Mogrovejo

Geography

History

Monuments

• the "Tower of Pedro Ruiz de Mogrovejo", a medieval tower from the end of the 13th century, the oldest preserved building
• the church "Our Lady of the Assumption" from the 17th century, a rectangular nave covered by rib-vaults, with a baroque altar, and a 16th century crucifix. The baroque altarpiece contains the coat of arms of Mogrovejo, highlighting the sculpture of a flaming Virgin from the late 15th century, and a Gothic-Flemish image called "La Milagrosa" from the 15th century.
• mansions of the seventeenth and eighteenth century with forged balconies, some within large parcels surrounded by high walls and monumental entrances. One of Vicente de Celis stands out, with the shield of the Estrada, of the 16th century.
• ordinary houses of the Lebaniego type, with the upper floor frequently open to the exterior, interlaced walls of poles, lined with a clay mantel which delimits a space used as haystack; in some of them the second floor can be accessed with skates, an Asturian influence. Other types of popular buildings are several semicircular bread ovens and a barn.

  Notable people

• Turibius of Mogrovejo
• Santo Toribio de Liébana, Bishop of Astorga and the Lord of Mogrovejo, who fought with Don Pelayo.