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What to see and do in San Cristóbal de la Polantera

What to see and do in San Cristóbal de la Polantera (La Bañeza, León): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature

How far each place is from the centre of San Cristóbal de la Polantera

Church of San Román de Veguellina de Fondo 3.6 km

Towns near San Cristóbal de la Polantera

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What to see and do in San Cristóbal de la Polantera

San Cristóbal de la Polantera
Village
San Cristóbal de la Polantera is a municipality of León in the vega of the Tuerto, in the judicial district of La Bañeza, with about 610 inhabitants across 24.56 square kilometres at 796 metres of altitude. It divides its residents among eight villages: Matilla de la Vega, Posadilla de la Vega, San Cristóbal de la Polantera, San Román el Antiguo, Seisón de la Vega, Veguellina de Fondo, Villagarcía de la Vega and Villamediana de la Vega. Its parish church is dedicated to Santiago Apóstol.
Tuerto floodplain in La Polantera
Nature
San Cristóbal de la Polantera is one of six municipalities that make up the Vega del Tuerto, a traditional, geographic and farming region of the province of León that stretches along the river plain of the Tuerto from San Justo de la Vega to near La Bañeza, where the Tuerto joins the Duerna and flows into the Órbigo; it has a total of about 6000 inhabitants and its commercial centre is shared between La Bañeza, Astorga and Veguellina de Órbigo. The municipality, covering 24.6 square kilometres at about 796 metres in altitude, comprises eight settlements spread across the river plain: Matilla, Posadilla, San Román el Antiguo, Seisón, Veguellina de Fondo, Villagarcía and Villamediana de la Vega.
Church of San Román de Veguellina de Fondo
Monument
The parish church of one of the municipality's eight villages, on the bank of the Órbigo. Like the rest of the churches of the comarca it combines walls of river cobbles and rammed earth with brick finishes and a two-bell bellcote.