Frómista is a municipality located in the
province of Palencia,
Castile and León
Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; gl, Castela e León ) is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain.
It was created in 1983, eight years after the end of the Francoist regime, by the merging of the ...
, Spain. According to the 2009 data (
INE), the municipality had a population of 822 inhabitants. In previous centuries, Frómista had a significant population supported by the farming of wheat.
It is a major overnight stopping place for
pilgrims traveling along the
Camino de Santiago
The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint ...
, the
Way of St. James
The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the Twelve Apostle ...
.
The church of
San Martín de Tours de Frómista was underwritten in part by the widow of Sancho el Mayor of Navarra who imported artisans to build a church in the style of
Jaca cathedral
The Cathedral of St Peter the Apostle ( es, Catedral de San Pedro Apóstol) is a Roman Catholic church located in Jaca, in Aragon, Spain. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaca.
It is the first Romanesque cathedral built in Arag ...
.
The other church in town ''Santa Maria del Castillo'' located near the train station, is considered redundant and is normally kept locked.
[Ellingham & Fisher, Spain: The Rough Guide, 1994,Penguin Books,]
Main sights
*
Romanesque church of
San Martín de Tours de Frómista (11th century).
*Church of ''Santa Maria del Castillo'', in Gothic-Renaissance style
*Church of St. Peter (begun in the 15th century)
References
Municipalities in the Province of Palencia
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