Discover Ros: Church, Highlands and Holiday Apartments

Ros can be understood through clear, unusual contrasts: in San Román Church, the single-nave church has furnishings that combine several periods. The main altarpiece was executed in 1634; four Churrigueresque altarpieces from the second half of the 18th century complete the furnishings.

This information provides a clear framework for personal planning, while the details of the locality open up different cultural and landscape-related themes.

Those who wish to explore Ros not only through individual dates, but also through architectural forms, finds and landforms, can view the various remains as independent thematic approaches.

Culture

In addition to the altarpieces, the ecclesiastical furnishings also include a baptismal font: Ros parish church preserves a font whose design may be of Romanesque origin. The abandoned settlement of Monasteruelo is also located in the area of Ros. Fragments of Romanesque imposts or cornices with a checkerboard design were found in Monasteruelo. Structures of what was presumably its church dedicated to Saint John were also discovered there.

In the wider surrounding region of Ros are the Arco de Santa María Museum, the Casa de Miranda Museum, the “Museum of Human Evolution” and Burgos Castle. The destinations mentioned combine different forms of art, museum and architectural history, without the historical traces being limited to a single type of place.

The cultural information thus ranges from decorated interiors and archaeological fragments to museums and a fortress in the wider surrounding region. These differences show that the history of the locality can be understood through several independent approaches: ecclesiastical furnishings, an abandoned settlement area, preserved architectural elements and institutionally conserved evidence stand alongside one another.

History

Ros lies on the former Camino Real de Burgos a Reinosa. Ros is also assigned to the Alfoz de Burgos tourist area. For personal planning, local architectural evidence, historical route connections and the regional classification can therefore be considered separately.

Nature

The large Valdecojos landslide and other landslides on the highlands of Ros make the surrounding area significant for the erosion processes of the plateau. The Valdeconejos landslide occurred in January 1977 and is the largest of the landslides found there.

The Mirador viewpoint is located in the wider surrounding region of Ros. The Playa fluvial Fuente del Prior river beach and the Fuente del Olmo spring are also located in this wider surrounding region. Villas Del Arlanzon Molino Ramon Park is situated near Ros. The different spatial relationships help organise destinations according to their immediate surroundings and the wider regional context.

Different scales are also apparent within the landscape themes: the highlands and their landslides describe geological forms in the area of Ros, while the park, spring, river beach and viewpoint are classified as being in the immediate or wider surrounding area. This makes it possible to distinguish landscape destinations according to their type and respective spatial relationship, without combining them into a single experience.

Further places for your own travel planning: Orbaneja del Castillo, Cadiñanos, Puentedura, Canicosa De La Sierra, Sotillo De La Ribera, Cavia, Quintanilla del Agua, La Orden

For the overarching travel overview: Burgos.