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What to see and do in Carcastillo

What to see and do in Carcastillo (Zona Media, Navarra): 4 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 2 Monuments · 1 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Carcastillo

Monasterio de Santa María la Real de La Oliva 4.8 km

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What to see and do in Carcastillo

Carcastillo
Village
A border town founded in the 10th century, to which Alfonso I the Battler granted the fuero de Medinaceli (Charter of Medinaceli) in 1125. For almost seven hundred years, until the mid-19th century, it was an abbatial town under the jurisdiction of the monastery of La Oliva. It has around 2,400 inhabitants and also includes the council of Figarol.
Monasterio de Santa María la Real de La Oliva
Monument
The first Cistercian foundation in the kingdom of Navarre, affiliated with the abbey of Morimond through Escaladieu, founded around 1150 under King García Ramírez. Its church, in Romanesque-to-Gothic transitional style, was built between 1164 and 1198; the Gothic cloister dates from the 14th-16th centuries. Declared a Monumento Nacional (National Monument, the heritage protection category used in Spain until 1931) on 24 April 1880, it is today a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection) (RI-51-0000026). Since 1927 it has housed a Trappist community and has a guesthouse.
Sancho VI el Sabio dona Carcastillo a La Oliva
Historical milestone
In 1162, King Sancho VI the Wise donated Carcastillo to the monastery of La Oliva, initiating a monastic lordship that would last almost seven hundred years.
Palacio de los Abades de La Oliva
Monument
A 16th-century manorial palace in Carcastillo, residence of the abbots of the monastery of La Oliva and evidence of the ecclesiastical power the abbey exercised over the town.