Yanguas

Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España

Muleteers from Yanguas were well enough known to clash with Don Quixote in Cervantes's novel, a trade that grew from toll exemptions granted by Castilian kings. The village rises on a hill where the Masa meets the Cidacos, at the northern tip of Soria province. Houses of slate, rubble stone and timber framing surround the Plaza Mayor, a castle with rammed-earth towers and the Gothic church of San Lorenzo.

Highlights

Castillo de Yanguas, with walls and towers of rammed earth (ES)
Probably medieval three-arched bridge over the Cidacos, now for walkers
Santa María church, with a Plateresque altarpiece and the Santo Cristo chapel
Puerta del Río and Puerta de la Villa, last traces of the walls
Torre de San Miguel, the lone survivor of a vanished church

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Population: 104

Events through the year

Fiestas of the Santo Cristo de la Villa Vieja Religious · Weekend nearest 16 JulyPatronal feast of the town and of the old Tierra de Yanguas
La Vega pilgrimage Religious · First week of AugustIn the municipality: mass at the Soledad hermitage and a communal meal
San Roque in La Mata Religious · Around 16 AugustIn the municipality: mass at the saint's hermitage and a communal meal