Peñarrubias is a small village located in the valley of the river Pirón,
24 km far from Segovia and 112 km from Madrid. The valley offers
interesting landscapes and architectural elements that can be discovered
throughout the wide network of pedestrian and cycle paths which pass
close to the river.
We highlight the fountain of Covatillas, the roman bridge and the mill in
ruins; Santiaguito’s cave chapel, the Vaquera’s cave and inside the
village: the roman chapel of the Virgin of the Octava, the forge, the
cattle crush, the “cocedero” (place for boiling), the cliffs and the
riverside of the Pirón, where you can swim during the summer.
One of the river legends is that of the One-eyed Pirón, bandit from the
end of the 19th century who used to steal along the mountain range of
Guadarrama and who finally was captured and condemned to life
imprisonment. A popular folk song arose that makes reference to him:
(Keep your eyes open with the One-eyed
that the one who follows his way
finds his death
as he is a double eyesight-one-eyed)
24 km far from Segovia and 112 km from Madrid. The valley offers
interesting landscapes and architectural elements that can be discovered
throughout the wide network of pedestrian and cycle paths which pass
close to the river.
We highlight the fountain of Covatillas, the roman bridge and the mill in
ruins; Santiaguito’s cave chapel, the Vaquera’s cave and inside the
village: the roman chapel of the Virgin of the Octava, the forge, the
cattle crush, the “cocedero” (place for boiling), the cliffs and the
riverside of the Pirón, where you can swim during the summer.
One of the river legends is that of the One-eyed Pirón, bandit from the
end of the 19th century who used to steal along the mountain range of
Guadarrama and who finally was captured and condemned to life
imprisonment. A popular folk song arose that makes reference to him:
(Keep your eyes open with the One-eyed
that the one who follows his way
finds his death
as he is a double eyesight-one-eyed)
