Granátula de Calatrava

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Granátula de Calatrava is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. It has a population of 1,029.

Granátula is a village in the Mancha, in an area with excellent Mediterranean-type agricultural resources from which olive oil, wine, cereals, almonds and various orchard products are obtained.

Its cultural heritage is exceptional, not so much because of its importance, but because of its variety. Different types of volcanic landscape may be visited, as well as a great variety of birds may be observed, as they may be seen in river areas, cultivated zones or within the Mediterranean forest.

Archaeological sites like the Bronze Age site of La Encantada or the millenary ancient capital of Oretum are within its range. Other monuments include the palace of the Torrubia's, the House of the Inquisition, the parish church dedicated to Saint Anne, or the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Oreto and Zuqueca, whose dedication comes from the Middle Ages. The urban network shows the varied typology of baroque buildings.

The landscape has been intensely altered by anthropic action, and therefore is full of popular houses, from small to large, bridges, water wheels, and the peasant stone refuges known as "carapuchetes".

Popular culture may be observed in a number of stone crosses, the so-called "armaos" ("armed ones") who make their appearance during Holy Week, as well as some 40 religious feasts, holydays and pageants that take place during the year. Tales and legends of yore, traditions and a rich gastronomy, as well as the work in mat-weed and lace also form part of the locality's lore.

You can to lodge at a rural house of the XVII century: Casa Valdeleón