Medina de Pomar

Medina de Pomar occupies a valley beside the River Trueba in Las Merindades, the northern district of Castile and León. The town developed as an important centre of the Merindades, a historic administrative territory of northern Castile, and its streets still gather around arcaded squares and stone houses. Above the old centre rises the Alcázar de los Condestables de Castilla, a 14th-century fortress associated with the Velasco family; it now contains the Historical Museum of Las Merindades. Nearby foothills lead towards the Cantabrian Mountains, in a landscape between inland Castile and Spain’s wetter north. Continue through nearby webcams to explore different parts of Medina de Pomar and Las Merindades.

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