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What to see and do in Mata de Cuéllar

What to see and do in Mata de Cuéllar (Tierra de Pinares, Segovia): 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 Mata de Cuéllar

Monastery of Nuestra Señora del Pino 1.6 km

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What to see and do in Mata de Cuéllar

Mata de Cuéllar
Village
Mata de Cuéllar is a village of 261 inhabitants beside the Cega river, in the province of Segovia, bordering that of Valladolid. It belonged to the Community of Town and Land of Cuéllar as head of the Sexmo de la Mata, one of that community's five divisions. 1.3 kilometres south-southwest of the village, near the Cega, lie the ruins of the monastery of Nuestra Señora del Pino, also called Nuestra Señora de Gracia, which belonged to the Augustinian friars and of which only remains survive today.
Monastery of Nuestra Señora del Pino
Curiosity
The monastery of Nuestra Señora del Pino, also called Nuestra Señora de Gracia del Pino, was founded in the late 14th or early 15th century by Alfonso García de Cuéllar, warden of the Reales Alcázares of Segovia and chief treasurer to Henry III of Castile, who is buried in the church of San Esteban de Cuéllar. It belonged to the Augustinian friars, and among its religious was Santo Tomás de Villanueva, who was living there when he was named Archbishop of Valencia in 1544. Located a kilometre and a half south of Mata de Cuéllar, near the river Cega, only scant ruins of it survive today on a private estate among the pines. Its titular image is now venerated in Pedrajas de San Esteban (Valladolid), where the feast of Saint Augustine is celebrated.
The Cega, border with Valladolid
Nature
The river Cega runs through the municipal district at 753 metres of altitude and acts as the natural boundary with the province of Valladolid; its bank introduces a corridor of damp vegetation into twenty square kilometres of sands and pinewood.