Argente
NOT TO BE MISSED
The tower and the Hermitage of Santa Quiteria.
Complement your visit with:
At your way:
Large scale – go to page
The Path of the Cold – go to page
Black and white – go to page
The noise of the silence – go to page
Entrench:
Argente, Serretilla Trenches – Mascarón – go to page
Torrelacárcel/Singra, Búnker Cabezo Alto – go to page
Torrelacárcel, Forts – go to page
Andatela:
Hiking trail Alto de la Serretilla – Barranco de Mascarón (Argente) – go to page
Hiking trail of Santa Coloma – go to page
El Carrascal Hiking trail – go to page
El Barranco de La Hoz Hiking trail – go to page
Hiking through Sendero por Sierra Palomera – go to page
Hiking through Ruta de los Alcamines (Alfambra) – go to page
Services:
Inhabitants: 199
Altitude: 1.253 m.
Demonym: Argentano
Website: www.argente.es
How to get there?
55 kilometres from Teruel on the N-420, taking the turning at Perales de Alfambra on the A-1509 road. See Map
NATURAL HERITAGE
Regajo.
Caravisiedo.
Virgen del Campo Chapel.
The Cave of Monk Ramiro. The Cave of Monk Ramiro is located near a set of trenches from the Civil War. Legend tells that after his abdication, he retired to these solitary and majestic spots.
Several fountains and wells such as: the fountain of Santa Quiteria, the Fuentecillas, the well of the costrera, the fountain of the Lavadero, the well Carralafuente, the fountain Vieja, the well Carralidón, etc.
Routes:
Hiking trail of Alto de la Serretilla – Barranco del Mascarón
Route of the Hermitages: Camañas – Visiedo (PR – TE 50). Through the Visiedo countryside
Monk´s cave
Black Marble quarry
Bullismo
The Mascaron Spring
The Rueca Spring
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE
Church of Santa María La Mayor, 17th century. The church of Santa María la Mayor is a simple 17th century Baroque style building with three naves. After the Civil War, the roofs were renovated with groin vaults, corresponding to each section of the central nave, with two chapels on each side in the side naves. The most outstanding feature of the church is the presbytery, a 16th century altarpiece from the hermitage of San Roque. According to an inscription, it was commissioned by the council of Argente when Juan Abril was vicar, and was finished on 20 July 1539. The altarpiece is attributed to Jerónimo Martínez (1539). The rest of the images are modern.
Hermitage of Santa Quiteria, 13 century, This is an extraordinary example of medieval religious architecture in the area. It is a mixture of late Romanesque building styles with elements of the new Gothic trend, seasoned by the Mudejar ways of doing things, both pictorially and in the use of brick.
Chapel of the Virgen del Campo. This is a Gothic-Renaissance construction from the 16th century. It is made of masonry combined with reinforced ashlars, both in the buttresses and in the pilasters that are preserved from the old portico that protected the doorway in the southern wall. Its sober exterior contrasts with the interior, which combines the new Renaissance pace with Gothic reminiscences.
Castle (14th century). It was built during the wars with Castile in the 14th century. All that remains of the original castle-shelter is a square tower, 5 metres on a side, with masonry work and ashlars at the corners.
Windmill or watchtower.
FESTIVALS AND TRADITIONS
17 de enero, San Antonio Abad. with the traditional bonfire.
Fiesta del Arco, held on Holy Saturday.
Easter Monday of Pentecost.
Pilgrimage to the Ermita de la Virgen del Campo, held at the end of May or beginning of June.
San Isidro, 15th May. This is the farmers’ festival.
On the 22nd of this month there is a pilgrimage to the hermitage of Santa Quiteria.
On the 16th of August. San Roque
In mid-August the Cultural Week and the Verbena de la Codorniz (Quail Festival) take place.