Paredes de Nava is a municipality located in the
province of Palencia
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Castile and León
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Spain
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It is the birthplace of Renaissance painter
Pedro Berruguete
Pedro Berruguete (c. 1450 – 1504) was a Spanish painter whose art is regarded as a transitional style between Gothic art, Gothic and Renaissance art. Berruguete most famously created paintings of the first few years of the Inquisition and of ...
. Some paintings by him can be seen in the
predella
In art a predella (plural predelle) is the lowest part of an altarpiece, sometimes forming a platform or step, and the painting or sculpture along it, at the bottom of an altarpiece, sometimes with a single much larger main scene above, but oft ...
of the local church of Santa Eulalia. Other sights include the church of St. Martin (15th century, renovated in the 18th century).
Festivities
* San Sebastián. (January 20)
* Virgen de Carejas. (September 8)
* Fiestas del Señor o Benditos Novillos (Sunday, Monday and Tuesday after September 8)
Main sights
Santa Eulalia's church
The church of Santa Eulalia was built throughout the 12th and 16th centuries, and was declared National Monument in 1962. On September 13 of 1964, the first parochial museum of sacred art founded in Spain was inaugurated, and nowadays there are two activities: religious celebrations and the exhibition of sacred art.
File: Santa Eulalia Paredes de Nava.jpg , Church of Santa Eulalia
File: Paredes de Nava - Santa Eulalia 04.jpg , Church of Santa Eulalia, interior
File: Rey David por Pedro Berruguete.JPG, Painting of King David, in the Church of Santa Eulalia
Church of San Martín
It was built in the 15th century, but extensively renovated in the 17th century. At present it hosts the Interpretation Center of Tierra de Campos and the tourism office of Paredes de Nava.
People
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Jorge Manrique
Jorge Manrique (c. 1440 – 24 April 1479) was a major Castilian poet, whose main work, the ''Coplas por la muerte de su padre (Verses on the death of Don Rodrigo Manrique, his Father)'', is still read today. He was a supporter of the queen ...
(1440 – 1479) – Poet, writer of the “Coplas a la muerte de su padre”.
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Pedro Berruguete
Pedro Berruguete (c. 1450 – 1504) was a Spanish painter whose art is regarded as a transitional style between Gothic art, Gothic and Renaissance art. Berruguete most famously created paintings of the first few years of the Inquisition and of ...
(1450 – 1504) – Painter.
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Alonso Berruguete
Alonso González de Berruguete ( – 1561) was a Spanish Painting, painter, Sculpture, sculptor and architect. He is considered to be the most important sculptor of the Spanish Renaissance, and is known for his emotive sculptures depicting re ...
(1488 – 1561) – Painter, sculptor and architect.
* Felipe Berrojo - Architect, sculptor and plasterer (1628-1694).
* Gregoria Matorras (1738 – 1813) – Mother of José de San Martín, military rioplatense.
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Antonio Vallejo-Nájera (1889 - 1960) - Psychiatrist, physician and eugenicist.
* Tomás Teresa León (1924 - 1962) - Priest and official writer of Paredes de Nava.
Twin towns
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Plaisance, France
References
Municipalities in the Province of Palencia
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