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Medieval Bridge of Frías

One of the most valuable monuments of the city of Frias is its bridge over the Ebro. It can be said that its origin was of Roman construction and rebuilt several times in the Middle Ages. It passes through it, the Roman road, which was a means of communication, very important for trade between the Plateau and the Cantabrian coast. It came through the Portillo de Busto, Tobera, Frías, passes through the Herrán gorge and reached Orduña, from where the merchants went to Bilbao.

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The Hanging Houses

The houses, made of tuff and wood, have taken advantage of the reduced space provided by "La Muela", a large rock on which the upper part of the city sits, in such a way that they are built at the very ends of the rock, as if they were part of the cliff.

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Gates and Walled Enclosure

The wall is already mentioned in a document of the Monastery of Vadillo in 1211, so it is immediately after the construction of the castle. It defended the whole of the city up to the Church of San Vicente, whose tower had defensive battlements. From here followed a low wall that in front of the houses built on rock joined the Puerta de la Cadena.

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Frías Castle

history of the castle dates back to the first fortresses of the tenth century. Located on a rock overlooking the Tobalina Valley, it is one of the most spectacular rock castles in Castile, having a great strategic value. It would begin to have more importance when it passed into the hands of King Alfonso VIII in 1201, giving it strategic value, since it would relieve the castle of Petralata of the functions of control of the territory, built by the Navarrese in 1040 to defend the most important passes between La Bureba and Castilla la Vieja.

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Church of San Vicente Mártir

Located next to the rocky cut, and at the other end of the city and the keep. Of Romanesque portico, today transferred to the Museum of Cloisters of New York, and with three altarpieces: the one of the Christ of the Temptations (baroque), the one of the Solitude and the Major (neoclassical). Admirable is the chapel of the Visitation, protected by an exquisite wrought iron grille and with a 16th century altarpiece by the painter Juan de Borgoña and two tombs of Plateresque ornamentation.

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San Vitores Church

It appears for the first time in 1211 in documents of Vadillo. The priest of this parish also attended the hospital of the same name. At the beginning of the XVI century the pope annexed this church to that of San Vicente, perhaps because of the ruin suffered by a rock fall that demolished the vaults. In 1706, according to documents, it was considered a hermitage; later it was considered a cilla to store tithe grains. Repaired in the middle of the same century, it was soon used again as a storehouse. Because it was indecent and profaned, it was thought to bury all the saints, remove the baptismal font and demolish it.

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San Francisco Convent

Located on the outskirts of the city, this former convent founded in the 13th century is a silent testimony to the history of Frías. Although it is now partly in ruins and converted into private dwellings, it still retains architectural elements that evoke its monastic past. Its location offers a unique perspective of the natural environment and the defensive structure of the town.

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Convent of Nuestra Señora de Vadillo

Founded in the 13th century, it remained until the disentailment of the 19th century. Today, part of the cloister, several chapels and a large church from the Gothic period remain, acceptably preserved, awaiting a better destiny than the present one. The monastery of Santa María de Vadillo was founded in 1219 by Don Diego Faro, canon of Burgos, archpriest of Frías, for Regular Canons of San Agustín, with a maximum of 13 members with their prior. Its purpose at that time was to serve as a hospital for travelers, the poor and the sick, since it was located on the road that linked La Rioja with Cantabria. In fact, it belonged to the Franciscan family of Cantabria. This monastery lived years of great splendor and according to a declaration of 1694, the canons of that time had enough property to live comfortably. They had an enclosure adjoining the convent of seven bushels, in this enclosure they had a beautiful cellar with a good vault where the monks elaborated more than 1500 pitchers of wine. In addition the monks owned ten other farms in different areas, the most notorious being the one they had in "Pradobel" (today called Pradovil) which had 30 fanegas, with its house and corral. They collected rents of 600 bushels and collected another 200 bushels themselves. Other income was collected from burials in the monastery, memorials, chaplaincies, censuses... In the inscription of the Cadastre of Ensenada of 1752 there are seven canons, a famulus, two servants and four maids for domestic service.

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Nuestra Señora de la Hoz Chapel

The hermitage of Nuestra Señora de la Hoz seems to be carved in the same stone shell that shelters it. The building is also made of tuff, organized in the style of Gothic architects. In the Middle Ages this balconied church also served as an inn for pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela. In the Middle Ages, many pilgrims descended the Portillo de Busto, looking for the main road to Santiago de Compostela. Some of them spent the night in the church of Nuestra Señora de la Hoz.

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Cristo de los Remedios Chapel

This picturesque hermitage is partially excavated in the rock, integrating itself in a unique way in the steep landscape of Frías. It stands out for its simple portico supported by columns and its atmosphere of seclusion. It is a corner of great devotional and scenic value, offering one of the most unique and authentic pictures outside the walled core of the medieval city.

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