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In the journey that we propose you for this corner of Navarrese and The Low Rioja, you will have occasion of enjoying some singular populations with a rich archaeological and historical patrimony and of a landscape that, to their varied ones contrast and beauty, unites some exceptional natural resources as they are the he/she witnesses of waters thermal, important and abundant locations prints of dinosaurs and minerals of great beauty, that that together to a soft climate and moderate particularly pleasant in Spring and Autumn and to an excellent one gastronomy, will make that the visit is you unforgettable:
The trip is of long journey in car, inserted with small walks. We leave of the house Path Bardenas, Cabanillas, address Tudela and when passing the bridge of the Ebro we catch the bridge from the train to the foot of the one monument of Jesus' Heart, we catch the street of the right, the one that ascends to the monument, we continue right until the first round, locus in quo indicates us address to Alfaro.
In this city we can visit the following monuments:
Roman Ninfeo (National Monument).
In the bank of the Alhama, in the called area the "Inn" very near the N-232, he/she is this significant Roman location of the one century I. They were granted to their waters therapeutic estate and it was a place of cult to the "nifas" of the Alhama until the s. IV.
Colegiata of San Miguel Archangel (National Monument).
It is the biggest temple in The Rioja built in those XVI and XVII centuries. According to the hour of the day in that one admires the facade the one solid brick acquires diverse tonalities that you/they go from the gold to the red one. In its interior highlights the extraordinary choir of Baroque walnut, the baldachin and the one bigger altar with San Miguel's giant size, of the author Gregorio Fernández.
Other monuments of historical interest
Sta. María of the Burgo with a size of the Employer of the s. Xll. lglesia of San Francisco with a churrigueresque altarpiece. Facade of the Palacio Abattial (of Happiness Rodríguez). Palacio of Sáenz of Heredia.
Along the spring and of the summer a great colony of storks settle in the 3.000 m2 of San Miguel's roof. In 1993 you they almost counted 300 storks.
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When concluding Alfaro, in address Logroño, to the left, we catch the crossing to the Navarrese town of Corella.
In this town we can visit:
- Church of San Miguel and of Ntra Sra of the Rosario(barrocas)
- You marry palatine:
- Palacio of S.XVI Banks them
-The House of the Cadenas(de the Sesma) S.XVIII
-That of Vera's Virto (principles S.XVIII)
-Museum of Sacred Art (Ig of the Incarnation)
-Palacio of Arrese (Museum)
We continue the trip in address Fitero, for the Hermitage of Ntra Sra of the Villar, we visit her.
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- MONASTERY OF FITERO:
The monastery of Fitero, a vast building that ended in 1247, it is one of the oldest from Spain and Portugal. The only part that it is at sight it is the main facade. But who notices in its relatively diminished cover is surprised and impressed when penetrating in their grandiose and unexpected interior.
The sacristy, located between the arm of the south cruise and the girola, is of rectangular plant, with three covered arms for vaults of half canyon. The current chapel of the Virgin of the Thatched top is the most monumental of the church, the imposing enclosure is of Baroque style. The image of the Virgin dates of the XII century.
The room to surrender is a stay of square dimensions covered by nine tracts of crucería vault with section nerves trobulada. The cloister is of square plant, in which arcades are happened pointed and external buttresses. The biggest altarpiece, of Rolan Mois, is one of the best pictorial works conserved in Navarrese. The Christ of the Guide the sculptor romanista estellés belongs Bernabé Imnerto, it works sculptural of principles of the XVII century.
As for canvases, they highlight the Sacred Family, of style manierista, of ends of the XVI century. Exceptional piece is the casket eucarística of enamelled copper, of toward 1200. The temple consists of a rich one collection of wooden caskets and ivory.
We continue the trip in address to the Bathrooms of Fitero.
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- BATHROOMS DE FITERO.
THERMAL STATION:
The Station Thermal Bathrooms of Fitero consists of two spas: The level of their facilities, capacity (315 people) and its I half-close natural they satisfy any necessity.
