VISITS TO MONUMENTS

The Culture Departement and the Bishopric of Santander have signed an agreement of collaboration between both institutions, to promote the routes of the Religious Artistic Heritage of Cantabria, including the schedule of guided visits to churches, hermitages or chapels of the region.

In the region of Liébana, the following religious monuments can be visited:

The church of Santa María de Lebeña, in Lebeña; the church of Salarzón, in this village, and, the church of Ojedo, with its didactic centre, in this village, all of them in the municipality of Cillorigo de Liébana; the monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana, in the municipality of Camaleño, and the church of Santa María de Piasca, and the cave hermitage of Cambarco, in the municipality of Cabezón de Liébana.


The visits can be made in the following way:


Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana (Camaleño)

Morning: 9,00 to 13,00 hours. Afternoon: 15,30 to 20,00 hours.
The monastery is opened every day of the year.The organized groups can visit it at any time within the indicated hours, (a previous call would be advisable). The groups and single people who wish the explanation and the veneration of " the Lígnum Crucis ", they will be received hourly, within the indicated visiting hours. Sundays, holidays and week-ends a previous call would be advisable because of several celebrations. Until the end of the month of September, the daily mass will be at 12.00 hours in working days, and Fridays, the traditional mass of "la vez" at 11,00 hours. Sundays and holidays, there is a mass at 12.00 hours and at 13.00 hours, and the Sunday and holidays´ eve, another one at 19.30 hours. The contact telephone of the Community of Franciscan monks that directs the monastery is 942 73 05 50.


Neoclassical church of Salarzón (Cillorigo de Liébana)

The visit can be made every day from 10.00 hours to 13.30 hours, and from 16.00 hours to 19.30 hours, except Mondays, calling to telephone 600 238 315; the didactic centre of the church of Ojedo (Cillorigo de Liébana) can also be visited with the same openning hours. The guide is Marcos Cantero Mediavilla.


"Mozárabe" church of Santa María de Lebeña, in Lebeña (Cillorigo de Liébana)

The guided visit can be made from 10.00 hours to 13.30 hours, and from 16 hours to 19.30 hours, except Mondays. The contact telephone is 942 744 332 and the guide is María Luisa García Vejo. Important: The guided visit to the church of Lebeña costs 300 pesetas, and with this ticket the church of Santa María de Piasca can also be visited, or the other way round.


Church of Santa María de Piasca, in Piasca (Cabezón de Liébana)

The guided visit can be made from 10.00 hours to 13.30 hours, and from 16 hours to 19.30 hours, except Mondays. The contact telephone is 942 735 056, or 942 732 182. The guide is Isabel Torre Sánchez. As it has been said previously, the visit costs 300 pesetas, and with this ticket the church of Santa María de Lebeña can also be visited.


Cave hermitage of Cambarco

It is located in the town of Cambarco (Cabezón de Liébana). A guide is not necessary, because it can be contemplated from the outside, through a gate.



The entry to the churches of Santo Toribio de Liébana, Ojedo, and Salarzón, is free, and the entries to Santa María de Lebeña and Santa María de Piasca are charged in order to set this money aside for the surveillance and care of these churches.