Carrizo de la Ribera () is a town and municipality in the

Province of León León (, , ; ; ) is a province of northwestern Spain in the northern part of the Region of León and in the northwestern part of the autonomous community of Castile and León. About one quarter of its population of 463,746 (2018) lives in the ca ...

, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2008

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), the municipality has a population of 2,554 inhabitants. It is situated in the western bank of the Rio Órbigo. In addition to Carrizo, the municipality includes the villages of Huerga del Río, La Milla del Río, Quiñones del Río and Villanueva de Carrizo. According to traditional sources, the town was originated by the depopulation of two earlier nearby towns: San Miguel de las Ollas and Villar de las Ollas, which were devastated by fire.

Main sights

* Female Cistercian

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monastery of ''Santa María de Carrizo'', founded in 1176Monasterio de Santa María de Carrizo
Monestir.cat and declared national monument in 1974. CristoCarrizo

References

Municipalities in the Province of León {{León-geo-stub