Cultural history in homes and churches

When choosing Enterrías as a destination, you can focus on two main themes: Casa de las Doñas represents regional everyday life and architectural history, while the river, forest and paths connect the area to its landscape. The ethnographic ensemble shows how people lived in Liébana at the end of the 19th century. You can therefore choose your focus based on whether you would first like to learn more about regional architecture or explore the area’s connections to its landscape and paths. Both perspectives complement each other, but bring different interests to the fore.

On a guided tour of Casa de las Doñas, you can see restored rooms in a former farmhouse shop. They contain original features from the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. This brings two historical reference points together: the ethnographic ensemble focuses on the end of the 19th century, while the original features also span the first half of the 20th century. This distinction helps you separate the period of the way of life depicted from the period of the preserved furnishings.

The building’s design also helps place it in its regional context. Casa de las Doñas is an example of the typical Liébana farmhouse model and was built from local stone and wood. The building thus represents both a regional model and the use of these building materials.

Another cultural landmark is the parish church of El Salvador de Enterrías. Two pre-Romanesque screens have been preserved inside; the better-preserved one is now at the front of the main altar. The two works and the present location of the better-preserved piece offer concrete points of reference for art-historical context, while Casa de las Doñas provides the ethnographic focus. The town’s history goes back further still: Enterrías is first mentioned on 9 August 1284 in the cartulary of the monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana. The entry concerns a serna in San Pedro de Montero. The local past also includes the former chapel of San Pedro at Matorrera de San Pedro. It was approximately nine metres long and ten metres wide; these measurements give an idea of the former chapel’s size.

River landscape and paths

The Monterón River flows right past Enterrías. Matorrera de San Pedro, an oak grove with hazel bushes, lies beside the river. This places two specific landscape features alongside the historic buildings: the river’s course past the town and the vegetation of a particular stand of trees. This gives the landscape a distinct focus during your stay, setting it apart from the cultural history of Casa de las Doñas and the parish church.

There are two distinct route options for hiking. The short PR-S6 hiking trail climbs from Bores to Enterrías, while the Pico Jano route passes by the Enterrías reservoir. The PR-S6 focuses on its starting point, ascent and destination, while the reservoir is the landscape feature along the Pico Jano route. You can choose based on whether you would prefer the short climb from Bores to Enterrías or the route past the reservoir. If you plan to take the PR-S6, check the current trail conditions before setting out, as they can change.

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