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San Cipriano
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Another
alternative from Reinosa is to drive along the highway to
Palencia and, after two kilometres, take the turning
leading to the Roman ruins of Julióbriga. The church of San Cipriano de Bolmir
can be found on that route, a church from the second half
of the 17th century. Along that way, one can reach the
hill of Retortillo, where the Roman town of Julióbriga
and the Romanesque church of Retortillo can be found. Julióbriga was founded due to the
Cantabrian wars, to glorify the figure of Augustus. The
Ebro reservoir can be seen from here, being one of the
biggest in Spain with twenty kilometres long by four
wide. The Romanesque church of Santa
María de Retortillo is located on a medieval
necropolis on the remains of a basilica from the period
of the Roman town.
From Retortillo, the road can be
followed bordering the reservoir until Arroyo, to go on
southwards to the district of Valdeprado del Río finding
the Sanctuary of
Montesclaros which traditionally owes its origin to
the finding in the early 18th century of the image of a
virgin in a grotto by a shepherd who was looking for a
lost bull. The remains of a hermitage built there can be
found under the present construction. The sanctuary is at
present occupied by the Dominican Fathers. This district
has a very outstanding popular architecture, with
buildings which retain Gothic and Renaissance features in
arches, windows, etc., as can be appreciated in Aldea de
Ebro, Reocín de los Molinos or Barruelo de los Carabeos.
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