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The Monastery of Santa María de la Armedilla was a monastery of the Order of San Jerónimo, today in ruins, located about 3.8 kilometers from Cogeces del Monte. The monastery was founded after the chance discovery by shepherds of an image of the Virgin Mary in a cave excavated in the rock. This gave rise to a Marian cult in the place and the construction of the monastery. The proximity of quarries and plasterworks in the area facilitated its construction, as well as the water supply. 🏰🌿

Armedilla Convent

In addition to the Mudejar churches, don't forget its bridge over the Cega

Good cakes and bakeries next to the church

Beautiful Gothic-style building from the 15th and 16th centuries, with two naves that are roofed with groin vaults in the central nave and ribbed vaults on the side, contrasting with the main chapel, which has a barrel vault with lunettes. Inside, a magnificent marble tomb is preserved, where it is believed that the body of a bishop rests.

The church of San Juan de Santibáñez de Valcorva, built between the 12th and 13th centuries, has a brick Mudejar or Romanesque style. It is the oldest church in the region and is protected by the castle or Casa Fuerte de Santibáñez de Valcorba on its north side and by the Valcorba stream on its south side. Over the centuries, it has undergone extensions and modifications, including the construction of a Gothic nave and a fortress bell tower in the 17th century.

Sardón de Duero, a wine-growing town where the 16th century Church of San Juan Bautista stands out with its stone architecture with a single nave and a main chapel with a ribbed vault. About two kilometers away is the Monastery of Santa María de Retuerta, a Romanesque building from the 12th century with a cloister renovated in the 16th century.

The bridge over the Cega River, built between 1515 and 1516, is a remarkable structure commissioned by the Archpriest of Cogeces, Juan Díaz de Mirena. It consists of a single limestone semicircular arch and is twelve meters long. In the lower part, it has buttresses, and its railing is decorated with large semicircular stones. Inside the arch, fragments of the old wooden framework used during its construction are preserved.