Frómista is a municipality located in the

province of Palencia Palencia is a Provinces of Spain, province of northern Spain, in the northern part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Castile and León in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. It is bordered by the provi ...

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, 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

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s traveling along the

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, the Way of St. James. 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

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. 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 {{Palencia-geo-stub