The Roman Palentino route
This route takes you through the Roman churches and monasteries accompanied by impressive mountainous landscapes along the Pisuerga river.
We begin our journey in Aguilar del Campo, a locality declared of particular historical and artistic importance. In the Peña Agulón you'll find the ruins of an ancient castle raised in the 12th century, near the 12th - 13th Roman hermitage of Santa Cecilia and the remains of a medieval wall which emphasizes the Puerte de Reinosa, which has been declared a national monument. In the town's Plaza Mayor there is the Roman college of San Miguel, in whose interior you'll find the sepulchres of the Marques de Aguilar and Acripeste García González, in the same square you'll also find the palace of the Marqueses de Aguilar and the house of the VII Lajares. Other interesting monuments here include the 12th century Santa Clara monastery, the Roman entrance of San Andrés, the cemetery, the Condes de Castañeda palace and the Velarde house.

On the outskirts there is a 11th century Roman Gothic monastery of Santa Maria la Real, and nowadays the study centre which has an interesting collection of Roman artefacts from the region.

Taking the P-212 road we pass through Cervera de Pisuerga, bordering with the Espacio Natural de Fuentes Carriones. The most interesting of the monuments here is the late Gothic 16th century church of Santa Maria del Castillo, which houses an altarpiece of Juan de Flandes and Felipe Vigarny, other places of interest here include the Los Leones house. In the surrounding area we can see the 12th century San Salvador de Cantamuda church which has an ancient Roman altar and a spectacular belfry.

We take a detour on the C-627 road until Perazancas, the place where you'll find the 12th century Roman church of San Pelayo which has Mozarabes capitals and remains of old murals. We detour a bit further on to Cozuelos de Ojeda to visit the 12th century Roman Santa Eufemia monastery.

We rejoin the C-627 and go on to Santibañez de Ecla where we see the 12th century monastery of San Andrés de Arroyo, founded by Alfonso VIII and his wife Doña Leonor which has been declared as a historic - artistic monument. Inside there is a spectacular Roman cloister and a capiteles room where there is a statue of San Andrés, next to the sepulchres of the first abbess.

Moving on from Santibañez we go to Moarves de Ojeda, the place where you'll find some of the best examples of Roman - Palentino churches such as the San Pedro.

At the end of our journey we take the P-223 on to Alar del Rey, an ideal spot to relax and enjoy the canoes on the Pisuerga river. In the surrounding areas we can visit the 9th century Roman monastery of Santa Maria de Mave, which has a church and renaissance walls now used as a lodging house.