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Stage 6

Source of Songs to Zafra

km 24,6

Time 06H 15’

Difficulty Medium

Hostels 2

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Smooth journey with golden brooch when you reach Zafra and see its monuments

Information about the stage 6: Source of Songs to Zafra

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Points of interest in the stage 6: Source of Songs to Zafra

11 Casa del Ajimez
10 Albergue Convento de San Francisco Zafra
9 Alcázar de los Duques de Feria
8 Zafra Train Station
7 Chapel of Bethlehem
6 Albergue Juvenil de Calzadilla de los Barros
5 Church of El Salvador
4 Calzadila de los Barros
3 Our Lady of Granada
2 Casa Museo de Zurbarán
1 Albergue Convento Vía de la Plata de Fuente de Cantos

The route

Km 0. Cantos Source(All Services)

You have to street the town to cross the road of Medina de las Torres BA-069 and, front, take the trail, old Roman road, which will take us to the very entrance of Calzadilla de los Barros, six kilometers away. For more than an hour we will walk between vineyards through the local sites of La Cigüeña, Viña Sola and La Ensancha. We will leave the region of Tentudía to enter the region of Zafra-Río Bodión.

Once in Calzadilla de los Barros (see section remarks) we are guided by the yellow arrows which, unfortunately, do not lead to the church of the Savior. It is worth visiting, especially to see its largest Gothic/Mudéjar exhibition, declared National Historical Artistic Monument. As a curiosity, a detail of this altarpiece appeared in the Christmas tenths of 2012.

Km 6. Calzadilla de los Barros (Municipal Hostel). Hostel. Bars. Shops. Cashier. Pharmacy. Office)

Taking Zafra Street we leave the population, we continue the march towards Puebla de Sancho Pérez saving, depending on the time, various channels such as the Molinillo and the Romo. The itinerary approaches the N-630 and the Rivera Atarja River, which we cross. If you cannot cross, you will have to continue along the N-630 and take some of the tracks leading to La Puebla de Sancho Pérez (Km 9.2). After the course, at 200 meters, we must turn 90° to the left and move north-west along the so-called Silver Path.

During the next nine kilometers, without change of direction, several pistes and some more water courses, such as the stream of Las Cañadas and that of Matasanos, will be interposed in our pilgrimage. They are plain lands of vines and olive trees and also habitat of cinegetic species such as partridge, hare and rabbit. We will enter Puebla de Sancho Pérez after crossing the train tracks (Km 18.5) and the road that goes down to Medina de las Torres.

Km 20.3. La Puebla de Sancho Pérez(Hostal. Bars. Shops. Cashier. Pharmacy. Office)

People cross from south to north and leave again crossing BA-160 and a bridge over the roads. The Zafra train station is already a stone's throw away and once there (Km 22,6) we will take as a reference an abandoned building, seen brick, reminiscent of the mudéjar constructions. You have to go by its main facade - with the inscription ZH 1917 - and reach a door, which we open to enter Zafra through the endless Avenida de la Estación. Number 17 is the hostel of the Association of Friends of the Path of Zafra. At the end of this avenue to the left diagonal we will enter the plaza of Spain.

Km 24.6. (All Services)

The difficulties

Remarks

In images

What to see, what to do

CALZADILLA DE LOS BARROS
- San Salvador Parish Church: Built in the 15th century, it is rectangular and consists of a nave divided into five sections by fajones arches. The materials used for the exterior were masonry and brick. The apse, rounded by an almond tower, gives the temple a certain air of medieval strength. The largest altarpiece of the Church was declared an Artistic Historical Complex in 1982. It was painted by Antón de Madrid in the late 15th century or early 16th century.
PUEBLA DE SANCHO PÉREZRnatively
modern, Puebla de Sancho Pérez began writing its history in 1498. The Cross of Santiago is present in its shield, since Puebla had its own command of the Order. The locals of Puebla de Sancho Pérez are known as peranos and locally as "foxes".
- St. Lucia parish church: Rebuilt in the 16th century from a previous Mudéjar style. The remains of the House of the Order of Santiago are preserved behind the church.
- Hermitage of Our Lady of Bethlehem: It is located one kilometer from the centre of the town and its units have enabled the tourist hostel of the Vía de la Plata. It's a Baroque church with bearers. Curiously, the bullring in Puebla de Sancho Pérez is attached to the hermitage.
ZAFRAC
National History since 1965, Zafra boomed when it passed to the domains of the Señorío de Feria, property of the family Gómez Suárez de Figueroa. Between 1426 and 1449 the wall that surrounded the medieval Zafra was raised and during that period, in 1437, Lorenzo Suárez de Figueroa ordered the Alcázar to be built. Historically, Zafra has forged a commercial character thanks, in part, to the Jewish and Morisca communities settled in the population and supported by the Trade Fair Lords.
- Alcázar de los Duques de Feria: Square floor almond building. Composed of 8 towers and a homage tower of almost 30 meters high. It was remodeled in the early 17th century. Today it houses the Parador de Turismo.
- Convento de Santa Clara: Also known as Monastery of Santa María del Valle. It was ordered to build around 1428 by the first Lord of Fair and his wife Elvira Laso. The largest baroque altarpiece presides over the image of alabaster of the Virgen del Valle.
- Plaza Grande de Zafra: It was built on the site where the old Church of the Candelaria and the cemetery were located. It emerged as a new open space towards the second half of the sixteenth century and today it is a commercial and leisure place.
- Plaza Chica de Zafra: Since 1380 the weekly markets were held. In it was located the office of the pillow, an official who checked the weights and measures. In one of the columns of the plaza, which communicates with the Plaza Mayor, there is sculpted an old measuring rod of 83 centimeters known as the rod of Zafra.