twinned with another, separated from it by the Marlín stream, and is one of the oldest in the province of Toledo, dated between the 11th and 12th centuries. Two theories exist about its origin: that it was built by the Order of the Temple in the 12th century over a pre-Roman hillfort, or that it arose as an Arab bastion defending the frontier of the Montes de Toledo. It had a garrison of twenty to thirty men who protected the inhabitants of the hamlet of Dos Hermanas, which had grown up at its foot. In 1444, the garrison having been disbanded as the area was considered pacified, the hamlet was depopulated and its inhabitants founded the first houses of Navahermosa. Three of the building's four façades survive.
Church of San Miguel Arcángel de Navahermosa
Monument
A 16th-century Renaissance parish church, the main historic building in the town of Navahermosa.
The legend of the enchanted princesses
Curiosity
Popular tradition attributes the name of the castle of Dos Hermanas, whose ruins of Muslim origin stand about three kilometres south-east of Navahermosa (Toledo), to two Moorish princesses said to have been placed under a spell in the fortress. According to the legend, every Saint John's Eve the two princesses come down from the castle to the Marlín stream to wash themselves, before returning to their confinement in the ruins.
The oil with Montes de Toledo Designation of Origin
Curiosity
The local economy revolves around olive groves covered by the Montes de Toledo Protected Designation of Origin, whose oil is made mainly from the cornicabra olive variety.
Pilgrimage of la Milagra
Activity
Pilgrimage festival recalling the meeting of two Marian images from neighbouring parishes during prayers for rain, one of the best attended events in the local calendar.
The charcoal-making of Navahermosa
Historical milestone
During the nineteenth century the town's economy depended on the charcoal that was made in the kilns of the hills and sold in Toledo and Madrid. As that trade declined, the district turned towards the olive grove and towards the stripping of the cork oak woods.
The goat cheese of Navahermosa
Food and drink
The goat herds that browse the scrubland give a milk with which fresh and semi-cured cheeses are made in the district. They are sold alongside the designation of origin oil and the cork, the area's other two products.