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What to see and do in Santibáñez de la Sierra

What to see and do in Santibáñez de la Sierra (Sierra de Francia, Salamanca): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Santibáñez de la Sierra

The Roman bridge of Puentes del Alagón 2.4 km

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What to see and do in Santibáñez de la Sierra

Santibáñez de la Sierra
Village
Santibáñez de la Sierra is a municipality in the province of Salamanca, in the sub-comarca of Las Quilamas, within the Sierra de Francia, with 142 inhabitants spread between the capital and the settlements of Casillas de las Erías, Puentes del Alagón and Santa María de los Llanos. The village sits on the slope of a mountain crowned by the Peñita Palomera, at around 610 metres, and overlooks the valley carved by the río Saltillo, a tributary of the Alagón, already within the Tagus basin. Its name recalls an old hermitage dedicated to San Juan, today reduced to its foundations, which for centuries was the patron and summer festival of the place. At Puentes del Alagón it preserves a Roman bridge from the 1st century BC, one of the oldest in the Peninsula, and a Visigothic inscription dates its San Juan hermitage to the year 583.
The Roman bridge of Puentes del Alagón
Monument
Erected in the first century BC over the Alagón, it is one of the oldest bridges on the peninsula. Beside it is another of medieval appearance over the Saltillo, and between the two stretches of the original paving of the Roman road are preserved.
The Visigothic inscription of the year 583
Historical milestone
From the old Ermita de San Juan, in Santibáñez de la Sierra, today reduced to foundations hidden in the woods, an inscription in verse survives commemorating its founding in the year 583; from it the village took its name, derived from Sanctus Ioannis.