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History, Monuments and Visitor Attractions

The town was founded in the Middle Ages, when the church was built after the Christians recovered the land from the Moors, who stayed here several centuries, but no ruins are left now of their culture. The church has Gothic and Renaissance art style sculpture and building elements; especially noteworthy are the main chapter and the north entrance, with an unusual style for this area. It holds a magnificent baroque organ that scarcely played in religious celebrations that it is worth to listen.

There is also a little church on the road to Zamora, called El Cristo, where every May the 9th, the people from Morales, Zamora and other surrounding areas celebrate the Morales del Vino main festivity, El Cristo de Morales, a typical "romería" where one may taste very good "sangría", some of the best typical tapas and have a lot of fun in the attractions and in the bars, located in a yard close to the church, where is located the Christ, from the Middle Ages. In this festivity music plays an important role, and because the weather is not usually bad, young and old people celebrate the whole day in the yard drinking 'sangria' and tasting the tapas while the devotes visit the church and attend to the workshops.

Morales has many old houses built next to each other, with the main fachade on the street and a backyard used typically to grow a little kitchen garden and some hens, pigs or rabbits. A typical old style house might also have several stables to keep the donkeys, mules or horses used in those days to plow the soil or as the only transport means. Nowadays some of these old houses have been restored and they are considered to be luxury mansions. Many of them also have a cave several meters underneath them, where wine was fermented and aged. The old town of Morales is mined with many caves, some of which are beautifully restored as party lounges now. If the visitor get the chance to visit the Town Hall, which was a big house transformed decades ago to the town school (in the 1940s) made on the typical sandstone used in the old style buildings, it would be worth to ask someone in the offices to access to the Town Hall Cave. It is now used only in a few celebrations.

To visit Morales del Vino, there are several ways to reach it; the main way is the road N-630 (Km 285), but there is also a nearby train station in Zamora, with routes to Galicia, Madrid and Valladolid. The closest airports are in Valladolid, Salamanca, Bragança and León, but also Madrid is not too far (250 km).

Municipalities in the province of Zamora

Abezames Alcañices Alcubilla de Nogales Alfaraz de Sayago Algodre Almaraz de Duero Almeida de Sayago Andavías Arcenillas Arcos de la Polvorosa Argañín Argujillo Arquillinos Arrabalde Aspariegos Asturianos Ayoó de Vidriales Barcial del Barco Belver de los Montes Benavente Benegiles Bermillo de Sayago Bretocino Bretó Brime de Sog Brime de Urz Burganes de Valverde Bustillo del Oro Cabañas de Sayago Calzadilla de Tera Camarzana de Tera Carbajales de Alba Carbellino Casaseca de Campeán Casaseca de las Chanas Castrillo de la Guareña Castrogonzalo Castronuevo Castroverde de Campos Cazurra Cañizal Cañizo Cerecinos de Campos Cerecinos del Carrizal Cernadilla Cobreros Coomonte Coreses Corrales Cotanes del Monte Cubillos Cubo de Benavente Cuelgamures El Cubo de Tierra del Vino El Maderal El Pego El Perdigón El Piñero Entrala Espadañedo Faramontanos de Tábara Fariza Fermoselle Ferreras de Abajo Ferreras de Arriba Ferreruela Figueruela de Arriba Fonfría Fresno de Sayago Fresno de la Polvorosa Fresno de la Ribera Friera de Valverde Fuente Encalada Fuentelapeña Fuentes de Ropel Fuentesaúco Fuentesecas Fuentespreadas Galende Gallegos del Pan Gallegos del Río Gamones Gema Granja de Moreruela Granucillo Guarrate Hermisende Jambrina Justel La Bóveda de Toro La Hiniesta La Torre del Valle Losacino Losacio Lubián Luelmo Madridanos Mahide Maire de Castroponce Malva, Zamora Manganeses de la Lampreana Manganeses de la Polvorosa Manzanal de Arriba Manzanal de los Infantes Manzanal del Barco Matilla de Arzón Matilla la Seca Mayalde Melgar de Tera Micereces de Tera Milles de la Polvorosa Molacillos Molezuelas de la Carballeda Mombuey Monfarracinos Montamarta Moral de Sayago Moraleja de Sayago Moraleja del Vino Morales de Rey Morales de Toro Morales de Valverde Morales del Vino Moralina Moreruela de Tábara Moreruela de los Infanzones Muelas de los Caballeros Muelas del Pan Muga de Sayago Navianos de Valverde Olmillos de Castro Otero de Bodas Pajares de la Lampreana Palacios de Sanabria Palacios del Pan Pedralba de la Pradería Peleagonzalo Peleas de Abajo Peque Pereruela Perilla de Castro Peñausende Piedrahita de Castro Pinilla de Toro Pino del Oro Pobladura de Valderaduey Pobladura del Valle Porto Pozoantiguo Pozuelo de Tábara Prado Puebla de Sanabria Pueblica de Valverde Pías Quintanilla de Urz Quintanilla del Monte Quintanilla del Olmo Quiruelas de Vidriales Rabanales Requejo Revellinos Riofrío de Aliste Rionegro del Puente Roales Robleda-Cervantes Roelos de Sayago Rosinos de la Requejada Rábano de Aliste Salce Samir de los Caños San Agustín del Pozo San Cebrián de Castro San Cristóbal de Entreviñas San Esteban del Molar San Justo San Martín de Valderaduey San Miguel de la Ribera San Miguel del Valle San Pedro de Ceque San Pedro de la Nave-Almendra San Pedro De Zamudia San Vicente de la Cabeza San Vitero Santa Clara de Avedillo Santa Colomba de las Monjas Santa Cristina de la Polvorosa Santa Croya de Tera Santa Eufemia del Barco Santa María de Valverde Santa María de la Vega Santibáñez de Tera Santibáñez de Vidriales Santovenia Sanzoles Tapioles Toro Torregamones Torres del Carrizal Trabazos Trefacio Tábara Uña de Quintana Vadillo de la Guareña Valcabado Valdefinjas Valdescorriel Vallesa de la Guareña Vega de Tera Vega de Villalobos Vegalatrave Venialbo Vezdemarbán Vidayanes Videmala Villabrázaro Villabuena del Puente Villadepera Villaescusa Villaferrueña Villafáfila Villageriz Villalazán Villalba de la Lampreana Villalcampo Villalobos Villalonso Villalpando Villalube Villamayor de Campos Villamor de los Escuderos Villanueva de Azoague Villanueva de Campeán Villanueva de las Peras Villanueva del Campo Villanázar Villar de Fallaves Villar del Buey Villaralbo Villardeciervos Villardiegua de la Ribera Villardondiego Villarrín de Campos Villaseco del Pan Villavendimio Villaveza de Valverde Villaveza del Agua Villárdiga Viñas Zamora

Coordinates: 41°26′41″N 5°44′3″W / 41.44472°N 5.73417°W / 41.44472; -5.73417

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