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Carrión de los Condes is a municipality in the province of Palencia, part of the Autonomous Community of Castile and León, Spain. It is 40 kilometers from Palencia, on the Way of Saint James.
In 1209, Hospital de la Herrada was established by Gonzalo Rodríguez Girón de Jacob, a Palencia tycoon who became steward of the king, to provide assistance to the Jacobean pilgrims and other travelers. It had considerable influence and power in the area in the 13th and 14th centuries.

Main sights:
Church of Santa María de las Victorias, 12th century, in Romanesque styleRomanesque
church of Santiago 13th century. It houses the Pantocrator, considered a masterpiece of Romanesque sculpture.
Monastery of Santa Clara, 13th century
Monastery of San Zoilo (12th-16th centuries) with a Plateresque Cloister.
Romanesque tombs of the Counts that lived there.
Churches of Belén, San Andrés and San Julián