Castizo Spain

Heritage towns in Soria

12 towns in this province.

El Burgo de Osma heritage town, Soria
Soria
El Burgo de Osma

A cathedral city on the Castilian meseta where a Gothic cathedral, intact town walls, a hilltop castle, and the ghost of a Roman city occupy the same bend in the Río Ucero in Soria province.

San Esteban de Gormaz heritage town, Soria
Soria
San Esteban de Gormaz

A frontier castle town on the Duero in Soria, where two Romanesque churches still stand from the era when Castile and al-Andalus fought over this crossing for two centuries.

Berlanga de Duero heritage town, Soria
Soria
Berlanga de Duero

A castle town on the old frontier between Christian and Moorish Spain, Berlanga de Duero rises above the Duero line in Soria with intact medieval walls, a grand collegiate church, and streets that still follow their medieval plan.

Calatañazor heritage town, Soria
Soria
Calatañazor

A walled village above the Soria plain, its cobbled street, medieval castle, and Romanesque churches carrying the echo of a legendary battle that may have ended the career of the most feared Muslim commander in 10th-century Iberia.

Ágreda heritage town, Soria
Soria
Ágreda

A frontier town on the edge of Castilla y León, Ágreda carries layers of Celtiberian, Arab, Jewish and Christian history within walls that still stand, watched over by a monastery whose founder claimed to have crossed continents without leaving her cell.

Medinaceli heritage town, Soria
Soria
Medinaceli

Perched on a hilltop in Soria, Medinaceli holds Spain's only three-arched Roman triumphal arch, an Arab gateway still standing in its medieval walls, and a vast restored ducal palace overlooking a Roman-era plaza.

Caracena heritage town, Soria
Soria
Caracena

A small Soria village where a Romanesque church, a castle, and surviving stretches of medieval wall stand above a ravine that once decided the fate of a Moorish caliph.

Yanguas heritage town, Soria
Soria
Yanguas

A fortified hill town in Soria whose medieval gates, castle, and stone streets once made it powerful enough to appear in Don Quixote, and whose monuments earned it a place among Spain's most beautiful villages.

Soria heritage town, Soria
Soria
Soria

Capital of its Castilian province, Soria stands above the Duero river with a skyline of Romanesque towers, a Templar monastery, and a castle hill that has been occupied since the Iron Age.

Langa de Duero heritage town, Soria
Soria
Langa de Duero

A town old enough to appear in Strabo and Pliny, where El Cid once held the castle, a twelve-arch medieval bridge still carries traffic across the Duero in Soria's Castilla y León.

Rejas de San Esteban heritage town, Soria
Soria
Rejas de San Esteban

A small Soria village declared a historic-artistic ensemble for its two Romanesque churches and centuries-old vernacular architecture of stone, adobe, and bare timber.

Rello heritage town, Soria
Soria
Rello

A walled medieval village perched on a limestone crag in Soria, its castle, intact circuit of walls, and a conical Moorish watchtower making it one of the most complete fortified ensembles in Castilla y León.