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• Santa María de Bendones Church. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33195. Bendones. Oviedo. Asturias. Declared National Monument in 1958. The church is located in the town centre.Declared National Monument in 1958. It is thought to be contemporary by San Julián de los Prados because between them there is similarity in their formal character.It has a rectangular flo…

• Santa María de Valdediós Monastery. Villaviciosa.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33312. Valdedios. Villaviciosa. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985892324 | E-mail: visitas@monasteriovaldedios.com. www.monasteriovaldedios.com. This church was built by the master architect Gualteiro in 1218. It went through much restoration work during the Cistercian period. It has three naves with semicircu…

• Salvador de Valdediós Church. Villaviciosa.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33312. Valdedios. Villaviciosa. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985892324 | E-mail: visitas@monasteriovaldedios.com. http://www.monasteriovaldedios.com. A jewel of Asturian pre-Romanesque. It is a small temple in the Asturian pre-Romanesque style. Consecrated in the year 893, it is the most important monument f…

• Cider Museum. Nava.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza del Príncipe de Asturias s/n. 33520. Nava. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985717419 | E-mail: info@museodelasidra.com. www.museodelasidra.com. Pouring from a height is the next-to-last step. The museum takes visitors through the steps of the manufacturing process and shows the traditions that surround th…

• El Lloviu Cave. Villaviciosa.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera Peón, s/n. Villaviciosa. Asturias. This cavity is of outstanding geomorphological interest as it is formed of dolomitic limestone rocks from the Lias or Jurassic period, and is probably the largest limestone cave in the whole region.…

• San Julián de los Prados Church. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Selgas 1. 33011. Oviedo. Asturias. World Heritage. San Julián de los Prados is also known as Santullano, and was the largest Christian construction in Spain up until the 11th century. The church of San Julián de los Prados, or Santullano, is among the monuments in Oviedo and Asturias designate…

• Oviedo City Walls. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Oviedo. Asturias. The longest and best conserved section is located along the street known as the Calle Paraíso. Other remnants can be seen in the Postigo Alto, along the streets of Sol, Mendizábal, and Jovellanos, and in the Plaza Mayor square.…

• Laboral City of Culture. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Luis Moya Blanco, 261. 33203. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985185858 | E-mail: visitaslaboral@recrea.asturias.com. http://www.laboralciudaddelacultura.com. In March 2007 the former Laboral University in Gijón (Asturias) opened its doors for the first time as the Laboral City of Culture, a unique…

• San Pelayo Monastery. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle San Vicente 5. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. It is home of the convent of the Benedictine cloistered nuns. It was founded in the Medieval period.…

• Old San Vicente Monastery. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle San Vicente 3-5. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985208433 | E-mail: info@museoarqueológicodeasturias.es. www.museoarqueologicodeasturias.com. The Benedictine Monastery. The monastery dates back to 781, although it was rebuilt in the 14th and 16th centuries. The lower cloister is from the 1…

• Asturias Archeological Museum. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle San Vicente 3-5. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985208433 | E-mail: info@museoarqueológicodeasturias.es. http://www.museoarqueologicodeasturias.com. Pre-Romanesque Asturian Art. The museum is set in part of the San Vicente Monastery and brings together items belonging to the historic and e…

• Church Museum. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Corrada del Obispo, s/n. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985227976 | http://www.iglesiadeasturias.org/museos. The Church Museum was created by decree from the Archbishop Don Gabino Díaz Merchán, in March 1985. It is intended to be an instrument of evangelisation through artistic objects for…

• Asturias Museum of Fine Arts. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Santa Ana 1 y 3. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985204232 | E-mail: museobbaa@museobbaa.com. www.museobbaa.com. From the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The Museum is located in three buildings in the old quarter of Oviedo: the 18th-century Velarde Palace, which is joined to a building fr…

• San Tirso Church. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Alfonso II el Casto 4. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. The church of Alfonso II. It is work by the maestro Tioda in the Romanesque style, built during the reign of Alfonso II. It is next to the tower of the cathedral and formed part of the primitive Palencia ecclesiastical complex built by Alfons…

• Oviedo Cathedral. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Alfonso II s/n. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. http://www.catedraldeoviedo.es. A symbol of Spanish Gothic architecture. Oviedo cathedral is mainly in the Gothic style, although there are also some clearly Baroque and Renaissance elements. The cathedral is set on the site of an old basilica built by …

• Palace of the Marquis of Santa Cruz del Marcenado or la Rúa. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Alfonso II el Casto s/n. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. It was commissioned by Alonso González de la Rúa, the accountant of the Catholic Monarchs. Its general appearance is sober, military. It is a Flamboyant Gothic palace from the 15th century. The most striking feature of the façade is the port…

• Camposagrado Palace. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Porlier s/n. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. Declared a Historic-Artistic Monument in 1943, this building is presently the site of the Supreme Court of Asturias. This mansion was built in the middle of the 18th century for the third Marquis of Camposagrado, José Manuel Bernaldo de Quirós. It was s…

• Palace of the Count of Toreno. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Porlier 9. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. This palace was declared a Historic-Artistic Monument. It is a Baroque building with a rectangular floor plan, arranged in three corridors around a central courtyard, from which the staircase begins. It was built in 1675 by Gregorio de la Roza. The exteri…

• La Foncalada. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Confluencia de la calle Gascona y calle Foncalada. 33002. Oviedo. Asturias. World Heritage Site. This is a unique example of a civil construction intended for public use dating from the High Middle Ages. It is part of the historic resources of the city of Oviedo and the Kingdom of Asturias, designat…

• Oviedo Town Hall. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Ayuntamiento. Oviedo. Asturias. The Town Hall was built in 1622-1623 by the architect Juan de Naveda, and the building was restored and extended in 1939. The main door is presided by a marble lion brought from the fountain which in the early years of the 19th century stood in the main Plaz…

• El Fontán Market and Square. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Fontán s/n. Oviedo. Asturias.   El Fontán is one of the most typical spaces in the city and its name comes from the «fontán» or natural spring which formed a pool in the sunken ground on which was built the popular neighbourhood of the same name.…

• Oviedo University. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle San Francisco s/n. 33003. Oviedo. Asturias. www.uniovi.es. This is an example of 16th-century Classicist architecture. The building was designed by the architects Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón and Juan del Ribero Rada. On the exterior it is an elongated building with two façades with stone blocks an…

• Campoamor Theatre. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Pelayo, s/n. Oviedo. Asturias. This is the point of reference for all major cultural events and the genuine heart of the city of Oviedo. It is the site of the awards ceremony of the Prince of Asturias prizes.…

• Atlantic Botanical Garden. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Avenida del Jardín Botánico s/n. 33394. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: + 34 985130685 | E-mail: jardin.botanico@gijon.es. www.botanicoatlantico.com. The Gijón Atlantic Botanical Garden is a huge "museum" specialising in the flora and vegetation to be found in Atlantic areas. It covers almost 16 hectares, an…

• Evaristo Valle Foundation Museum. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Camino de Cabueñes 261. 33203. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985338092 | E-mail: museo@evaristovalle.com. www.evaristovalle.com. This place, also known as "La Redonda", is located in the residential Somió neighbourhood, very close to Gijón. After successive inheritances, it came into the hands of a nie…