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What to see and do in Polán

What to see and do in Polán (Montes de Toledo, Toledo): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Activities

When to go to Polán: festival calendar

September: Festivities of el Cristo con la Cruz a Cuestas (September 12)

How far each place is from the centre of Polán

Castle of Polán 300 m

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What to see and do in Polán

Polán
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Montes de Toledo, in the province of Toledo, whose principal defensive vestige is the castle, a fortified tower of medieval origin with buttresses of convex profile; in its built-up area it preserves the Casa de las Cadenas, where according to local tradition Saint Teresa of Ávila lodged, and the Casa de las Columnas, of the seventeenth century, with a Baroque doorway of Doric columns and noble coats of arms, and it holds its patronal festivals in honour of the Christ Carrying the Cross.
Castle of Polán
Monument
The castle of Polán, in the Montes de Toledo, is the municipality's main defensive remain. It was built around the 12th century to defend the area from Muslim incursions coming from south of the Tagus, and was remodelled in the 14th and 15th centuries; in 1470 it suffered an attack by troops sent by Pero López de Ayala against the stronghold of Lope de Estúñiga. Of its rubble-stone fabric two towers survive, reinforced with sturdy convex-profiled exterior buttresses similar to those of French castles of the 11th and 12th centuries. Its interior is divided into four floors, with arrow slits and decorated windows, and the tallest tower retains double-curved prow corbels typical of Toledan architecture. Abandoned since the 15th century, today it survives only in part.
House of the Chains of Polán
Monument
A manor house in the town centre of Polán where, according to local tradition, Saint Teresa of Ávila stayed during one of her journeys, on her way to her house in Cuerva. Of it, the doorway, associated with this story, is especially well preserved.
House of the Columns
Monument
A manor house in Polán, in the Montes de Toledo, whose 17th-century doorway may have belonged to the palace of the Guzmanes. It features a round arch on pilasters and Doric columns supporting an entablature, topped by a broken triangular pediment with a central coat of arms combining the arms of the Encinas, Guzmanes and Herreras families. It is one of the most notable houses in the municipality, alongside other 19th- and 20th-century dwellings.
Festivities of el Cristo con la Cruz a Cuestas
Activity
The Fiestas del Cristo con la Cruz a Cuestas are the patron saint festivities of Polán (Montes de Toledo), held on 12 September in honour of this devotion. The programme includes a procession, open-air dances and popular events that bring together residents and visitors.