2025 Sahagun Travel Guide: Must-see attractions, popular food, hotels, transportation routes (updated in May)

Spain Westward Journey ~ León (Region) There is an interesting museum with gold and religious paintings, a magnificent monstrance designed by Enrique de Arfe (16th century). In the Chapel of Mercy of the Benedictine Monastery of the Holy Cross there are the tombs of Alfonso VI… and his women (Sahagún). Alfonso VI died in Toledo on the night of June 30-July 1, 1109, and was buried in Sahagún on August 12 of the same year. His remains, as well as those of his three wives (Inés, Constanza and Berta) and the Andalusian princess, Zaida or Zaida (Isabel), consort of the king, were found in the Monastery of Santa Croce (Benedictine). #2024TravelReview #SpainTravel #Castile-León

Spain Westward Journey ~ León (Region) This is one of the oldest Mudéjar churches in the province of León. It has a triple apse and sanctuary. It consists of a tower above the rectilinear section of a central apse, a dividing transept and 3 naves with wooden roofs. Both the nave and the apse were begun in stone slabs, but continue the Mudejar style, as the boxed semicircular arches remind us. #2024TravelReview #SpainTravel #Castile-León

Spain Westward Journey ~ León (Region) Only three parts of the Royal Monastery of San Benito remain: the San Mancio Church, the Tower and the San Benito Arch. The Church of San Mancio was originally dedicated to San Benito. The town bell was installed in the tower of the Royal Monastery of San Benito until 1835, when the church was destroyed. The Church of San Mancio has one of the earliest Mudéjar-style walls on the peninsula. The ruins of the San Mancio Mission were declared a National Monument in 1931. The monastery was almost completely destroyed during the Peninsular War and a series of fires. #2024TravelReview #SpainTravel #Castile-León

Spain Westward Journey ~ León (Region) 67 km southeast of León, we find Sahagún, a historic city located on top of a smooth earthen hill, whose nerve center is the main square or Plaza Mayor, which still preserves its original porticoes. On the street we can see some brick and wood houses, as well as some houses built with clay and straw. The local artistic heritage is a legacy of a prosperous past and includes notable buildings such as the Monastery of San Benito el Real, of which only a neoclassical arch remains, the Mudejar churches of San Tirso and San Lorenzo, built in the 12th and 13th centuries respectively, the Benedictine monastery, now home to the Sahagún Museum, and the Sanctuary of Peregrina, just outside the city. #2024TravelReview #SpainTravel #Castile-León