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What to see and do in Brieva de Cameros

What to see and do in Brieva de Cameros (Anguiano, La Rioja): 9 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 2 Curiosities · 2 Historical milestones · 1 Food and drink

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What to see and do in Brieva de Cameros

Brieva de Cameros
Village
Small mountain municipality of the Anguiano comarca, at 963 m altitude over 46.15 km² of territory, at the head of the Najerilla valley.
Iglesia de San Miguel (Brieva de Cameros)
Monument
A church originally from the 15th century, extended in the 16th century.
Iglesia de Santa María de Barruso
Monument
A 16th-century Renaissance temple located on the left bank of the river, in Brieva de Cameros.
Crucero y Templete de Brieva de Cameros
Monument
A 16th-century column with a decorated capital and an image of the Pietà, in Brieva de Cameros; the village also preserves the Casa del Marqués, with an 18th-century Rococo coat of arms, and the Palacete y Jardines del Marqués, a 19th-century Romantic-era construction.
El menhir del Puerto de Canto Hincado
Historical milestone
At the Puerto de Canto Hincado, near Brieva de Cameros, a menhir is preserved that in 1016 marked the border between the Kingdom of Pamplona and Castile; the municipality also preserves a Bronze Age burial in the Sima de la Muela.
Domingo de Brieva y el origen de Valvanera
Historical milestone
In the 9th century a presbyter and anchorite named Domingo, a native of Brieva, founded an oratory that gave rise to the Monastery of Valvanera.
La última trashumancia riojana
Curiosity
Brieva de Cameros is considered the last village in La Rioja with active transhumance; it preserves a Shearing Ranch Museum, opened in 2008 and dedicated to shepherding and sheep-shearing, and threshing floors on hillside terraces restored in 2020.
Fiesta de la Trashumancia y Ferias de Ganado
Curiosity
Brieva de Cameros holds the Fiesta de la Trashumancia in June and the Livestock Fairs on 6 September; it also hosts San Felices from 31 July to 2 August and a pilgrimage to Valvanera on the third Sunday of August.
Migas y bollos preñaos de Brieva
Food and drink
The traditional cuisine of Brieva de Cameros is based on migas, mountain-style stew, fresh river trout and the rolls called 'preñaos'.