Arenillas de Villadiego – Church, Fortified Tower and Stone Details

In Arenillas de Villadiego, the Iglesia de San Martín Obispo combines predominantly Romanesque features with a later-built Baroque tower. The church was built between the late 12th and early 13th centuries.

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Culture

The Iglesia de San Martín Obispo is located on Calle Iglesia in Arenillas de Villadiego. Near the village church stands the fortified tower of Arenillas de Villadiego, the Casa fuerte. Its square base has sides measuring 5 metres; vertically, the Torre Arenillas de Villadiego is divided into 3 sections.

A stone bridge crosses the Río Brullés in Arenillas de Villadiego. The Río Grande is also known as the Río Sosa. Stones behind the church apse come from a bridge over the Río Grande that was widened in the 1980s.

Elements of traditional construction can be seen on some ruined houses in Arenillas de Villadiego. The stone structures in Arenillas de Villadiego include a stone dovecote that may date back to an earlier tower. Coats of arms bearing the year 1696 have been documented in Arenillas de Villadiego.

If you would like to understand the local history through its details, you can examine large structures, references to bridges and small stone buildings one after another.

Landscape

The Fuente del Olmo spring is located in the surroundings of Arenillas de Villadiego. The Manantial de Fuentes Claras spring is also nearby. Further afield in the wider region around Arenillas de Villadiego is the Manantial de Ontinente spring.

When making your own plans, you can read the information about the surroundings and the wider regional area separately. Different spatial levels can be compared just as the various thematic connections between buildings and springs can.

Other destinations

Castrojeriz Castle, a castle, is located in the wider regional area around Arenillas de Villadiego. The Monasterio de San Antón, a ruin, is in the same wider regional area. The Convento de San Francisco, also a ruin, is located there as well. The Palacio de los Condes de Castro is a historic site in the wider regional area around Arenillas de Villadiego. Villas Del Arlanzon Molino Ramon Park is also located in the wider regional area.

The different designations allow you to distinguish mentally between the castle, ruins, historic site and park instead of grouping them together as a single type of place.

Other place names for your research include Valdelateja, Montejo De Cebas, Carcedo de Burgos, Rabé de las Calzadas, Remolino, Baños de Valdearados, Cilleruelo de Bezana and Quintana Del Puente.

For the higher-level travel overview: Burgos.