Torrecilla en Cameros - Sierra Cameros | Turismo en La Rioja, Camero Nuevo | Pueblos y Paisajes

Sierra Cameros | Turismo en La Rioja, Camero Nuevo | Pueblos y Paisajes

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.

Torrecilla en Cameros

While visiting this town, the traveller feels it as a capital.  In fact, it is Head of the County and centre of the Cameros.
On the town, the Serradero mountain range separates this valley from the Najerilla River. Several temples denote other neighbourhoods, such as those of Campillo, Saint Martin and Barruelo, being the only Serrano town with settlements on both banks of the river.

Of industrial and livestock tradition, there are many religious buildings, manor houses, palaces and shields that flood the urban centre and tell us about a history full of illustrious sons and a splendid past.

Population in 2017, 482 inhabitants.
Height: 740 m.

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1 · Sagasta Space

Located in the City Hall building, we find this exhibition space dedicated to the figure of the Torrecillano Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, President of the Nation's Government

2 · Lóbrega Cave

Cave Lóbrega is about two kilometres far from Torrecilla. This cave was one of the first to be studied, from a scientific point of view

3 · The Solé House

On Sagasta Street, in front of the Town Hall, this narrow house deserves to be visited for its unique features

4 · Parish church of Saint Martin

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

5 · Parish Museum

On the porch of the Church of Saint Martin and near the staircase leading to the tower, the Parish Museum is located

6 · Palace of the Counts of Superunda

One of the most interesting civil buildings is the house of the Manso de Velasco family, located in the neighbourhood of Saint Martin

7 · Centre of the Riojan Emigration

This cultural space is located in the old church of the Convent of the Immaculate Conception of Saint Francisco (XVIII century) and was opened in 2008

8 · The Felipe Nestares Park

Torrecilla has excellent social spaces, big and little squares with a long tradition and several fountains that provided water to each neighbourhood

9 · Chapel of Saint Antón and Viewpoint of the Corazón de Jesús

This temple devoted to Nª Sª de la Expectación (XVI century) stands at the top of the neighbourhood of Campillo and is known as “Chapel of Saint Antón”

10 · Chapel of Saint Peter

The Chapel of Saint Peter, declared a National Historical Monument in 1982, is located about two kilometres from the town, following the channel of the river

11 · The Bridge

Bridges have been very important in the past and have conditioned communications between towns. The Barruelo Bridge joins the neighbourhood of Saint Martin with that of Barruelo

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12 · The neighbourhood of Barruelo

Crossing the bridge we reach the neighbourhood of Barruelo, whose cobbled square and fountain are of a simple beauty

13 · Spring of Peñaclara

One kilometre away from the urban centre of Torrecilla and under the cliffs of Peñaseto, is the Peñaclara spring, formerly known as Balneario de Riva los Baños

14 · Sanctuary of Nuestra Señora de Tómalos

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

Judicial District and Head of the County

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

Villages and Landscapes of the Camero Nuevo. La Rioja