Terradillos de los Templarios
| Lagartos Municipality: Terradillos de los Templarios | |||
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| Autonomous Community : | Castile and Leon | ||
| Province : | Palencia | ||
| Comarca : | Vega-Valdavia | ||
| Coordinates | 42 ° 22 ′ N , 4 ° 53 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 880 msnm | ||
| Residents : | 80 (2005) INE | ||
| Area code: | 34091000200 | ||
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| Website : | www.terradillos.net | ||
Terradillos de los Templarios is a place on the Camino de Santiago in the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile and León . He belongs to the municipality of Lagartos .
geography
The village is located in the Meseta on a small elevation, which earned it the synonymous name Terradillos.
history
In the 5th century there is said to have been a small Roman settlement at this point of no great historical value. In the Middle Ages, the village belonged to the Knights Templar , who also maintained a pilgrim hospice near the village under the name of St. John in the 12th century . The Way of St. James itself is said not to have touched the village, but rather ran 700 m south between two no longer existing settlements.
Attractions
- Peter's Church (Iglesia parroquial de San Pedro) with a Gothic figure of Christ and a simple reredos from the previous church. The seated figure of the church patron was transferred to the Museo Diocesano de Palencia.
Fiestas
- Patronage festival : on June 29th
- San Isidro: May 15th
literature
- Míllan Bravo Lozano: Practical pilgrim guide. The Camino de Santiago. Editorial Everest, Léon 1994, ISBN 84-241-3835-X
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The name of today's pilgrims' hostel in the village, "Jacques de Molay", refers to the order and its last grand master.
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