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What to see and do in Pedrosa de la Vega

What to see and do in Pedrosa de la Vega (Vega-Valdavia, Palencia): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Nature · 2 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Pedrosa de la Vega

Mosaic of Achilles at Skyros 750 m
Roman Villa of La Olmeda 800 m

Towns near Pedrosa de la Vega

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What to see and do in Pedrosa de la Vega

Pedrosa de la Vega
Village
Pedrosa de la Vega is a municipality in Palencia of about 280 inhabitants across 21.06 square kilometres, at 890 metres above sea level, which safeguards the Roman villa of La Olmeda, one of Spain's great late-Roman mosaic complexes. In 1857 it incorporated into its territory the hamlets of Gañinas and Lobera de la Vega and the locality of Villarrodrigo de la Vega. In the main settlement stands the parish church of San Martín.
Roman Villa of La Olmeda
Nature
The Roman villa of La Olmeda is a Late Roman agricultural estate in the municipality of Pedrosa de la Vega (Palencia), with a manor house of about 3,000 square metres that enjoyed its heyday between the reigns of Constantine I and Theodosius I the Great, until it was abandoned in the 6th century. The main building, square in plan with four corner towers, is arranged around a courtyard that was once a peristyle, and preserves a set of mosaics regarded as among the most important in Spain, with hunting scenes and scenes from the legend of Achilles. It was discovered in 1968 and declared a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) by Decree 97/1996 of 3 April; today it is visited under the roof inaugurated in 2009, the work of architects Paredes and Pedrosa.
Mosaic of Achilles at Skyros
Curiosity
The pavement of the oecus combines a hunting scene, the discovery of Achilles by Odysseus on Skyros and a border with fourteen portraits and the representations of the four seasons; it is the most celebrated Roman mosaic in Castile.
Discovery of La Olmeda
Historical milestone
In the summer of 1968 Javier Cortes was moving earth on an estate of his own when, on 5 July and at sixty-five centimetres deep, the mosaic pavement appeared that uncovered the whole villa.
Roof by Paredes y Pedrosa over the villa
Curiosity
In April 2009 the site reopened to the public under a great metal roof designed by the architects Paredes and Pedrosa; in its first five years it received more than 418,000 visitors.