Megeces: Church, Cega Riverbanks and Páramo Slopes

Historic architecture, walks by the water and festive traditions open up different themes for planning your trip to Megeces. Cultural details, landscape features and fixed dates can be considered separately while you explore the town according to your own interests. The contrast between built heritage, river landscapes and local customs keeps different perspectives open.

Other places

Other places: Medina Del Campo, Sardoncillo O la Granja, Geria, Villanueva de San Mancio, Aldeyuso, Peñafiel, Castronuño and Langayo.

Culture and History

The Iglesia de Santiago Apóstol in Megeces is a Romanesque-Mudéjar church dating from the 12th century. Its bell gable is built of brick and has two sections. The church also contains the “Retablo Lateral del Cristo Crucificado”. This is a side altarpiece in the Neoclassical style dating from the first third of the 17th century. The altarpiece contains a depiction of Christ from the third quarter of the 16th century, after which it is named.

A medieval bridge in Megeces has a single arch. For your cultural exploration, you can distinguish between style, construction period, materials, structural elements and the relationship between the altarpiece and Christ. The bridge adds an independent historical architectural feature to this perspective.

Nature and Trails

Megeces lies on the Cega River. Long walks are possible along the banks of the Cega River in Megeces. Long walks are also possible on the Páramo slopes beside the town centre of Megeces. For your planning, you can distinguish between these two landscape features: the riverbanks and the slopes beside the town centre. Megeces is also home to the Área recreativa de San Marugán recreational area.

Those who wish to give different weight to the landscape aspect can view the watercourse and the Páramo slopes as two separate walking themes. The choice depends on the desired combination of riverbank landscape and hillside area.

Festivals and Traditions

The Las Candelas festival is celebrated in Megeces on 2 February with a traditional popular character. On 25 July, the feast day of Santiago Apóstol, various events are organised in Megeces. “Las Enramadas” are round-singing performances in Megeces that young unmarried men used to perform for young unmarried women from the town.

The two dates give the festivals a clear place in the annual calendar. If you consider Megeces in terms of its calendar and customs, you can distinguish between the two festival dates and the named form of singing. In this way, fixed days and a traditional form of communal singing stand alongside one another as different cultural points of reference.

When looking for a holiday apartment in Megeces, you can compare the travel period, room category and cancellation conditions of the respective offers. The relative importance of walks, architecture and events held on fixed dates can also be treated as a separate planning aspect alongside these details of the offers.

Orientation

A tourist information office in Megeces is called “Oficina de Turismo de Megeces”.

For the overarching travel overview: Valladolid.