Ledesma

A huge granite outcrop carries Ledesma, settled since a Vettonian hillfort of the 7th century BC and known to the Romans as Bletisa. Its fortress, churches and late-medieval palaces earned it listing as a historic site in 1975, and the surrounding dehesa of holm oaks raises cattle for meat and the bullring. Corpus Christi is its best-known festival.

Highlights

• Santa María la Mayor, Hispano-Flemish Gothic with herringbone rib vaults
• Puente Mocho, a five-arched bridge on the old road to Zamora (ES)
• Plaza de la Fortaleza, with vaulted chambers and powder stores beneath
• A Roman boundary stone of Augustus set in Santa María's sacristy wall
• Corpus Christi, the town's main festival

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