OUR REGIONOUR REGION

Castilla y León

Spain

Palencia

Europe

THE LANDSCAPETHE LANDSCAPE

The mountain-In the north of the province.-Climate: cold and high rainfall-Flora: forests and shrubs-Fauna: wolves, bears, grouse, owls ...

NORTH AREA-Long cold winters with frequent frosts and heavy rains. -Very short summer, dry season, cool temperatures.-Wildlife like mountain with cereal crops and irrigation.

LANDS OF FIELDS-Fauna: great bustard, partridge, quail, rabbit, hare, wild boar.-Flora: rainfed crops such as wheat, barley ...-Climate: Winters, long cold and abundant rainfall, dry and very hot summers.

THE CERRATO-Fauna: hare, rabbit, otter, great bustard...-Flora: Mediterranean forest, dry farming and irrigation.-Climate: cold winters and dry summers with high temperatures

ROMANESQUE and GOTHIC ART

Saint Martin. Frómista.

Church in Villalcázar de Sirga

Main front of Santiago Church. Carrión de los Condes.

Organ inside the church in Tamara de Campos.

Saint Martin, Frómista.

It’s in Frómista, and it is de most important Romanesque church of the province. Located on ST.James’ way, it was built in the second half of the eleventh century by order of Mrs. Mayor of Castilla, as part of a monastery of San Martín, now disappeared.

Main front of Santiago Church. Carrión de los Condes.

Anonymous twelfth century Pantocrator surrounded by tetramorfos in the main front of Santiago church in Carrión de los Condes.

Villalcázar de Sirga’s church

It’s a temple-fortress built in the late twelfth century, in the transition from Romanesque to Gothic, and completed in the fourteenth century. Milestone on St.James’ Way, which has been one of their most important religious centres, and linked to the Religious Order of the Templar, is of great artistic interest.

Organ inside the church in Tamara de Campos.

It is an organ located in the church of Tamara Field, built in 1785 and supported by a wooden column that resembles marble.

ST.JAMES’ WAY

Pilgrims on their way to Santiago.

Map of St.James’ Way across the province of Palencia.

The scallop shell is the symbol of the pilgrims.

-There are many routes to Santiago, the most important starts at Roncesvalles.-Other routes start in French cities like Paris, Vézelay, Le Puy, Arles and Narbonne.

ST.JAMES’ WAY’S ROUTES

SPAIN ROUTES

FRENCH WAY

PILGRIMS’ CARD

Compostela: Diploma certifying that you have made the ST.James’ Way. It is written in Galician.

LOCAL PRODUCTS, RURAL ECONOMY.

Carrión de los Condes (2.220) Osorno (1460)

Boadilla del Camino (120)

Frómista (830) Villalcázar de Sirga (180)

OUR VILLAGESOUR VILLAGES

TRADITIONSTRADITIONS

The “Olé”: local festivity in Frómista

Corpus Christi festivity in Carrion de los Condes

Religious procession

Traditional costume