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What to see and do in San Vitero

What to see and do in San Vitero (Aliste, Zamora): 5 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Activities · 1 Food and drink

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What to see and do in San Vitero

San Vitero
Village
San Vitero is a municipality in the comarca of Aliste, in the province of Zamora, 68 kilometres from the provincial capital and twelve from the border with Portugal, that, besides the eponymous town, brings together the hamlets of El Poyo, San Cristóbal de Aliste, San Juan del Rebollar and Villarino de Cebal, incorporated around 1850 and, the last of them, in 1970. It has 419 inhabitants. The preserved archaeological remains, a pre-Roman bull figure and the milestone marking the sixth mile of the Roman road between Astorga and Braga, today in its square although not in its original location, show settlement from pre-Roman and Roman times; Roman stelae are also preserved in some houses. Since 1998 the village has hosted the monographic show of the Zamorano-Leonese cattle breed.
The pre-Roman bull of San Vitero
Monument
The municipality preserves a zoomorphic sculpture of a bull of the pre-Roman period and a Roman milestone of mile VI of road XVII of the Antonine Itinerary, reused as stone in buildings of the village.
The church of San Víctor
Monument
The parish church stands out for its portico, and to it is added the hermitage of the Cristo del Campo, the goal of one of the two annual pilgrimage festivals of the municipality, which shares 419 residents among five settlements.
The auction of the Zamorano-Leonés donkey
Activity
Since 1998 the fairground has hosted every year a monographic exhibition and auction of the Zamorano-Leonese donkey breed, in danger of extinction, turned into the most singular livestock occasion of the comarca.
The Ternera de Aliste veal at San Vitero
Food and drink
Meat is the outstanding product of the municipality, covered by the geographical indication Ternera de Aliste, which brings together family herds of the alistano-sanabresa and sayaguesa breeds of the west of Zamora.