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What to see and do in Triollo

What to see and do in Triollo (Montaña Palentina, Palencia): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Nature · 1 Curiosities

How far each place is from the centre of Triollo

Vidrieros 2.4 km

Towns near Triollo

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What to see and do in Triollo

Triollo
Village
Triollo is a municipality in the Montaña Palentina, in Palencia province, with 73 inhabitants, at 1,300 metres above sea level and barely one inhabitant per square kilometre across its 63.29 km², which gathers, besides Triollo itself, the villages of La Lastra and Vidrieros. In the mid-19th century it had 187 inhabitants, more than double today's figure, a reflection of the depopulation this mountain area has undergone. On 29 June it celebrates San Pedro with a pig slaughter and traditional dances kept up since ancient times.
The Curavacas above the Vidrieros valley
Nature
At 2,525 metres, the Curavacas is the highest summit of the Montaña Palentina; its pyramid of conglomerate rises above the Vidrieros valley and is the most demanding ascent in the natural park.
Vidrieros
Curiosity
A high-mountain hamlet at the head of the Carrión valley, at the foot of the Curavacas peak and near the Camporredondo reservoir, a pedanía (dependent hamlet) of the municipality of Triollo governed by a residents' council. The area was the setting for Augustus's campaigns against the Cantabri in the 1st century BC, with three Roman camps. The village originally grew up around its 12th-century Romanesque church, but the building of a new road in the 18th century led residents to move to the lower part, leaving the church standing on its own; it also preserves a cross of Celtic origin. It came to form its own municipality, with 140 residents in 1842, before being merged into Triollo. Its festivities, dedicated to Nuestra Señora and San Roque, are celebrated on 15 and 16 August.