(Shown
in pink on
the map)
This
route begins
in the Plaza
de la Iglesia
de Santa María,
a magnificent
16th century
church built
in the gothic-renaissance
style. The
route goes
past the old
town hall,
which nowadays
houses several
municipal
services and
is the site
of the projected
museum, and
then goes
down Calle
Ramón
y Cajal to
the Plaza
de la Constitución,
traditionally
the heart
of the village.
Then it heads
for the oldest
part of the
village up
the steps
of Calle Sánchez
Canovas and
Calle Carasol
through tightly-packed
houses and
grey. Halfway
along Calle
Cinto Baja,
the lovely
Casa de los
Patiños,
a 16th century
noble house
which has
an inner courtyard
surrounded
by a wooden
gallery with
a typical
Castillian
balustrade.
Going
down Calle
Juan Morenilla
(also known
as “horse
street”)
you arrive
at la Plaza
de San Antón,
from whose
centre it
is assumed
the town originally
developed.
Here there
is a small
hermitage
where on 27th
December,
the Hermandad
de las Ánimas
(Brotherhood
of the Spirit)
celebrates
its curious
traditional
dances of
Cascaborras
and the Innocents.
The route
continues
zigzagging
between alleys,
until it reaches
Las Viñas,
and after
crossing the
old Barrio
de San Gregorio
comes to the
Plaza de España,
which maintains
a noble air
due to its
impressive
buildings
built at the
beginning
of the 20th
century by
wealthy families
and still
in excellent
condition
today. Moving
on the route
circles the
the church
and goes up
Calle del
Coronel Capaz
(also known
as the ‘street
of ice’
due its harsh
winter cold),
home of la
Casa de los
González
Olivares,
an interesting
early 19th
century building
whose large
balconies
overlook the
main altar
of the neighbouring
church.
The
last part
of the the
circuit climbs
up Calle Barroeta
(also known
as ‘downhill
street’)
which until
the 1980’s
was still
the road which
connected
Huéscar
and Murcia,
and through
la Plaza de
Cristo Rey
the current
centre of
business in
the area.
Finally it
it turns back
towards its
original point
of departure
passing along
Paseo de las
Santas Mártires
(Saint Alodía
y Saint Nunilón,
the town’s
two patron
saints), the
shops of Calle
Juan Carlos
Iand finally
the pedestrianised
Calle Juan
José
Clemente.
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