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What to see and do in Laudio/Llodio

What to see and do in Laudio/Llodio (Cuadrilla de Ayala/Aiara, Álava): 10 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 5 Monuments · 1 Nature · 2 Activities · 1 Historical milestones

When to go to Laudio/Llodio: festival calendar

January: San Blas y la Feria de Caserío en Llodio (finales de enero, principios de febrero)
August: Fiestas de San Roque de Llodio (15 al 31 de agosto; cofradía desde 1599)

How far each place is from the centre of Laudio/Llodio

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What to see and do in Laudio/Llodio

Laudio/Llodio
Village
The second most populous municipality in Álava after Vitoria-Gasteiz, with 17,906 inhabitants (2022), in the Ayala valley, alongside the Nervión river and on the border with Bizkaia. The first written reference dates from the 10th century, when its transfer to the family of the Lord of Bizkaia is recorded; in 1135 it passed into the hands of the Mendoza family, and in 1491 the villa voluntarily joined the Hermandad de Álava.
Iglesia de San Pedro de Lamuza
Monument
Mid-17th-century church with an elegant Baroque tower and a spacious main chapel with a wooden coffered ceiling.
Puente medieval de Vitorica
Monument
The oldest surviving vestige of Laudio/Llodio: a medieval bridge over the Nervión of which one arch still stands.
Puente de Anuntzibai
Monument
Bridge built in 1741 by the architect Martín de Larrea y Leguerzana for the Marquis of Falces, with a limestone ashlar arch spanning 10.5 meters.
Palacio de Katuxa
Monument
Baroque palace in Llodio built in the mid-18th century, declared a Bien Cultural Calificado in 2005.
Caserío Etxebarri
Monument
Farmhouse (caserío) from 1575 declared a Monumento Cultural in 2011, one of the examples of traditional rural architecture preserved in Llodio.
Parque de Lamuza
Nature
8.5-hectare park in Llodio with 79 different tree species, the former gardens of a manor estate converted into a public park.
Fiestas de San Roque de Llodio
Activity
Festivities of San Roque in Llodio, originating from a 16th-century devotion against the plague; the Cofradía de San Roque was established in 1599. They include the chupinazo (opening rocket), the becerrada (young-bull event) and the so-called "Día de los Ajos" (Garlic Day).
San Blas y la Feria de Caserío en Llodio
Activity
Traditional San Blas fair in Llodio, with farmhouse products, blessed cords, and the pig slaughter for making chorizos and blood sausages.
El hipocausto romano de Llodio
Historical milestone
Archaeological remains of a Roman hypocaust (heating system) have been found in Llodio; some philologists link the origin of the place name Laudio/Llodio to the Latin names Claudius or Flavius.