Villardefrades
Villardefrades is a town in Castile and Léon community, on the road from Madrid to Asturias (autovía del Noroeste A6).
The place, of medieval origin ("villa de los frailes") features various points of interest. It suffered various calamities which make for a good storytelling as you stroll its streets, starting with its nickname of "pueblo de los castigos" (village of the punishments) [1]. Most interestingly is the San-Andrés church, which seems to be a ruin but is actually an unfinished work (locals call it "la obra"). The other church, nearby, is consecrated to Saint Cucuphas (San Cucufate).
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We visited it on 29 August (2018), with Camilo.
San Andrés, pictured, is the highlight of Villardefrades.
It remains as an eternal warning: don't let things go unfinished.
Villardefrades is a nice middle-point between Tres Cantos and Los Tornos.
There is no problem with parking there.
Its architecture is that of a small village which did not suffer too much of the modern urbanism.
Although the trace of time brought to neighboring houses some of the stigmata of San Andrés.
The nearby San Cucufate church has peculiar flower pots made from "capiteles".
Julia on her way from somewhere to elsewhere.
More rustic houses at the outskirt.
