We’re joining the street arttrend… it will be for art in Ribera del Duero! Welcome to the Ruta de los Murales, another route within the Ribera del Duero Wine Route.
This form of street art was born in the 90s with the graffiti technique as a form of vindictive expression and has evolved to become professional and become a form of art, with countless examples all over the world: from the famous Brussels Comic Strip Route ( which includes 60 facades) to the valuable and vindictive works of the enigmatic Banksy. But our region is gaining momentum and is not lagging behind… We have the privilege, for example, of being able to take a leap in time and, in a matter of a few metres, go from admiring the Gothic façade of Santa María in Aranda de Duero (Burgos) to discovering street art treasures in the Santa Catalina neighbourhood. Or getting to know a village like Tubilla del Lago (Burgos) where there is an average of one mural for every six inhabitants… Now that’s concentrated art!
We present you with fifty or so works of street art that you can find throughout the length and breadth of our Ribera del Duero: from the most contemporary, airbrush in hand, to the most classic ones done on tiles. Because we have the best wine, but it’s also a wine that inspires? here we go!
In full view of everyone, in the open air:
- Tubilla del Lago (Burgos): 28 murals.
- Aranda de Duero (Burgos): 10 murals
- Villalba de Duero (Burgos): 2 murals
- Castrillo de Duero (Valladolid): 2 murals
- Alcubilla de Avellaneda (Soria): 1 mural
- Peñafiel (Valladolid): 1 mural
- San Bernardo (Valladolid): 1 mural
- Padilla de Duero (Valladolid): 1 mural
- Pedrosa de Duero (Burgos): 1 mural
- Olmedillo de Roa (Burgos): 1 mural
In private spaces:
- Bodegas Briego in Fompedraza (Valladolid): 1 mural
- Mesón El Pastor in Aranda de Duero (Burgos): 1 mural
- Casa Rural La Casona de Vadocondes (Burgos): 1 mural
Tubilla del Lago (Burgos)
This riverside village of barely 200 inhabitants can more than boast artistic capacity and initiative. In 2017, Tubilla del Lago inaugurated a Route of Artistic Murals with the aim of creating an artistic heritage that would give visibility to the village and its local artists, creating a series of works that, to date, has reached thirty. Works of different sizes and themes are painted on different façades and doors, works created by the inhabitants themselves or by artists linked to the village in one way or another. In addition, Tubilla del Lago holds the record for having the largest mural in Castilla y León to date (“Panorámica desde el llano” by the artist Jose Luis Abajo Fernández (Porrilló) and measuring 318 square metres).
You can see all the updates of the murals on their website: http://www.tubilladellago.com/
1. Waterfall (Porrilló): The water so precious in Tubilla del Lago is represented.
2. Visual allegory. Flower vase (David Abajo): A large colourful vase with ideas of self-improvement and with some tender verses that the artist dedicated to his wife.
3. Girasoles turraos (Porrilló): These sunflowers are capable of transmitting a precious vision of maturity and life experience.
4. Short-toed eagle (Rubén Arrabal): The eagle’s eyes never stop staring at us thanks to an optical effect. ▼
5. Panoramic view from El Llano (Porrilló): With the grapes in the foreground (the best representation of the Ribera), it represents an image that can be seen on entering Tubilla: the Cervera rock and the natural area of the Arlanza juniper groves.
6. I hope you dance (María Manso): This dancer gives us a message full of life so that you can join her proposal… dance!
7. Juegos de Niños (Miguel Gutiérrez): Who hasn’t played tag in the streets of our villages?
8. Nevada Perpetua (Porrilló): An old dilapidated corral door has come to life with this work that alludes to climate change and the times of the great snowfalls.
9. After… “La Música” (Pilar Manso): The door of a farmyard takes on new meaning with the restoration and the graphic of some musical notes.
10. Lobo (Marcos Arrabal): An energetic and modern vision of the famous phrase “the wolf is coming”.
11. A la lumbre (Ana Manso and Miguel Gutiérrez): Traditions are represented with this endearing image of the place where the grandmothers of Tubilla used to spend most of their time.
