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What to see and do in Moreda de Álava/Moreda Araba

What to see and do in Moreda de Álava/Moreda Araba (Cuadrilla de Laguardia-Rioja Alavesa, Álava): 7 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Activities · 2 Historical milestones

How far each place is from the centre of Moreda de Álava/Moreda Araba

Iglesia de Santa María 50 m

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What to see and do in Moreda de Álava/Moreda Araba

Moreda de Álava/Moreda Araba
Village
Municipality bordering Navarre, with 215 inhabitants (2024), whose name derives from the Latin "moreta," from the presence of mulberry trees or blackberry brambles. It preserves streets and heraldic houses from the 15th and 16th centuries, as well as remains of its old wall and a fortress.
Iglesia de Santa María de Moreda
Monument
Church built in two phases, one in 1595 and another in the 17th and 18th centuries, with a Baroque altarpiece and paintings of note.
Torre e iglesia de Santa María de Moreda de Álava
Monument
The church of Santa María, a former Benedictine priory, was built in ashlar with a 16th-century Plateresque doorway and a square tower; its Gothic vaults were repaired between 1698 and 1704 with Baroque elements, and it preserves a dome on pendentives painted in the 17th century. The village also preserves houses bearing coats of arms with arched doorways and shields on their façades, and together with Lanciego was one of the few municipalities in the area with traditional olive oil production.
Iglesia de Santa María
Monument
Church whose construction began in 1595 with a Renaissance façade, choir and baptismal font from that period; it was extended in the late 17th century and completed in the early 18th, with a Baroque altarpiece.
Villazgo de Moreda
Historical milestone
In 1666 King Carlos II granted Moreda town status after the payment of 2,500 silver ducats and 50 gold ducats, lent by the nuns of the convent of Madre de Dios in Logroño to cover the cost of separation and the lawsuit against Laguardia.
Cambio de nombre a Moreda de Álava
Historical milestone
By royal decree of 2 July 1916, and on the proposal of the Real Sociedad Geográfica, the municipality adopted the name "Moreda de Álava" to distinguish it from other Spanish towns called Moreda.
Quema del Judas
Activity
Easter Sunday ceremony on the church steps, with the reading of the sentence and the burning of effigies of Judas and the "Judesa".