The guard is a city in the province of Alava, Spain.
To get
The main way to get to the municipality of Laguardia is by car arriving on the A-124 motorway, there are several coaches that bring travelers from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Amurrio and Laudio daily.
Travel
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Wall: The high walls that surround the town have walls of about two meters, covered with ashlar stone and crowned by a crenellated walkway. It has five access doors to the villa.
Santa Maria de los Reyes, it was probably a Templar monastery. For example, next to it there is a tower called Torre de Santa María or Torre Abacial (where the abbot is believed to have lived). It has an admirable Gothic façade with a portico that is preserved almost intact, which was finished in the 14th century and polychrome in the 17th. It is one of the few polychrome porticoes that are preserved in Spain (there is another in Toro (Zamora)). The archivolt carvings represent the Apostles; The Virgin of the Kings is represented on the mullion, since this portico narrates the life of the Holy Virgin. The tympanum is divided into three parts, with historiated reliefs.
San Juan, which was begun in the Romanesque style and concluded in the Gothic. It has an attached chapel, from the 18th century, consecrated to the Virgen del Pilar. The south portal is from the end of the s. XII, French Romanesque style. Its bell tower belonged to a castle and later the belfry was added.
Hermitage of Santa María de Berberana, Romanesque. It is the only church in the entire Rioja Alavesa that has a square apse.
Main Square: portico, center of the town. In it are the old and new town hall. The latter shows on its facade the shield of the town and a chime clock with some automatons that at 12, 14, 17 and 20 hours dance to the rhythm of a parade typical of the local festivals.
Old renaissance town hall: it has an imperial shield of Carlos V.
House of the Scoop. It is the oldest civil building that remains standing in the town. In the church he collected the old firstfruits and tithes tax.
Prehistoric remains of some dolmens and a Celtiberian settlement in the town of La Hoya. Celtiberian pond.
Birthplace of the fabulist Félix María Samaniego. 17th century palace that houses the tourist office.
Lagoons and reservoir of "El Prao": protected biotope. It encompasses the two endorheic lagoons of Carralogroño and Carravalseca, and the Prao de la Paul reservoir created on an old flooded area.
Do
The multiple wineries of The guard They are located in the basement of the medieval town is drilled by numerous caves used as cellars. Outside the walled enclosure there are other wineries, among them Bodegas Ysios, with a building by the architect Santiago Calatrava. Several of the wineries allow tourist visits.
To buy
To eat
- Castillo El Collado Restaurant | Basque-Riojan cuisine
- El Medoc Alavés Restaurant (Restaurant of Gourmet Hotel) | Basque cuisine | Tel. 945 600 560
- La Huerta Vieja Restaurant | Basque-Riojan and modern cuisine | 945 600 203
- Martín Cendoya Restaurant (Eguren Ugarte) | Traditional cuisine | 945 600 766
- Villa Lucía Restaurant | Traditional Basque cuisine | 941 600 032 - 945 246 409
Drink and go out
Sleep
- Hotel Sercotel Villa de Laguardia | Paseo San Raimundo, 15 | Hotel in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Laguardia | Tel: 34 93 363 63 63
Surroundings
external links
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