Municipality

Payo de Ojeda

Located in the Ojeda region, next to the Payo stream (a tributary of the Burejo River), this town's name may have come from the Latin pagus, "pago" in Spanish (settlement), perhaps referring to the fact that the settlers found a small abandoned village where they settled.

This town belonged to the lordship of Lara and one of its most iconic buildings, the church dedicated to Saints Justa and Rufina, belonged to the archpriesthood of Ojeda and the archdeaconry of Carrión.

Apart from this Gothic-style parish church, with its Romanesque doorway and baptismal font that have remained, other historical sites in Payo include the chapel dedicated to Nuestra Señora de la Vega (Our Lady of the Meadow) and the remains of its four flour mills.

Even though grain was grown here, its best product was flax and the town's women specialised in spinning and weaving it.

Residents celebrate the festivities of St. Fernando on May 30, Saints Justa and Rufina on July 19 and 20 and Nuestra Señora de la Vega on October 1.

 

Otros puntos de interés

• Moarves de Ojeda
• Olmos de Ojeda
• Quintanatello de Ojeda
• Santíbañez de Ecla