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What to see and do in Joarilla de las Matas

What to see and do in Joarilla de las Matas (Sahagún, León): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Food and drink

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What to see and do in Joarilla de las Matas

Joarilla de las Matas
Village
Joarilla de las Matas is a municipality in the comarca of Sahagún, in the province of León, at 792 metres of altitude, made up of Joarilla, San Miguel de Montañán and Valdespino de Vaca; it has 241 inhabitants. Its eastern end, around Valdespino de Vaca, lies within the Special Protection Area for Birds of La Nava-Campos Norte, included in the Natura 2000 Network.
Church of Santo Tomás Apóstol de Joarilla
Monument
The parish church of Joarilla de las Matas, head of a municipality of fifty-one square kilometres at 792 metres of altitude that divides its population among three settlements of the León cereal plain.
Hermitage of el Humilladero de Joarilla
Monument
Wayside shrines marked the exits from villages and travellers halted before them; the one at Joarilla is still standing and is one of the few minor religious structures to have survived in the municipality.
La Nava-Campos Norte Special Protection Area
Nature
The eastern edge of the municipality lies within this Special Protection Area for Birds of the Natura 2000 network, designated for the value of its cereal steppes for species such as the little bustard and the great bustard. The area, covering 54,935.9 hectares, extends mainly across the provinces of Palencia and Valladolid, in the Tierra de Campos district, and only a narrow strip enters the province of León, near Valdespino Vaca. The landscape is typical of the Tierra de Campos, a cereal-growing plain crossed by the Sequillo and Valdeginate rivers, by the Campos branch of the Canal de Castilla and by the Cea-Carrión transfer canal, and it includes the Laguna de la Nava wetland, undergoing regeneration after years of being drained.
Squab of Tierra de Campos and the dovecotes
Food and drink
The adobe dovecotes, round or square, dot the fields of this comarca and from them came the squab that remains one of the identifying dishes of the Tierra de Campos alongside churra milk-fed lamb.