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Generous in stone houses, memories of carters and buildings of intense pinewood flavor, many are the coats of arms, balconies and large and conical chimneys that dot their squares and streets.
An intense past and livestock flavor spills over the four sides of a town that grew up under the protection of the Cabaña Real de Carreteros and the merino herds.
That economic expansion gave rise to a historical-artistic complex where these emblematic buildings of Vinuesa stand out.
In the very heart of this royal burgh, perched on the hill where the centre of Vinuesa grows, an elongated enclosure exudes through and through its pinariego charm (referring to the pine tree region in Soria and Burgos). Vinuesa’s Plaza Mayor (Main Square) stretches among old stone country houses and arched doorways, flanked by the Village Hall, the Church and the Seminary. Being the epicentre of the village, some of Vinuesa’s most emblematic streets flow into it, thus becoming the...
A street winds through the village centre wrapped in stone: it is Calle Luenga, an important thoroughfare that starts in the Plaza Mayor and goes all the way up through the village centre, sprinkled with old country houses and palaces. This is a road to be walked slowly, so that our senses can be amused. It’s a fundamental spot in the visontino (meaning “from Vinuesa”) history and life, where some of the most emblematic architectural samples of the village come together....
1691. Carlos II appoints Dionisio Ximénez de Urea y Camargo, at the time Count of Aranda and Knight of the Military Order of Calatrava, Marquis of Vilueña. It is the beginning of a saga and a title that will be passed down from generation to generation, until it reaches one of the members of the Carrillo family, a native of Vinuesa. That is why in 1764 that visontino Marquis ordered the construction of a rectangular-shaped palace in the village, with large ashlar stones and dignified...
If there is a place to stop before heading off to discover Vinuesa, that is Plaza Plazuela. Not only because, in the urban anatomy of the village, this square acts as a knot where the streets leading to the Plaza Mayor and the centre converge, but also because its ensemble is a magnificent representative of a royal burgh from the 18th and 19th centuries. This includes a rollo, some sort of “justice pillar”, which is a Bien de Interés Cultural (a “Cultural Interest Asset”) tell...
Underneath a framework of the wooden beams, the main wash house has been drinking the waters of the Remonicio river since 1872. And it does it amongst reflected threads of light and beams of sun, and also the luminaires placed on its three walls known as daughters of indiano. Because it was only thanks to a group of indianos (Spaniards who migrated to the Americas), who, once again, offered this gift to the village. Nowadays, the plaque "To their countrymen, from the children of Vinues...
This is one of the most picturesque points of confluence in the village, a crossing space that acts as a link between the upper and lower parts of its centre. Long cobblestone steps are responsible for putting together this path which connects the Cuatro Calles (the Four Corners) with the pelota court and El Patín.
This is a path to be walked slowly, almost playing between short and long strides on the paving. In this corridor, which is too narrow for strolling, and which may requi...
Near the road that divides the town into two halves and two different heights, a plain hermitage tells stories, traditions, worship and neighbourhoods. It has a square-floor plan, a hip roof and a wide porch at the entrance which, supported by wooden beams, gives shade and shelter to three slopes.
The Ermita de la Soledad (Hermitage of the Solitude) was the temple of the humble, a simple sanctuary where cattle farmers, usually transhumants, and other workers of related trades came t...
Nestled in a landscape of spectacular beauty, the Ermita de San Mateo (Hermitage of Saint Matthew) is surrounded by centuries-old pine trees on all four sides. It is a simple rectangular-plan building with a hip roof revealing the modesty of this small sanctuary among the large Scots pines. Twisted trunks, some of them hollow due to the passage of time and woodworm, surround this area of dense forest to the south of the village, backed by the nearby waters of the reservoir.
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