Arrebatacapas Arch

The pointed arch where the wind snatched the capes of the brotherhood.

The story

Also known as the Arco de San Juan, it is a Gothic pointed arch belonging to the village's first walled circuit, connecting the Plaza del Trigo with the Plaza de España.

Its name is born of a vivid image: the wind that, on crossing it, snatched away the capes of the brothers of La Caballada.

What not to miss

Gothic pointed arch
Threshold between Plaza del Trigo and Plaza de España

Location

Arco de Arrebatacapas, Atienza, Guadalajara

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Medieval arcaded square

Plaza del Trigo

Also called Plaza del Mercado: arcades, whitewashed facades and exposed beams in the heart of Atienza.

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Civic square

Plaza de España

A triangular sloping square with gardens, the 18th-century Fountain of the Three Dolphins and noble houses.

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Iglesia de San Juan de Atienza, en la Plaza del Trigo

Renaissance parish church

Church of San Juan

A 16th-century church built over an earlier Romanesque one. The current parish and heart of Atienza's Holy Week.

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