The waters are chemically sodium chloring and sulfatadas with an emergency to 52 grades C and a flow of 1.800 and 900 l/min respectively.
Any person of any age can find indication in the thermal cure, but according to the characteristics of their waters and the means that they prepare, they are the rheumatic, breathing illnesses and relaxation cures, the most suitable. Without forgetting the leisure and the one healthy use of the free time as good reasons to consent to the one Spa.
Next we go to the county of the Rioja, in address to Igea.
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- IGEA. DINOSAURS
Of special consideration and cause of universal diffusion they are their locations of Hidrosaurichnoides igeensis.
Hidrosaurichnoides means similar footfall to that of those hadrosaurios; igeensis that is in honor to the town of Igea, place where there are spirit this icnitas type. They are dinosaurs hervíboros, biped, ornitópodos that have the feet with four pads: one in each one of the fingers and another in the check. The peculiarity with regard to other types of dinosaur footfalls are that they have membrane among the fingers.
They appear a great number of prints in the "Era of the one Peladillo" taken place by the step of a flock of this type of dinosaurs. These can be observed on foot in the walk that there is signalled.
If it is possible they don't stop to visit the school museum that there is in this town and that it picks up different prints of these animals.
| SCHEDULE | DE MONDAY TO FRIDAY | SATURDAY | DOMINGO |
| Tomorrow | 11-13 H | 11-13 H | 11-13 H |
| Late | 17-19 H | 16-19 H |
| Telephones of Contact: | I price Entrance: |
| Pilar: 678 983577 | Adults 300 pts. |
| Marta: 678 983556 | Children (up to 14 years): 150 pts |
| 678 983500 | Pensioners: 200 pts. |
| Groups (more than 10): 200 pts. | |
| Children's Groups (more than 10): 100 pts. |
the highway that we should of to catch to arrive to the
following point of the itinerary, Cornago.
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When arriving to Cornago, it highlights the beauty of the formed group for the castle and the parochial temple, but once in the town, it surprises how the housings have been reconstructed and how the interesting one is urbanized I crack urban.
They are numerous the buildings that deserve a visit in Cornago: the Palacio of the Baroja, construction of the XVI century summoned more in the neighborhood old of the Villa. San Blas' hermitage, located in the area where the tradition attributes the localization of the neighborhood Jewish and possible synagogue in the one past; hermitage of Santa Catalina, of a ship and, built in masonry, the Hermitage of The Pity, on a reduced arch that could be a wall cloth.
On the town it highlights the figure of the Castle, surrounded of pines and with a beautiful walk to its around. The rectangular and built building in seat, probably lifted on other previous. The current one seems built in the XIV century.
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To highlight lastly that in the Ravine of The
Keys at about 4 Km. in
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address to Arnedo, as well as in the bordering places,
they have been found 4 blooming so far with icnitas of dinosaurs,
constituting one of the most important locations that exist in Spain and to
the one that you consents through a perfectly signalled hint.Depending of in that moment of the day is, we can return Home Path Bardenas or to continue in address to Arnedo and to go to Enciso......, San Pedro Manrique, Tarazona, Tudela, Cabanillas.
If we continue, we go to Arnedo, and of this city to Enciso.
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. PALEONTOLOGICAL MUSEUM AND DINOSAURS.In this town we can visit the itineraries of dinosaurs pointed out in the map (all them signal),
and the paleontological museum.
Schedule of the paleontological museum
Of June 1 at September 15:
Every day of 11,00 to 14,00 h. and of 17,00 to 20,00 h.
I subtract of the year:
Working of 11,00 at 14,00h.
and of 15,00 to 18,00 h.
Sundays and festival of 11,00 to 14,00 h.
Groups and agreed visits
Information and reservations: Telf. 941-396093
I price entrances
Adults: 400 pesetas. | Bigger than 65 years, groups
and young identification card: 300 pesetas.
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