Piedraceda: Ermita de la Flor, Festivals and Mountain Landscape

Piedraceda is located in the parish of Pola de Lena above Palacios, on the road to Alto la Cobertoria and Quirós. A path connects Pola de Lena with the La Flor chapel near Piedracea.

Those choosing a holiday apartment in Piedraceda can compare travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions on the respective offer pages. This information provides a practical framework, while the chapel, festival tradition, museums and mountains open up different thematic focuses for trip planning. These details can be reviewed separately for the selection: travel dates refer to the intended period, the room category to the respective classification, and cancellation conditions to the applicable rules. This keeps the formal assessment of a holiday apartment distinct from the cultural, scenic and historical topics surrounding Piedraceda.

Culture

The Ermita de Nuestra Sra. de la Flor features Gothic-influenced ornamentation. An 18th-century altarpiece has been preserved in the Ermita de Nuestra Sra. de la Flor. de la Flor is single-naved. The Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Flor was built in 1474. The site of the Ermita de Nuestra Señora de la Flor may have been the former parish community of Pola de Lena. Its construction period, floor plan and furnishings provide several distinct historical points of reference.

Festivals and Traditions

The Romería de la Flor takes place in April next to the Ermita de la Virgen de la Flor in Piedracea. The Fiesta de la Flor tradition includes cider, empanadas and bollos preñaos. The public puya'l ramu follows the procession, during which the breads of the ramu are auctioned.

Landscape

Mount Gamoniteiru is located in the surroundings of Piedraceda. The Picos del Fontán mountains are located in the wider regional surroundings of Piedraceda. The Peña Ubiña summit is located in the wider regional surroundings of Piedraceda. The Núcleo Zoológico El Bosque zoo is likewise located in the wider regional surroundings of Piedraceda. Destinations in the surroundings and in the wider regional area therefore have different spatial relationships.

Museums

The Museo Costumbrista Benjamín Pumarada, the Poblado Minero de Bustiello, the Museo Etnográfico de Gallegos and the Museo etnográfico de la Lecheria are located in the surroundings of Piedraceda. All four are museums and open up different cultural themes for planning around Piedraceda. Their different names refer to a selection of cultural stops that form a focus of their own alongside a visit to the Ermita.

Other Places

Other places include Pajares, Telledo, Chanos De Somerón, Pola De Lena, Tuiza De Arriba, Campomanes and Jomezana. These place names complement the geographical classification of Piedraceda within the surroundings of Lena.

History

The collection of hazelnuts used to occupy many people in Piedracea every autumn. This activity therefore explicitly belongs to the former history of the place and not to a present-day description.

For the overarching travel overview: Lena.