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• San Bartolomé Church. Logroño.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Bartolomé. 26001. Logroño. La Rioja. E-mail: info@lariojaturismo.com. www.lariojaturismo.com. The church was built in the 18th century and restored in the 15th. The church has three naves, separated by polygonal pillars, in which the transept in particular stands out.The entire church i…

• Sta. Mª de La Redonda Procathedral. Logroño.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Portales 14. 26003. Logroño. La Rioja. Built over an ancient Romanesque temple from the 12th century, the building dates from the 16th century. It was bestowed with the title of Collegiate Church when it merged with San Martin de Albelda Church, in 1453. The building has undergone several modi…

• Paseo del Espolón avenue. Logroño.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Paseo del Príncipe de Vergara s/n. 26002. Logroño. La Rioja. E-mail: oficina.turismo@larioja.org. lariojaturismo.com. In the centre of the city of Logroño, situated between the old quarter and the modern suburb is the Paseo del Príncipe de Vergara, also known as the Paseo del Espolón because of its …

• Puente de Piedra bridge. Logroño.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida de Navarra, 1. 26001. Logroño. La Rioja. It is one of the four bridges on the Ebro River in Logroño. It is also called San Juan de Ortega Bridge and the current construction dates from 1884, after the old bridge collapsed in 1871. It is one of the symbols of the city, it appears on its coat …

• Ruins of the San Juan de Acre Hospital. Navarrete.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Camino de Santiago. 26370. Navarrete. La Rioja. It was founded around 1185 as a hostel and to provide aid to pilgrims. Archaeological excavations began on the site in 1990. Findings included the main walls of the old hospital and of a large church with a floor plan in the shape of a Latin cross, and…

• Zenarruza Monastery.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Goiherri 11. 48278. Ziortza - Bolibar. . Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) Tel.: +34 946164179 | +34 946169069 | E-mail: turismoa@learjai.com. www.monasteriozenarruza.net.   This monastic site includes a 15th-century church in the Gothic Renaissance style with an outstanding Plateresque altarpiece…

• Church of Santo Sepulcro. Torres del Río.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Mayor s/n. 31229. Torres del Río. Navarre. Tel.: +34 948648126 | +34 626325691 | Fax.: +34 948648126 | www.turismo.navarra.es.   The church is located at the entrance to the town. It has a slightly irregular octagonal floor plan, the apse, which is semicircular and functions as a sanctuary, an…

• Cemetery Gateway. Navarrete.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera de Nájera. 26370. Navarrete. La Rioja. This 12th-century Romanesque doorway belonged to the old hospital of San Juan de Acre, and stands at the entrance to the cemetery. It has five slightly pointed archivolts, of which the two in the even positions are decorated with serrated motifs. At t…

• Santa María la Real Monastery. Nájera.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Santa María s/n. 26300. Nájera. La Rioja. E-mail: info@santamarialareal.net. http://lariojaturismo.com/monasterios/index.php. According to legend, this beautiful monastery was founded in 1052 by king Don García Sánchez III, after he found a mysterious image of the Virgin Mary in a nearby ca…

• Najerilla Museum. Nájera.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza de Navarra, 12. 26300. Nájera. La Rioja. E-mail: museonajera@aldonza.com . www.vallenajerilla.com. It is located in the old palace of the Abbot of Santa María La Real. Highlights of its large collection are the Palaeolithic materials from the Badarán area. From the Roman era there is an intere…

• Monastery of Santa Elena. Nájera.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Convento de Santa Elena, 40. 26300. Nájera. La Rioja. E-mail: monjasclarisasnajera@gmail.com.   The current complex comprises the church, cloister and other rooms within the enclosed convent. It is home to the Franciscan order of the Poor Clares.…

• Artziniega Ethnographic Museum. Artziniega.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Arteko Aldapa 12. 01474. Artziniega. Álava - Araba. (Basque Country) E-mail: artziniegamuseoa@euskalnet.net. www.artziniegamuseoa.org. A magnificent collection of traditional tools. Situated next to the Nuestra Señora de la Encina Sanctuary, the Ethnography Museum has an important collection o…

• Basque Railway Museum. Azpeitia.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Juián Elorza 8. 20730. Azpeitia. Guipúzcoa - Gipuzkoa. (Basque Country) Fax.: +34 943150746 | E-mail: museoa@bemfundazioa.org. www.bemfundazioa.org. A point of reference in Europe. The exhibition includes 79 railway vehicles of all types. This museum in the old station at Azpeitia includes a n…

• Loyola Basilica. Azpeitia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Santuario de Loyola. 20730. Azpeitia. Guipúzcoa - Gipuzkoa. (Basque Country) Fax.: +34 943025031 | E-mail: santuteguia@sjloyola.org. www.santuariodeloyola.org. In honour of San Ignacio de Loyola. This Baroque Basilica has a wonderful dome of 24 metres in diameter. Work of the famous Italian architec…

• Church of San Saturnino. Ventosa.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 26371. Ventosa. La Rioja. Built in ashlar stonework, it has a ground plan in the shape of a Latin cross, a rectangular sanctuary facing east and a single nave. At one end there is a square tower crowned with an eight-sided brick pyramid built in the 17th century, which stands on the ashlar base rema…

• Basilica of Santa María de los Arcos. Tricio.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Tricio. La Rioja. It was originally a Roman mausoleum dating from the 3rd century which was transformed into a Christian basilica in the 5th century. It was built using architectural elements from the old Roman city of Tritium Megallum, which is formed by what are today the towns of Tricio, Nájera a…

• Shrine of San Miguel de Arretxinaga. Markina-Xemein.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida Arretxinaga s/n. Markina-Xemein. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) Fax.: +34 946169080 | E-mail: www.euskaditurismo.net. This picturesque Baroque shrine contains three large rocks of over 40 million years in age, which are linked together to form a small chapel. Visitas guiadas.…

• Church and cemetery of Santa María de la Asunción in Xemein. Markina-Xemein.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Barrio de Arretxinaga. 48270. Markina-Xemein. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) E-mail: turismoa@learjai.com. http://turismo.euskadi.net.   It has three naves which combine both Gothic and Renaissance features. The church has a rectangular floor plan with a square sanctuary. The main altarpiece is…

• Patrokua Palace. Markina-Xemein.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida Xemein 13. 48270. Markina-Xemein. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) Fax.: +34 946169080 | E-mail: turismo@learjai.com. This was once the residence of the Barroeta family. Three stages can be distinguished in its construction: in the 18th century, the Barroeta family originally built the pa…

• Diocesan Museum of Religious Art. Bilbao.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza de la Encarnación 9. 48005. Bilbao. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) Fax.: +34 944320260 | E-mail: eleizmuseoa@eleizmuseoa.com. www.eleizmuseoa.com. Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro - Badalona Municipal Museum. Extraordinary silver. It is located in Encarnación Church, an old Dominican convent…

• Convento de la Encarnación. Bilbao.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Encarnación. 48006. Bilbao. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) Fax.: +34 944320260 | E-mail: museo@eleizmuseoa.com. www.eleizmuseoa.com. En el siglo XVI, la orden de los dominicos eligió este lugar para construir su convento. Actualmente, el conjunto está compuesto por la iglesia y el c…

• Church of Santa María. Arcos, Los.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Santa María. 31210. Arcos, Los. Navarre. E-mail: turismo@losarcos.es . http://www.turismo.navarra.es/esp/organice-viaje/recurso/relacionado/3160/.   This monumental building is richly decorated and was built and reformed between the 12th and 18th centuries. It features a range of styles, in…