Castrillo de los Polvazares

Muleteers who carried salted fish inland from Galicia built Castrillo de los Polvazares, and their stone houses still have the wide gateways and inner courtyards that carts and animals needed. The village was rebuilt on its present site in the 16th century after floods, and its streets remain cobbled rather than asphalted. Most visitors come for cocido maragato, served in restored muleteers' houses.

Highlights

• Cocido maragato, served in restored muleteers' houses (ES)
• Stone casas arrieras with carriage gateways, galleries and inner courtyards
• The parish church, built entirely of stone
• Setting of Concha Espina's novel La esfinge maragata (ES)
• Old bridge over the Jerga, still paved with stone slabs at one end

Text adapted from Wikipedia (Castrillo de los Polvazares (ES), Castrillo de los Polvazares (EN)). Available under CC BY-SA 4.0.