Attractions and Places To See around La Roda - Top 17

The name of this town originates from its role as a crossroads on the ancient routes that connected Complutum with Carthago Nova in Roman times, and on the Silk Road that linked Toledo with Valencia and Cartagena. It derives from the Arabic word "rutba," the tax paid for the passage of livestock. A true inheritor of so many peoples and cultures, La Roda has absorbed the best of each, evident in its beautiful town center, its magnificent Church of El Salvador, and the Palaces of the Doctor de La Encina and the Counts of Villaleal. It is currently very well connected to the provincial capital, Albacete, from which it is only 36 km away. The entire town center has been declared a Site of Cultural Interest for its historical and artistic value.

Park in homage to Amalio Fernández García who was a Spanish painter and theatrical set designer. He was born in the Albacete town of La Gineta.

The church of San Martín de Tours is the most important and significant building in the town, which also has good mansions, with bars and balconies of artistic value. As in most towns in the region, the church tower marks the most characteristic point of the La Mancha landscape. With a height of more than 46 meters that make it visible from 10 kilometers around, it is a magnificent ashlar tower very different from others in the region, topped with a Renaissance lantern with decorative buttresses of Italian inspiration and crowned by a weathervane of wrought iron. Its interior is traversed by a steep spiral staircase that reaches the bells. The church, late Gothic, with Renaissance elements from the 16th century, with a single nave with striking helical pillars and complicated rib vaults. The main cover, work of Jerónimo Quijano. Other critics attribute it to the great architect Andrés de Vandelvira. It is in the Renaissance style, very simple, with straight lines, with semi-recessed Doric columns.

The origin of the name of this town comes from its function as a crossing point for the ancient routes that linked Complutum with Carthago-Nova, in Roman times; or the silk route that linked Toledo with Valencia and Cartagena. It is derived from the Arabic “rutba”, the tax that was paid for the passage of livestock. As a good learner of so many people and cultures, La Roda has known how to collect the best of each and this is evident in its beautiful urban complex, its magnificent church of El Salvador and the Palaces of Doctor de La Encina and that of the Counts of Villaleal. Currently it is very well connected with its capital, Albacete, from which it is only 36 km away. Its entire urban complex has been declared an Asset of Cultural Interest for its historical and artistic value.

Park in homage to Amalio Fernández García who was a Spanish painter and stage designer. He was born in the Albacete town of La Gineta.

The church of San Martín de Tours is the most important and significant building in the town, which also has good mansions, with bars and balconies of artistic value. As in most of the towns in the region, the church tower marks the most characteristic point of the Manchego landscape. With a height of more than 46 meters that make it visible from 10 kilometers in all directions, it is a magnificent masonry tower very different from others in the region, topped with a Renaissance lantern with decorative Italianate-inspired buttresses and crowned by a weathervane of wrought iron. Its interior is crossed by a steep spiral staircase that reaches the bells. The church, late Gothic, with Renaissance elements from the 16th century, with a single nave with striking helicoidal pillars and complicated ribbed vaults. The main cover, the work of Jerónimo Quijano. Other critics attribute it to the great architect Andrés de Vandelvira. It is in the Renaissance style, very simple, with straight lines, with semi-recessed Doric columns.

The church of San Martín de Tours is the most important and significant building in the town, which also has good mansions, with bars and balconies of artistic value. As in most of the towns in the region, the church tower marks the most characteristic point of the Manchego landscape. With a height of more than 46 meters that make it visible from 10 kilometers in all directions, it is a magnificent masonry tower very different from others in the region, topped with a Renaissance lantern with decorative Italianate-inspired buttresses and crowned by a weathervane of wrought iron. Its interior is crossed by a steep spiral staircase that reaches the bells. The church, late Gothic, with Renaissance elements from the 16th century, with a single nave with striking helicoidal pillars and complicated ribbed vaults. The main cover, the work of Jerónimo Quijano. Other critics attribute it to the great architect Andrés de Vandelvira. It is in the Renaissance style, very simple, with straight lines, with semi-recessed Doric columns.

Dating from the 18th century, it was built from an old 16th-century building by the Countess of Villaleal's grandfather, Doña Joaquina de Arce y Lara, who belonged to the Order of Calatrava. The house presents rococo decoration motifs and on its façade there is a wavy balcony with a beautiful wrought iron railing; On the very ornate hole in the wall there is a beautiful Baroque coat of arms belonging to the 18th century.