Ecotourism 05. The Area North of Valladolid in Spain. Tierra de Campos

Not to be missed
Plazas Mayores
One of the characteristic
elements of folk architecture
in Castilla and Leon are
the plazas mayors or main
squares. They are open
spaces framed by arcades
supported by stone columns
which form arcaded shopping
streets. The plaza or
square also had other uses
as well as the usual urban
functions, popular uses
like markets, political acts,
religious (acts of faith) and
festivals (bullfights).
The Castilla canal
Rollo: Flamboyant Gothic column in Villalón de Campos
The Castilla canal cuts
through the district from
north to south, a great work
of hydraulic engineering
from the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries, it
runs along 207 kilometres
through the provinces of
Palencia, Burgos and Valladolid,
divided in three
branches. It was built to
transport wheat to the ports
in the north by towed river
transport (barges towed by
horses and beasts of burden),
the Campos branch
goes through Villanueva de
San Mancio and Tamariz de
Campos.
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