[ENG-SPN] Heritage treasures / Tesoros patrimoniales

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Among the few encomiendas that, in reality, the Knights Templar had in that medieval Spain of kingdoms and alliances that were beginning to unify, making common cause against the Muslim invasion, one of the most important was located, precisely here, in Villalcázar de Sirga, a small rural town located in the heart of the Tierra de Campos de Palencia, next to, of course, the Way of Saint James.

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Noticeably affected by the impact of the earthquake that devastated Lisbon in 1755, its spectacular Gothic church, dedicated to the figure of Saint Mary the White, and its old pilgrim hospital, currently converted into an inn, barely remain standing. But, apart from its legends, relating to hidden treasures and secret keys, the real treasure lies, above all, in the magnificence of its architecture and in some spectacular tombs, which, apart from their careful elaboration - possibly made by the excellent workshops installed in the neighboring town of Carrión de los Condes, where the famous people who humiliated the Cid's daughters came from - contain first-rate information about the life, habits and customs of a time, which was not always as dark as we have been told made to think.

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Dentro de las pocas encomiendas, que, en realidad, tuvieron los caballeros templarios en aquella España medieval de reinos y alianzas que comenzaban a unificarse, haciendo causa común contra la invasión musulmana, una de las más importantes estuvo situada, precisamente aquí, en Villalcázar de Sirga, un pequeño núcleo rural situado en el corazón de la Tierra de Campos de Palencia, a la vera, por supuesto, del Camino de Santiago.

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Afectada notablemente por el impacto del terremoto que desoló Lisboa en el año 1755, apenas queda en pie su espectacular iglesia gótica, dedicada a la figura de Santa María la Blanca y su viejo hospital de peregrinos, actualmente reconvertido en mesón. Pero, aparte de sus leyendas, relativas a tesoros escondidos y claves secretas, el verdadero tesoro radica, sobre todo, en la magnificencia de su arquitectura y en unos espectaculares sepulcros, que, aparte de su esmerada elaboración -posiblemente elaborados por los excelentes talleres instalados en la vecina población de Carrión de los Condes, de donde procedían los famosos personajes que humillaron a las hijas del Cid- contienen una información de primera magnitud sobre la vida, usos y costumbres de una época, que no siempre fue tan oscura como nos han hecho pensar.

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AVISO: Tanto el texto, como las fotografías que lo acompañan, son de mi exclusiva propiedad intelectual y por lo tanto, están sujetos a mis Derechos de Autor.

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This is really a beautiful view I must confess

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Damn!!!
The last sculpture is really amazing
Good job!

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There are, in fact, three sarcophagi, each more mysterious and elaborate, which, at the time, belonged to very important people of the time, such as the brother of King Alfonso X the Wise.

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This place must be frightening to enter the building

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