Campillo de Altobuey: Churches, Museum and Camino de la Lana

Campillo de Altobuey is connected to the Camino de la Lana: Stage ES13a-10a leads from Villarta to Campillo de Altobuey and is 29.810 kilometres long. The route and the cultural stops focus on different aspects; you can therefore consider movement, architecture, the museum and local customs separately or together.

Nature and Routes

Campillo de Altobuey is part of La Manchuela, a region with rolling terrain, cultivated areas, vineyards and small watercourses that flow towards the valley of the Río Cabriel. The Pinar de San Isidro is designated by the municipality as an area of natural and landscape interest. The CM-211 road connects Cuenca more quickly with the A-3 motorway towards Valencia. For planning your location, the landscape setting and the named road connection can be read as two separate points of reference.

Culture

The Santuario de la Virgen de la Loma is a protected monument designated as a Bien de Interés Cultural, dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, and was built as a hospice for pilgrims and those in need. Its Baroque interior has a single-nave layout in the shape of a Latin cross and four side chapels.

The Ermita de la Trinidad, also known as Padre Eterno, dates from the late 16th century and has a Renaissance coffered ceiling with paintings by Hernando de Mayorga. Together with the Ermita de San Roque, it is one of the hermitages preserved in Campillo de Altobuey that are more than four centuries old, and it is contemporary with the parish church and the Ermita de Santa Ana.

The Ermita del Cristo is a simple Baroque chapel known for its portal and interior altar. The former hospital next to the Ermita del Cristo now houses the Casa de Cultura. The parish church of San Andrés has rich wall paintings and a slender tower.

The Ermita de San Roque is said to have originated at the beginning of the 17th century; its main altar features two ceramic panels by the artist Manuel Rivas Alarcón.

Museums and Tradition

The Museo histórico y etnológico de Campillo de Altobuey is divided into five thematic rooms and explores former life in the surrounding area, traditions, and the artistic, cultural and landscape heritage. It also displays remains from the Iberian archaeological site of Santa Quiteria and Roman funerary stelae.

In Campillo, the dulzaina is called “Pita” and is accompanied by a drum. During the celebration of San Antón, musicians walk through the streets playing this music and accompany the saint in the procession. The patron-saint festivities in honour of the Virgen de la Loma are celebrated from 7 to 14 September.

When staying in a holiday apartment in Campillo de Altobuey, travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions can be considered separately. These points concern the accommodation, while the churches, museum, procession and festivities remain separate local topics.

Other places: Valdeganga de Cuenca, Jábaga, Sotorribas, San Clemente, Solera De Gabaldón, Poyatos, Puente De Vadillos and Fuentelespino De Haro.

The Augustinians of Campillo produced several flavour variations of the liqueur Resoli at the hospice for medicinal and social purposes.

For the higher-level travel overview: Cuenca.