Castro Urdiales

Casa Isidra del Cerro

The Casa Isidra del Cerro, declared of Cultural Interest in 1990, is considered the first building in Spain in which an elevator was installed. It was built by Leonardo Rucabado and highlights the facade composed of a large number of balconies from which you can see the sea in the foreground. It has a facade to three streets and is divided into three floors topped by an attic.

Casa Sotileza

The Sotileza House was built in 1913 by the architect Leonardo Rucabado as well as five other villas that he built in the town of Castro Urdiales. This construction is declared of Cultural Interest since 1989.

It has a structure divided into three floors with a tower attached to it. Of the set the most remarkable are the arcades that are on the first floor formed by a set of semicircular arches.

Castro de la Peña de Sámano

Castro de la Peña de Sámano is a fortress located at the top of the Peña de Santullán and with the character of a fortification since the wall that surrounds it is more than 2 meters wide with a surveillance walkway. This wall has a small gateway called “Puerta del Vallegón”.

In its interior it houses two distinct sectors: in the first area there are some remains of the old dwellings and the opposite area is completely empty. In the western part of the enclosure of the castro there is a small cavity known as “La Cueva del Ziguste”, in whose environment have been found numerous materials from the Megalithic Era.

Chalet de los San Martín

The Chalet de los San Martín, in a picturesque eclectic style, was built in 1900 by Gregorio de Ibarreche and is divided into three floors and a basement. Its main facade has a large wooden balcony located above a large terrace.

At present, the most remarkable features of the building are the cornices and the roofs, which have different shapes and heights.

Cueva de la Lastrilla

La Cueva de La Lastrilla is a cave with more than 13 kilometers long with cave paintings from the Upper Paleolithic (Gravetian or Solutrense) and was declared of Cultural Interest in 1998.

In the vestibule of the same handmade ceramic materials were found as a complete vessel and in the upper vestibule three individual burials were found. Inside, in a small room, numerous archaeological remains were found such as a ceramic bowl, a boar tusk and an incomplete red cave painting that can be interpreted as a goat.

Cueva Grande

The Cueva Grande or also known as the Cueva de los Corrales is a cave with cave paintings dating back to the Magdalenian period (16,000 to 14,000 years old) and was named a Site of Cultural Interest in 1998.

The Cueva Grande, also known as the Cueva de los Corrales, is a cave with cave paintings dating back to the Magdalenian period (16,000 to 14,000 years old) and was named a Site of Cultural Interest in 1998.

It was discovered in 1970 and the first thing found in its vestibule were abundant paleontological and lithic materials as well as ceramic fragments. At the bottom of the cave can be seen different black paintings of the Schematic-Abstract cycle in which there are fine Paleolithic engravings depicting animals facing each other. The first one represents a deer and the second one a goat.

El San Guillén

The San Guillén is a place where boats are repaired and is also a bathing area in summer, which is located in the vicinity of the Ermita de Santa Ana. In summer in the place is celebrated a “Fiesta del Baño” with ancient costumes.

Ermita de Santa Ana

The Ermita de Santa Ana is a small chapel built on the coastline on a rocky crag in 1941. It has a simple rectangular floor plan and has recently been conditioned so that its interior could be visited.

To access this chapel you have to cross the Medieval Gothic style bridge with a single arch rebuilt in 617.

To access this chapel you have to cross the Medieval Gothic style bridge with a single arch rebuilt in 617.

Iglesia de Santa María de la Asunción

The Church of Santa María de la Asunción is a Catholic temple built between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries and declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1931 and subsequently listed as an Asset of Cultural Interest in 2002.

As for its structure, it has a basilica floor plan separated into three naves topped by a straight chevet and a main facade divided into two floors separated by a beautiful cornice. Inside it has three polygonal chapels and another one with a square floor plan from the 16th century, which is located in the middle of the previous ones.

As a curiosity it is worth mentioning that this church is considered sick since it suffers from “the evil of the stone”, name given to a series of pathologies that cause chemical reactions that transform the stone into sand.

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Conducción de agua El Chorrillo

The El Chorrillo Water Conduction is an ancient water conduction mechanism from Roman times, which collected water from several springs in the area. It consists of a succession of stone masonry pipes joined with hydraulic mortar, these pipes are covered with stone walls and mortar. In addition to this, it is worth mentioning the water tanks and cisterns that regulate the water along its route.

In 2005 the system was rebuilt which caused it to be declared of Cultural Interest a year later.

Mercado Municipal

The Municipal Market is a building founded by the architect Eladio Laredo in 1911 and has a single ship that is closed with strong and opaque walls. The building is covered by a metal structure that forms a stained glass window as a skylight but what stands out most are the four access doors with modernist floral decoration.

The building is covered by a metal structure that forms a stained glass window as a skylight but what stands out most are the four access doors with modernist floral decoration.

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Saturdays from 08:30 to 14:00.

Palacete y Jardines de los Ocharan

The Palacete de los Ocharan was built in 1901 by Eladio Laredo and has a very remarkable facade for being arcaded and flanked by columns of classical style and covered by polychrome ceramics, as well as being divided into two bodies. The first of them is formed by a succession of ten Ionic columns on which rests the terrace of the second body.

As far as the structure is concerned, the building is covered by a hipped roof topped by a square tower decorated with floral motifs.

Around the Palacete we find the gardens, declared a Historic Garden thanks to the variety of trees and flowers they house.

Residencia Pedro Velarte

The Pedro Velarde Residence, in an eclectic style, was built in 1899 by the famous architect Eladio Laredo, of which the brick and ceramic facade stands out.

The building was built in 1899 by the famous architect Eladio Laredo, of which the brick and ceramic facade stands out.

The building is divided into four floors; the lower floor houses the rectangular-shaped entrance, the second floor has a terrace with rectangular openings decorated with a frieze and between the third floor and the attic is a small oval opening.

Ruinas de la Iglesia de San Pedro

The Ruins of the Church of San Pedro were declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 2000 due to the quantity and quality of the elements that remain standing: part of the foundations, the apse, the walls, a pointed arch door and a window with semicircular arches.

This ancient church was distributed around a rectangular floor plan with semicircular presbytery and was all built with stone masonry except for the corners that had ashlar masonry.

The church has a rectangular floor plan with semicircular presbytery and was all built with stone masonry except for the corners that had ashlar masonry.

Torre de Otanes

The Otañes Tower was built in 1445 by Lope García de Otañes y Salazar in order to provide a defensive fortress for the city, but in 1713 it was covered by a hipped roof that took away the appearance of a fortress. A few years later, in 1757, a third body was added to the complex. Since 1949 it has been protected as Spanish Historical Heritage.

At present the most remarkable of this monumental complex is the mill that is located in the old parade ground.

Antiguo Hospital Santo Civil

The former Hospital Santo Civil is a mountain style building founded in the early twentieth century by Eladio Laredo. In terms of its structure, it is an austere building divided into four floors, with the central tower standing out.

The most representative elements of the building are the large windows, the porch and the ball-shaped roofs.

Casa de la naturaleza

The House of Nature was built in the middle of the last century by Jacobo and Lorenzo Romero, who built a set of five more residential villas in the town of Castro Urdiales.

This farmhouse of large proportions is divided into three distinct floors and highlights its exterior by the uniqueness of the elements that compose it.

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Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 14:00

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