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Chapel of Guadalupe
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An alternative
route from Potes is to enter Cabezón de Liébana Valley,
watershed of the river Bullón, from which one can reach
the mountain pass of Piedras Luengas connecting Liébana
with Palencia. A few kilometres from Potes, after Frama,
there is a turning to Cambarco, Luriezo, Chaecho, Aniezo,
etc.; very interesting villages for their well-preserved
popular architecture and their churches, 17th and 18th
century buildings with small high quality altarpieces.
The Cantabrian-Roman estela on the frontispiece of
the church of Luriezo is outstanding. Returning to the
road towards the mountain pass, and after Cabezón
de Liébana, where the Baroque churches of El Carmen
and Guadalupe stand, one can
take a turn to Piasca, where the Romanesque church of Santa María
is located, a church which was built in an ancient 9th
century monastery having both nuns and monks under the
order of San Fructuoso with an abbess as head. The
interesting sculpture of this church, linked with the
school of Palencia, is one of the best in Cantabria. Finally,
getting into the district of Pesagüero in Valdeprado or
Vendejo, among others, there are 18th century casonas
with high quality coats of arms on their façade.
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