|
|
 |
Tomelloso
|
|
|
32.000 inhabitants' city been founded in the year 1530, located in the center of The Stain in the Route of El Quijote, inside the plain manchega that is characterized by their people's open, venturesome and laborious
character.
| Due to the special sensibility of their inhabitants, it is big artists' cradle: painters, poets, writers, escultures, highlighting on all, Antonio López.
Also, Tomelloso is the capital wine production of La Mancha and one can enjoy the charm of its urban center, with its green, surrounded big areas everything it for a lot of vineyards (there are more than 50.000 Has. dedicated to this
cultivation). |
 |
| Municipal palace |
|
More interesting places to visit:
| -
Bodegas Centro Españolas. |
 |
| Bombo |
|
| -
Posada de los Portales. Built in
XVII century |
| -
Iglesia de la Asunción. Built
in XVI century |
| - Museo
del Carro y Aperos de labranza.The old farmers' life. |
| -
Bombo. Typical construction exclusively of stone. Only at national level. |
| -
Museo y auditorio López Torres. |
| -
Palacio Municipal. XIX century. |
| -
Centro Cultural Francisco Carretero. |
| -
Typical caves with tinajas of mud, old elaboration cellars. |
| -
Chimneys of old alcoholeras (as that of the family Casajuana) |
| -
Lagar cooperativa. |
| -
Instituto de la vid y el Vino de Castilla la Mancha. |
| -
Santuario de Pinilla. In honor of the Sacred Virgen de las Viñas (this to 4 Km. of Tomelloso). |
| -
Pantano y Castillo de Peñarroya. (this to 15 Km. of Tomelloso). |
| -
Parque Natural de las Lagunas de Ruidera (this to 30 Km. of Tomelloso). |
| Group of 16 lagoons where has their birth the river Guadiana, pouring their waters from some to others from the highest, located 900 m. (on the level of the sea) until the lowest, located 750 m.. In this park is the Quijote Cave of Montesinos and the Castle of Rochafrida. |
|
| Interesting events: |
| - Blazes of San Antón. (January 16). |
 |
|
Sacred
Virgen de las Viñas |
|
| - Carnaval (February). |
| - Semana
Santa. It highlights the Procession of the Silence. |
| - Romeria in Honor to the Sacred Vigen de las Viñas (last Sunday of April). |
| - Fiesta de la
Vendimia in Honor to the Sacred Virgen de las Viñas (of the 24 at August 30). |
| - Fiestas
de las Letras (this year will take place their 50 edition) (August 30). |
|
| Main economic sources: |
| - cultivate and commercialization of the vine, melon and cereal. |
 |
|
Chimneys of old alcoholeras |
|
| - elaboration of wine.
(Centro
Españolas). |
| -Concentrated Must of Grape. |
| - Alcohol factories/Distillation.
Brandy Casajuana
and spirituous drinks. |
| - wine companies. |
| - Elaboration of Oil. |
| - Elaboration of Manchego cheese. |
| - Elaboration of Sausages. |
| - Elaboration of desserts typical manchegos. |
| - Constructions and derived. |
| - Companies of services and
Transports. |
|
| Typical gastronomy: |
| - Manchego cheese. |
|
| - Pisto Manchego. |
|
| - Lamb Manchego. |
|
| - smaller hunt (partridge, rabbit). |
|
| - Gachas. |
|
| - Migas. |
|
| - Galianos. |
|
| - Sweet traditions manchegos.
(mostillo, arrope, mantecados.) |
|
|
|
