The Roman bridge of Villa del Rio, civil engineering jewel of the empire, on whose back passed the Via Augusta, welcomes travelers from their blocks of red sandstone, called here "molinaza". With the same stone the Church of the Immaculate Conception, elegant, century-old, with his upright toward the blue sky tower was built. Perched on the slopes of Mount Royal, the Shrine of the Patroness, Our Lady of the Star, scanning the horizon towards the village; olive groves, discover the Humilladero and ancient sources or places of religious rituals of ancient cultures and civilizations, as the area called "Tree of Love" or "graves". The Chapel of San Roque in the Convent of the Divina Pastora houses the image of Our Father Jesus, so revered throughout the region.
The rectangular square, called the Constitution, ancient market town is festooned by a series of orange hospital. Right there the current City Hall is located in a restored castle from the time of the Reconquista, which was later also parish church and market. Nearby we find magnificent stately homes such as the building of the original town hall, designed by the architect Ventura Rodriguez, Casa de las Cadenas, which houses the Municipal Historical Museum, with its sections of Archaeology (with funds paleontology and archaeological pieces the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Iberian, Hispanic-Roman, Hispano-Visigoth and periods Hispanic-Muslim) and Fine Arts (with a wide variety of backgrounds of renowned artists, including Pedro Bueno, Gines Liebana, Blas Moyano, Canadas , Nieva, Beppo, Abdul, Modigliani ...) without forgetting the important art exhibitions that take place throughout the year in the temporary rooms of that museum; the Casa del Vicario and Casa del Marqués del Valle de Sidueña, among others.
Some of these buildings still preserve their coats of arms on the facade, declared Cultural Interest. A more complete museum's cultural offer Villa del Rio, the distinguished journalist dedicated to Villarrense Matias Prats, favorite son of the town. also stresses the Manolete Collection, privately owned, which is also art gallery, archive and library around the cordovan right-handed.
Villa del Rio has an important folklore, which include its festivals, like the old verbenas (Santiago and Santa Ana, San Roque ...), recovered and enhanced in the last thirty years, the Easter Fair in honor Our Lady of La Estrella, carnival, crosses May, the San Isidro pilgrimage, the festival of La Candelaria ...
Looking back at the river, where several otters and whose banks can take pleasant and enjoyable walks, the traveler meets first with the house of the great painter Pedro Bueno, popular Cordovan architecture; Very near there are the mills, the Arab era, who sleep the sleep of history; upstream stands the imposing iron bridge, three eyes, whose ashlar stone molinaza attest clashes during the War of 1936; Devil's Bridge, on the Cañetejo stream of military character and neoclassic style, dismisses traveler ...
The rectangular square, called the Constitution, ancient market town is festooned by a series of orange hospital. Right there the current City Hall is located in a restored castle from the time of the Reconquista, which was later also parish church and market. Nearby we find magnificent stately homes such as the building of the original town hall, designed by the architect Ventura Rodriguez, Casa de las Cadenas, which houses the Municipal Historical Museum, with its sections of Archaeology (with funds paleontology and archaeological pieces the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Iberian, Hispanic-Roman, Hispano-Visigoth and periods Hispanic-Muslim) and Fine Arts (with a wide variety of backgrounds of renowned artists, including Pedro Bueno, Gines Liebana, Blas Moyano, Canadas , Nieva, Beppo, Abdul, Modigliani ...) without forgetting the important art exhibitions that take place throughout the year in the temporary rooms of that museum; the Casa del Vicario and Casa del Marqués del Valle de Sidueña, among others.
Some of these buildings still preserve their coats of arms on the facade, declared Cultural Interest. A more complete museum's cultural offer Villa del Rio, the distinguished journalist dedicated to Villarrense Matias Prats, favorite son of the town. also stresses the Manolete Collection, privately owned, which is also art gallery, archive and library around the cordovan right-handed.
Villa del Rio has an important folklore, which include its festivals, like the old verbenas (Santiago and Santa Ana, San Roque ...), recovered and enhanced in the last thirty years, the Easter Fair in honor Our Lady of La Estrella, carnival, crosses May, the San Isidro pilgrimage, the festival of La Candelaria ...
Looking back at the river, where several otters and whose banks can take pleasant and enjoyable walks, the traveler meets first with the house of the great painter Pedro Bueno, popular Cordovan architecture; Very near there are the mills, the Arab era, who sleep the sleep of history; upstream stands the imposing iron bridge, three eyes, whose ashlar stone molinaza attest clashes during the War of 1936; Devil's Bridge, on the Cañetejo stream of military character and neoclassic style, dismisses traveler ...
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