The Curtain Walls of Astudillo Walls of Astudillo. In this town, there are still remnants of the wall. What we can see now are the remains of curtain walls and a tower next to the convent of Santa Clara. We also see one of the six gates that made up the walled enclosure, known as […]

Cristo del Otero in Palencia The Cristo del Otero receives the travelers from a hill and has become the symbol of the city. It is one of the highest in the world, with its thirty meters of  height. The sculpture was made by the artist from Palencia named Victorio Macho in 1930. It presents a […]

Mudéjar Tower of Cervatos One step away from the Camino de Santiago, we find this Mudejar tower of Cervatos de la Cueza. It is the only remaining piece of a church that was burned in the postwar period. There is nothing left of its artistic heritage, only a Renaissance grille is preserved in the diocesan […]

La Reana in Velilla del Río Carrión In Velilla del Río Carrión, next to the hermitage of San Juan of the 13th century, we find one of the Tamáric fountains, better known as La Reana. The date of its construction is unknown, but we do know it already existed in the year 19 BC, when […]

Great Obelisk in Pino del Río In the middle of the district of La Vega we can see this great obelisk, of about 45 meters of height. Built by an illustrious neighbor of the town, Eutimio Montero Macho, as an homage to his deceased wife. An obelisk in marble and concrete, on top of which […]

Casino of Palencia The Casino of Palencia is located in the center of the city, along Calle Mayor at the crossroad called the Four Cantons. From the 16th century until the year 1862, this building was the City Council. It was then acquired by the Casino Society of Palencia. In the twenties of the last […]

The Stone Road in Carrión In Carrión de los Condes, as we leave the town to continue Camino de Santiago, we come across this stone road. It is close to the monastery of San Zoilo. It is believed that it was part of the Roman road that communicated with the town of Astorga. Also, it […]

Villandrando School in Palencia Walking along Calle Mayor in Palencia we find this building of the early 20th  century. Its facade impresses by the ornamental elements that remind us of the Venetian Gothic palaces by the moldings placed in the openings. The originality of its façade is due to the large ceramic frieze located on […]

Hospital of Santo Tomás The baroque palace housing the hospital of Santo Tomás in Baltanás has an impressive facade. The year 1773 appears carved on a lintel of a window. You can see a profuse decoration focusing on the main body which is topped by that semicircular pediment. It holds a large shield, crowned and […]

Mercado de Abastos (Food Market) of Palencia Mercado de Abastos of Palencia is the best example here of a revolutionary architecture usage of new materials such as cast iron or glass. Project carried out by Juan Agapito y Revilla, Mercado de Abastos was inaugurated in 1898. It is a space where the commercial activities of […]