12. Past and present (José Ignacio Pérez Giménez): Wine, lamb and its people are the protagonists in this representation of customs in the central painting. On the side, wine is once again the reference with more than twenty bottles as a stained glass window. ▼
13. El Renacer (Miguel del Cura): Allegory of wine at the door of one of the many bodegas that line the village.
14. Aires rurales (Ana Manso and Pilar Manso): The rural woman is the protagonist of this mural, a firm woman, with clear ideas, enterprising and a fighter.
15. La Alegría (Lucas Abajo and Laxmi Nazabal): The best way to welcome visitors to Tubilla del Lago. The joy reflects the character of its people.
16. Mythology. Duality of opposing forms (Marcos Arrabal): Mythological representation of the duality of good and evil.
17. Still life of apples (Azucena Pérez): From the orchards of Tubilla.
18. A por agua a la fuente (Miguel del Cura): Tradition.
19. Something that was here (Porrilló): Among the ruins there is still the smoke from the chimneys.
20. Recycled (Miguel del Cura): Tradition has it that oil was recycled and soap was produced.
21. Washing in the river (Miguel del Cura).
22. Door of Christ (Paulino Abajo): Recovery of a corral door.
23. The man from the countryside. Scene from the 60s (Porrilló and Leire) ▼.
24. Alegría (Lucas Abajo and Laxmi Nazabal) ▼.
25. Lagos y lagunas – Mariposa (Rubén Arrabal)
26. Haciendo Jabón (Miguel del Cura)
27. Mariposa (Ignacio Pérez Giménez) ▼.
28. Unai Atxutegi ▼
Aranda de Duero (Burgos)
1. “Old to the new” by Juan de la Cruz Irazábal Villar:
- Location: Facade in Avenida Castilla nº 10 (almost corner with Avenida Ruperta Baraya).
- Competition: First Mural Painting Competition organised by the Department of Culture of the City Council of Aranda de Duero.
- Theme: reflection on the cyclical nature of fashion.
- Year: 2015
- Dimensions: 8,28 metres wide and 8,3 metres high (67m2)
2. “Ribera Players” by Javier Román García:
- Location: Façade at Edificio “El Mediquín” (overlooking the Duero River), Avenida Ruperta Baraya nº 8, next to the Hospital Santos Reyes.
- Competition: Second Mural Painting Competition organised by the Department of Culture of Aranda de Duero Town Council.)
- Theme: It represents a part of the fauna and nature that exists in the Duero River and its surroundings, where each animal symbolizes the elements of the state of matter.
- Year: 2016.
- Dimensions: 22.4 metres wide and 5.82 metres high (130m2).
3. “In my dreams” by Fiorella Podestá:
- Place: Avenida Burgos on the corner of Calle Santiago.
- Competition: Organised by the Women’s Department to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
- Theme: a woman brimming with hope and life, who looks to the future, carrying in her mind the dreams that make her visionary, courageous and confident; but yes, from her identity as a woman and her reality as a daughter, mother or sister.
- Year: 2018
- Dimensions: 5,5 metres wide and 7 metres high (38,5m2)
4. “Santa Catalina de Alejandría” by Nano Arribas Lázaro:
- Location: Pizarro Street with Burgos Avenue.
- Promoter: Santa Catalina Traders’ Association.
- Theme: Santa Catalina, patron saint of the neighbourhood. Symbols: wheel and sword with which she was decapitated, and below represented trade.
- Year: 2018
- Dimensions: 6,73 metres wide and 10 metres high (67,3m2)
5. “Alma Castellana” by Nano Arribas Lázaro:
- Place: Calle Pizarro nº 11
- Promoter: Santa Catalina Traders’ Association.
- Theme: Regional identity through its clothes.
- Year: 2018
- Dimensions: 5 meters wide and 14,5 meters high (72,5m2)
6. “El labrador” by Nano Arribas Lázaro:
- Location: Calle de la Alameda with Calle Pizarro.
