Square in Soria
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The free, open civic heart of Soria’s old town, ringed by the arcaded town hall, the neoclassical Palacio de la Audiencia, the Fuente de los Leones, and the church of Nuestra Senora la Mayor. It is the natural starting point for a walk through one of Spain’s quietest provincial capitals, a short stroll from the riverside Hermitage of San Saturio, the Monastery of San Juan de Duero, and the shaded Alameda de Cervantes park.
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The Alameda de Cervantes is Soria's main public park and the green heart of one of Spain's quietest provincial capitals. Locals still call it La Dehesa. It is free, open, and counts among the oldest urban public gardens in the country, with shaded avenues of ancient trees, a small chapel, ornamental fountains, and a music bandstand.
A medieval stone arch in the old town of Soria, a quiet survivor of the city's fortified past, free to walk through. It sits in the historic centre a short walk from Plaza Mayor Soria and the Church of San Juan de Rabanera, so it costs nothing to fold into a wander through one of Spain's least-visited provincial capitals.
A working parish church in the old town of Soria, free to enter and best known for the literary ground that surrounds it. The poet Antonio Machado set down some of his most quoted lines here: his young wife, Leonor Izquierdo, is buried in the Cementerio del Espino beside the church, and the elm in the churchyard is the one read into his poem "A un olmo
A small Romanesque church in central Soria, best known for its richly carved portal, which was salvaged from a demolished church and reset on this facade, and for the Byzantine-influenced apse behind it. Free to enter and one of the city's better examples of 12th-century stonework, it makes an easy free stop on a walk through the old town.
Romanesque church with one of the richest carved facades in Spain, rivalling those in France. Free to enter, and free to admire from the outside, where the sculptural detail alone is worth the stop.
Baroque cave chapel built into the cliff above the Douro, dedicated to San Saturio, the patron saint of Soria. A frescoed octagonal interior and river views reward a free riverside walk, and entry is free for most of the year.
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