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What to see and do in Villameriel

What to see and do in Villameriel (La Ojeda, Palencia): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

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What to see and do in Villameriel

Villameriel
Village
Villameriel is a municipality of 109 inhabitants at 906 metres above sea level, in the Boedo-Ojeda area, Palencia province, with the hamlets of Cembrero, Santa Cruz del Monte, Villorquite de Herrera and San Martín del Monte, among fertile river meadows and oak slopes. In the mid-19th century it had 112 houses and looms, and a population of 350, more than triple today's. Casimiro Herrero Pérez was born in Villameriel in 1824, an Augustinian friar who was bishop of Nueva Cáceres, in the Philippines, from 1881 until his death in 1886.
Casimiro Herrero, Bishop of Nueva Cáceres
Historical milestone
Born in Villameriel in 1824, the Augustinian Casimiro Herrero Pérez was appointed bishop of Nueva Cáceres, in the Philippines, in 1881; he died in 1886 and is the best-known figure this Boedo village has produced.