11 · The fish farm
The Iregua is a reference trout river in La Rioja and Viguera has a fish farm that is dedicated to producing it
En uno de sus valles recorrido por el río Iregua, está el Camero Nuevo, tierra de bosques, pastizales, cumbres y pequeños valles, donde se sitúan 13 pueblos con historia, tradiciones y leyendas, que siglos atrás se agruparon bajo la denominación de Hermandad de las 13 Villas.
The Iregua is a reference trout river in La Rioja and Viguera has a fish farm that is dedicated to producing it
Small quiet village located on the N-111 road, which emerges from an old inn that provided shelter and food to the carts that went up to the mountains
In the X century, Viguera was a bordering town that had been occupied for two centuries by the Arab family Banu Quasi
In the centre of the village is the so-called Portal de Morales, a space formed by the old Schools, built in 1859
The fountain and the laundry space were essential elements before the arrival of the water supply to the homes
In the past, Torrecilla was Head of the Judicial District, which included the both Cameros, the Old and the New. This judicial division existed until 1988
It is reached through a stairway that, from the square, gives access to a building started in the XVI century, but which has undergone numerous restorations
Three Neolithic tombs have been found in the district, and refer us to an age close to 5,000 years before Christ and successive times
The so-called Roman Road that came from Varea over the course of the Iregua enters the Sierra de Cameros by Viguera and runs to the base of the port of…
Two types of architecture are mixed in the farmhouse: that of the valley together with that of the sierra
It is located a few metres from the town centre, on the way to the Bridge. It is an XVIII century building that has undergone different modifications throughout history
Located on the Iregua, in a place that has something magical and defensive due to the cliffs on which it is settled, and next to the N-111
It has a lean tower dating from 1764, turned into a permanent watch tower for the town, and an atrium and arcades that have witnessed
On the porch of the Church of Saint Martin and near the staircase leading to the tower, the Parish Museum is located
One of the most interesting civil buildings is the house of the Manso de Velasco family, located in the neighbourhood of Saint Martin