- Promoter: Santa Catalina Traders’ Association.
- Theme: Homage to farmers and workers of the old factory of La Tejera.
- Year: 2019
7. “Gerardo de la Calle” by Nano Arribas Lázaro:
- Location: Fernán González Street with Burgos Avenue.
- Promoter: Santa Catalina Traders’ Association.
- Theme: Homage to Gerardo de la Calle, a businessman who landed in this neighbourhood in 1959.
- Year: 2019
8. “Alegoría al barrio” by Nano Arribas Lázaro:
- Location: Calle Alameda on the corner of Calle Santiago.
- Promoter: Santa Catalina Traders’ Association.
- Year: 2020
9. ARA’s “Support for local trade”:
The Agrupación Ribereña de las Artes (ARA), brushes in hand, has brought life to this square in the Santa Catalina neighbourhood of Aranda through 12 murals dedicated to small traditional commerce, also giving a nod to the world of comics.
- Place: Plaza Maestro Nebreda.
- Promoter: Santa Catalina Traders’ Association.
- Theme: Small commerce is related to the world of comics.
- Year: 2020
El sueño de toda una vida” by Nano Arribas Lázaro:
- Place: Plaza Maestro Nebreda on the corner of Santiago Street.
- Promoter: Santa Catalina Traders’ Association.
- Year: 2020
Villalba de Duero (Burgos)
Two murals stand out in Villalba de Duero, both by the local artist Nano Lázaro:
1. “Tiempos vividos” (Lived times) by Nano Arribas Lázaro:
With the aim of making a larger Plaza Mayor, the town council of Villalba de Duero decided to demolish a house it owned and give the space to the town. It was decided to paint the house that was in the central party wall, occupying the entire surface of the same, and the other walls to decorate them with a traditional painting that represented times lived, or elements of the area, that coexisted with the space.
- Place: Plaza Mayor of Villalba de Duero.
- Promoter: Villalba de Duero Town Council.
- Year: 2018
- Dimensions: 4 walls (111,35m2 in total)
Snowy vineyard” by Nano Arribas Lázaro:
- Promoter: Villalba de Duero City Council
Castrillo de Duero (Valladolid)
The inhabitants of this riverside village were known as “los empecinados” (the stubborn ones) because of the pecina or mud that abounded in the Botijos, the stream that runs through it. With this clue, you will all know who the undisputed protagonist of this village is, won’t you?… Indeed! Juan Martín Díez “El Empecinado”, the guerrilla fighter who fought against the French invaders in the War of Independence. The first of the two murals in Castrillo de Duero is dedicated to him:
1. “Juan Martín El Empecinado” by muralista.es:
- Location: Road VA-VP-2006 with VP-235 (centre of the village).
- Subject: Juan Martín Díez “El Empecinado” and his home town.
2. “Rural” by Nano Arribas Lázaro:
- Promoter: Castrillo de Duero Town Council.
- Year: 2019
Alcubilla de Avellaneda (Soria)
A large mural in a small and charming village in the Ribera del Duero region of Soria. Alcubilla de Avellaneda has wanted to pay tribute to the reapers through the Association of Friends of the town, which has been very active since its creation.
“Los Segadores” by Nano Arribas Lázaro:
- Venue: Municipal Warehouse (Alcubilla de Avellaneda).
- Promoter: Friends of Alcubilla de Avellaneda Association.
- Theme: It is about a couple of reapers who have interrupted their work to rest and refresh themselves.
- Year: 2020
Peñafiel (Valladolid)
“Mural of the wine and heritage of Peñafiel” by Gorka Larrañaga:
The mural was carried out in 2021 to pay tribute to the XXX Anniversary of the Peñafiel Grape Harvest Festival. In addition, the Peñafiel Town Council wanted to support the shops in the street Derecha al Salvador. The mural measures 12×12 metres.
The left side of the mural shows a hand holding a bottle of wine over the landscape of a vineyard, with the wine falling on the Provincial Wine Museum, which is housed inside the castle. The right side of the mural identifies both concepts, tangible and intangible heritage, with a vine in between, reaching as far as the famous Chúndara festival.
