La Calzada de Oropesa
Convent of the Augustinian Recollect Nuns
Natural site
Information about La Calzada de Oropesa:
Telephone: 925 43 51 32
Web: http://www.lacalzadadeoropesa.es/seccion/turismo.html
Email Ayuntamiento: aytolacalzada@gmail.com
From the point of view of tourism and ecotourism, La Calzada de Oropesa has an interesting and varied offer for the visitor to enjoy a few pleasant days together with the town's leisure and cultural festivities.
The Calzada de Oropesa is the centre of the Roman route between Emerita Augusta (Mérida) and Toletum (Toledo), as demonstrated by the remains found of a late Roman necropolis. The holm oak forest that can be seen from the Boyal meadow, the Las Limas lagoon and the Carrasca pylon show part of the immense holm oak forest of the lands of La Calzada de Oropesa, one of the largest in Castilla-La Mancha. This holm oak forest surrounds the Mediterranean riverside area around the Rosarito reservoir and the banks of the Tagus river, where birds of prey, riverside birds and an important variety of flora can be seen.
The mountain range and juniper groves stand out as islands in the holm oak forest. A town that extends its municipal area to the foothills of the Gredos mountain range, characterised by flat terrain with low altitudes that offer a variety of nature-related activities such as hiking, cycling routes, bird watching in the area around the Rosarito reservoir, fishing and canoeing.
La Calzada de Oropesa is the ideal place to visit its cultural heritage, which is dotted throughout the old town. Located just 15 minutes from Talavera de la Reina, it has an interesting gastronomic and accommodation offer, making available to the visitor in very short journeys of approximately 20 minutes all the nature, history, art, castles, in short, all of Toledo.
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What to see?
The convent complex occupies a large area of land at the southern end of the town, from which it is separated by high walls of Toledan masonry and by the specific buildings of the convent. It consists of the square convent building, the church adjoining the convent and the large orchard, which also contains a well and two hermitages. The convent church is Renaissance, with a Latin cross floor plan, a single nave and two entrances. The nave is covered with a half-barrel and groin vault. Baroque altarpiece of rich decoration and notable interest on the main altar, behind which is the chapel with the image of the Virgin Mary. Cristo de las Misericordias, which can be accessed by this staircase that starts in the sacristy. It is worth mentioning the delicate production of fine ceramics, porcelain that distinguishes the nuns of this monastery, who in the silence of the Arabic courtyard maintain the purity of this artisan production.
It was a former collegiate church. The original plans are attributed to Herrera himself. The master in charge of the work on the main chapel was Juan de la Puente. The stonemasons were Lorenzo Gómez and Lorenzo de las Las Lastras. Building with a single nave in Renaissance style, with three apsidal bays, followed by an incomplete transept and a presbytery, with a five-sided apse. Two chapels on each side, symmetrically arranged in the first and third sections, a sacristy accessed from the transept and a belfry on the axis of the foot end complete the ensemble. The church has magnificent baroque altars and the armature of an organ whose pipes disappeared after the civil war. Stone tombstones on the floor of the chancel with legends, coats of arms and dates (1645 and 1651)
