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Landmark Attractions In Carracedelo

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Monasterio de Santa Maria de Carracedo

Museo El Varal

Museo Molinos Mazonovo

TeverAstur Senda del Oso

Castrillo de los Polvazares

Palacio de Gaudi de Astorga

Astorga Cathedral

Cuevas de Valporquero

Carracedelo is a village and municipality located in the region of El Bierzo . According to the 2010 census , the municipality has a population of 3,658 inhabitants. The semirestored ruins of the Monastery of Saint Mary of Carracedo are nearby. The populated places of this municipality include Carracedo proper, Carracedo del Monasterio, Posada del Bierzo, Villadepalos, Villamartín de la Abadía and Villaverde de la Abadía. It's one of the towns of El Bierzo where the population also speaks Galician, but this language is extinguishing because the Junta of Castilla y León doesn't preserve the Galician culture in this zone, for these reason they don't ...
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Landmark Attractions In Carracedelo

1. Monasterio de Santa Maria de Carracedo Carracedelo
The Monastery of Saint Mary of Carracedo or the Monasterio de Santa María de Carracedo is an inactive abbey and palace complex, now in semi-restored state near the town of Carracedelo, province of León, Castile and León, Spain. Founded in the tenth century by the Benedictine order, it lies near the Way of Santiago in Northern Spain. The first cenobitic community, the Monastery of San Salvador, was founded here around the year 990 by Bermudo II, King of the Kingdom of León and the Kingdom of Galicia, with the principal aim of sheltering monks seeking refuge from the campaigns of the Moorish general Almanzor. This, however, did not spare the monastery from being destroyed by Almanzor in his campaign of 997. In 1138, the Infanta Sancha, sister of Alfonso VII of León, helped rebuild a mon...
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