- Location: C/Derecha al Salvador
- Promoter: Peñafiel Town Council
- Year: 2021
San Bernardo (Valladolid)
When you enter San Bernardo from the asphalt (you can also arrive by canoe on the Duero, for example) you are greeted with a mural whose protagonist is clearly the Monastery of Santa María de Valbuena.
- Promoter: Youth Association of San Bernardo
- Year: 2017
Padilla de Duero (Valladolid)
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Façade of the Centro de Estudios Vacceos Federico Wattenberg, by Manuel Sierra:
The archaeological site of Pintia is located in Padilla de Duero, the largest Vaccean find in the country, discovered during the 20th century, when the arrival of machinery to the Castilian fields uncovered the archaeological treasures hidden under the wheat, barley or rye crops. The city of Pintia was declared an Asset of Cultural Interest in 1993, and has a residential area, a necropolis and a quarter reserved for potters’ work. For the last thirty years, the Centro de Estudios Vacceos Federico Wattenberg CEVFW (University of Valladolid) has dedicated all its efforts to the protection of the site of Pintia, to the research of the material culture of the Vacceo people and to the dissemination of the discoveries made in the excavation campaigns it carries out. In its building, in the Plaza Mayor of Padilla de Duero, there is this mural by Manuel Sierra that alludes to the purpose of the building.
Pedrosa de Duero (Burgos)
In Pedrosa de Duero we find a mural made on tile mosaic that narrates the daily life of the local agricultural world, alluding to the grape harvest, as it could not be otherwise being in the Ribera del Duero.
Olmedillo de Roa (Burgos)
In Olmedillo we find a mural from 2010 made by the Asociación Cultural Amigos de Zorita whose main theme is the grape harvest.
Briego Winery in Fompedraza (Valladolid)
What can be the protagonist in a winery? Indeed, WINE! At Bodegas Briego they are very proud of this mural. Make the most of your visit to this winery in Fompedraza (Valladolid) to learn about the history of the Briego brothers and the story of “The Wedding at Cana”.
“The Wedding at Cana” by Luis Bayón:
- Place: Bodegas Briego in Fompedraza (Valladolid).
- Promoter: Bodegas Briego, the work of Luis Bayón, a local artist and friend of the winery.
- Theme: It represents one of the scenes from the Bible, the Wedding at Cana, a miracle involving a very special drink. In a festive, celebratory atmosphere, Jesus of Nazareth takes several pitchers of water and turns them into wine for the joy and enjoyment of all the guests.
- Year: 2019
- Dimensions: 9 x 4 metres.
- Website: www.bodegasbriego.com
Mesón El Pastor in Aranda de Duero (Burgos)
A tribute to the most illustrious sheep families in the flock of the Mesón El Pastor in Aranda. A chronological walk from the time of Marie Antoinette until they stepped on the moon, a work by Nano Lázaro.
Illustrious families, by Nano Lázaro:
- Location: Mesón El Pastor (Aranda de Duero, Burgos)
- Year: 2019
- Website: www.mesonelpastor.com
La Casona de Vadocondes (Burgos)
Look what a great rural house, what a lot of leisure areas to enjoy in Vadocondes (Burgos), very close to Aranda de Duero. It is LA CASONA DE VADOCONDES, a four-star rural house with capacity for 18 people and this great outdoor area.
“Nature” by Nano Arribas Lázaro:
- Location: La Casona de Vadocondes (Vadocondes, Burgos)
- Year: 2019
- Website: www.casonavadocondes.es
In other words, a lot of art in Ribera del Duero, this time contemporary art! But that’s not all… much more art in the museums of our ROUTE.
Artistic references:
- Nano Lázaro: https://nanolazaro.com/
- Manuel Sierra: https://sierrapintor.com/es
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[Date of edition: August 2020] [Date of edition: August 2020
[Header photo: Águila de Tubilla del Lago (Burgos)]
