León is, together with the Cantabrian Comillas and the maragata Astorga, one of the few Spanish cities that can be proud not only to have one of the most beautiful and relevant cathedrals, but also to possess the creative magic of the Catalan master, Antonio Gaudí, in a monumental building, located next to the old town, such as the Casa Botines.

More than a house, properly speaking, one should speak of a palace. Because that is, in reality, this curious wonder of Gaudí, and that each one adds to him the qualification that more suits to the particular elf of his senses, dictating to me mine, the qualification of enchanted.

In fact, the pilgrim who travels the Pilgrim's Way to Santiago and once he has left behind the exhausting Tierra de Campos, when he stops at the capital of the Maragatería, which is Astorga, will observe notable similarities between this Casa Botines and the gaudinian Episcopal Palace, today converted into a Museum of the Roads.

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