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What to see and do in Castrodeza

What to see and do in Castrodeza (Montes Torozos, Valladolid): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Historical milestones

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What to see and do in Castrodeza

Castrodeza
Village
Castrodeza is a municipality in the province of Valladolid, with 148 inhabitants and 15.90 km², which during the Middle Ages and the early modern period was part of the Hospitaller lordship of the Encomienda de Wamba, created in 1140 over the monastery of Santa María de Wamba. It belonged to the encomienda from 1172, when King Fernando II of León granted the Hospitallers the church of Santa María de Castrodeza, probably along with the lordship of the town, until the Mendizábal disentailment of 1836. Today it preserves the neoclassical church of Santa María de la O, built in the 18th century over the original medieval temple, and the hermitage of the Humilladero, already mentioned by Pascual Madoz in the mid-19th century. The poet Eduardo Fraile, connected with the village, pays homage to it in several of his works.
Castrodeza and the Order of St John
Historical milestone
In 1172 King Ferdinand II of León gave the church of Santa María de Castrodeza to the Order of St John of Jerusalem, and it was brought into the commandery of Wamba, created in 1140 from another donation by the infanta Sancha Raimúndez. Under this jurisdiction, dependent on the grand priory of Castile and León -seated since 1183 at the castle of Consuegra-, Castrodeza had a prior subordinate to the commander of Wamba, responsible for administering its local revenues; in the mid-14th century it appears listed in the Becerro de las Behetrías under the name Castro Muça. The lordship lasted until Mendizábal's disentailment of 1836. That medieval church was replaced in the 18th century by the neoclassical building that presides over the village today.