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What to see and do in Mesegar de Tajo

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

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities

When to go to Mesegar de Tajo: festival calendar

May: The Three Rounds of the Cruz Colorada (second Sunday of May)

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What to see and do in Mesegar de Tajo

Mesegar de Tajo
Village
Municipality of the comarca of Torrijos, in the province of Toledo, whose church of San Bartolomé Apóstol is a fifteenth-century Mudéjar temple built in brick, of square plan and with an interior of three levels covered by suspended vaults; on the Tagus floodplain it preserves the site of La Vega de Santa María, with material ranging from the Palaeolithic to Roman and Visigothic times, and at the festivals of the Cristo del Amparo the devout walk three times around the Cruz Colorada asking for three wishes.
Church of San Bartolomé Apóstol de Mesegar
Monument
A 15th-century Mudejar church built in brick, square in plan with an interior of three levels covered by suspended vaults.
Archaeological site of la Vega de Santa María
Nature
Archaeological site located on the right bank of the Tagus, with material ranging from the Paleolithic to the Roman and Visigothic periods. Finds include Mousterian tools, associated with Neanderthal populations, remains of the Bell Beaker culture and various Roman-period vestiges. The 16th-century hermitage of Nuestra Señora de los Dados reinforces the hypothesis of a Roman origin for the place: dados was the term then used for Roman mosaics, and its name would recall those that appeared at this site.
The Three Rounds of the Cruz Colorada
Activity
The tradition of the three turns around the Cruz Colorada is celebrated in Mesegar de Tajo (Torrijos, Toledo) on the second Sunday of May, coinciding with the feast of the Santísimo Cristo del Amparo. The cross stands on the hill known as Cruz Colorá, the municipality's second-highest point, at 502 metres of altitude; devotees climb up to it and walk three times around the cross while making three wishes.