Castile-Leon, Leon, Hospital de Orbigo, Spain

OPPORTUNITY TO BUY 3 BEDROOM FLAT IN HOSPITAL DE ÓRBIGO (CAMINO DE SANTIAGO - LEON) !!!
For sale Ana López Cantón. IAD León. Tfno. 638 28 69 90.
It is a house situated in Hospital de Órbigo which has 3 bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen, living room and two balconies. It also has a storage room.
Building constructed in 1985.
Located on the first floor without lift, it has 90 m2 built, distributed in fully equipped kitchen, living room with balcony and nice views, hallway with built-in wardrobe, bathroom with washing machine, master bedroom with balcony, a double bedroom and another bedroom with two beds. Sold FURNISHED.
Very sunny flat, it has individual heating with 300 litres oil tank.

Hospital de Órbigo is a Spanish municipality and place in the province of León, in the autonomous community of Castilla y León. It is an obligatory stop on the Camino de Santiago. Pilgrims cross its famous Puente del Paso Honroso, one of the longest bridges on the Camino de Santiago that crosses the Órbigo River. It has 20 arch spans of different types, with lighting arches in one of the central spans. It is believed that the Romans built a bridge here that formed part of the Via Aquitania that connected Asturica (Astorga) with Tarraco (Tarragona) and was used to transport gold from Las Médulas through Hispania. It was in the Middle Ages (13th century), when the current one was built and rebuilt several times.


It is said that in January 1434, Don Suero de Quiñones asked King Juan II for permission to hold a tournament. In love with Doña Leonor de Tovar, Don Suero suffered his love by fasting and holding a heavy ring around his neck every Thursday. To win the lady's admiration, he challenged all the knights who dared to come to fight at the Órbigo Bridge, promising to cut up to 300 lances. The tournament was held in July and lasted 30 days. 166 lances were broken. A year later, Don Suero married Doña Leonor and 24 years later, one of the knights defeated in the joust would end the life of Don Suero. In June of each year, the Medieval Jousts are held in Hospital de Órbigo to commemorate these historical events.
In addition the village has municipal swimming pools, camping with 1500 places, bars, restaurants, hardware stores, shops, pharmacies, stationers etc... It has its own Town Hall and a daily bus service.

It is located right at the strategic crossroads of the LE-420 road, (which links La Bañeza (León) with the A-66 motorway which goes to the Cantabrian coast), and the N-120 which links it with the provincial capital, León, and with Astorga.

It is 31 km from León, 15 km from Astorga, 145 km from Oviedo, 143 km from Valladolid and 322 km from Madrid.

Don't miss the opportunity to visit it. Ana López Cantón. IAD León. Tel. 638 28 69 90.
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