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What to see and do in Manganeses de la Polvorosa

What to see and do in Manganeses de la Polvorosa (Benavente y Los Valles, Zamora): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Curiosities

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La Corona-El Pesadero 800 m

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What to see and do in Manganeses de la Polvorosa

Manganeses de la Polvorosa
Village
Manganeses de la Polvorosa is a municipality of Zamora, in the comarca of Benavente y Los Valles, in the north of the province, near where the river Eria flows into the Órbigo. The place-name has been linked to the depopulated Leonese village of Manganes, whose settlers are thought to have resettled the place, although other authors connect it with Mozarabs who came from Magán (Toledo); Polvorosa recalls the old medieval merindad and the dusty ground on which it sits. It has 637 inhabitants and preserves a Romanesque church. Its main attraction is the site of La Corona-El Pesadero, inhabited since the 7th century BC and with remains from Asturian and Roman times, now explained in an archaeological classroom that recreates dwellings and a Roman pottery workshop.
La Corona-El Pesadero
Monument
The site of La Corona-El Pesadero lies north of Manganeses de la Polvorosa. Surveys and excavations carried out since 1981 distinguish two areas: one on high ground, overlooking the floodplain, called La Corona, and another on flat ground, at the foot of the hill, known as El Pesadero. The material remains place the occupation in the Iron Age, with evidence of the early Iron Age, from the 7th century BC, at La Corona, and a later Celtiberian-period occupation at El Pesadero, to which later Astur and Roman-period occupations are added. Among the documented structures, a circular adobe hut with the characteristic postholes stands out, along with hand-made pottery and remains of bronze casting. An archaeological classroom today recreates its dwellings and a Roman pottery workshop.
The goat's leap
Curiosity
At the end of January, at San Vicente Mártir, the conscripts of the year used to throw from the bell tower a goat that the residents caught in a canvas; the practice was banned in 2002 and since then a cardboard goat is used.