Cantabria / Cantabria

Liérganes

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Ideal for a quiet visit

Ideal time to visit. Low tourist numbers expected.

IN FIGURES

Heritage and Tradition

110m

ALTITUDE

1622

CANON FACTORY

2.500

INHABITANTS

S. XVII

PALACES

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Liérganes, between the sea and tradition, a place with soul.

Capital of the municipality of the same name, its urban area, declared of national historic-artistic interest in 1978, concentrates a valuable classicist architecture of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the result of the economic boom that the artillery factory brought about in that period in the region. The urban center is located at the foot of two small hills: Marimón and Cotillamón (popularly known as "Las Tetas de Liérganes" due to their anthropomorphic resemblance). Liérganes and its history are linked to the legend of the Fish-Man, which like all legends has something real (its

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What to see

Points of interest

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Puente Mayor

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Church of San Pedro Ad Vincula

Gothic-Renaissance temple of the seventeenth century. Main parish church of the historic-artistic site.

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Cuesta-Mercadillo Palace

Eighteenth century palace. Outstanding example of the classicist architecture that characterizes Liérganes.

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Fish Man Interpretation Center

Located in the old Mercadillo Mill (1667). It explains the legend of the Hombre Pez, one of the best known myths of Cantabria.

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San Sebastian Church

Another temple of the religious complex of Liérganes. It is part of the historical-artistic heritage declared in 1978.

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Miera River and natural surroundings

The river Miera meanders through the village. In the background, the elevations of Marimón and Cotillamón. Nineteenth-century spa and nearby hiking trails.

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