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• Church of Santa María del Puerto. Santoña.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39740. Santoña. Cantabria. This building is in the Burgundy style and has three naves and a legendary origin, as the church is said to have been founded by the apostle Saint James himself.…

• Monument to Juan de la Cosa. Santoña.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39740. Santoña. Cantabria. This monument was built in memory of Juan de la Cosa, who was born in this town and was a 15th-century navigator and mapmaker known for having drawn up the first map of the world which showed the territories discovered in America.…

• New Church. Colindres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39750. Colindres. Cantabria. This building has a single cruciform nave and is the work of the architect from Colindrés, Emilio Canosa.…

• Church of San Juan Bautista. Colindres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39750. Colindres. Cantabria. This church was built on the site of the old Monastery of San Juan and San Jorge, and was repaired in 1580. It is a building with a single nave and a polygonal apse.…

• Palace of El Infantado or Condestable. Colindres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39750. Colindres. Cantabria. Built in masonry, except for the ashlar stonework on the corners, it has been in ruins since the French invasion of 1639. It is built in a typical style of Cantabria, with two joined towers.…

• Gil de la Redonda Palace. Colindres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39750. Colindres. Cantabria. It has a lower floor with two levels of ashlar stonework and a hipped roof.…

• Church of Santa María de la Asunción. Laredo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39770. Laredo. Cantabria. This Catholic church is dedicated to the Virgin of La Asunción. It has a Plateresque altarpiece, a figurehead of Saint Mary, the figure of Christ Cacicedo and a large painted altarpiece in the Flemish style by Petrus Nicolai Morauli.…

• Church of San Martín. Castro-Urdiales.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39798. Islares. Castro-Urdiales. Cantabria. Built of masonry and stone, the outside has been modified with lime and stone blocks at the corners of the building. The southern facade has one part given over to a house from the same period, and at the northern part there is a small cemetery.…

• Shrine of San Roque. Castro-Urdiales.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39798. Islares. Castro-Urdiales. Cantabria.…

• Ruins of the Hospital of Vera Cruz. Castro-Urdiales.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Islares. Castro-Urdiales. Cantabria. This stands barely 300 metres from the Shrine of San Roque. These are remains of the hospitals which were built to attend to poor and sick pilgrims who came to the monasteries to fulfil promises or to seek help on the coastal road to Santiago on its way through C…

• Medieval ironworks of La Yseca. Guriezo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39788. La Magdalena. Guriezo. Cantabria. The historic importance of Guriezo has gone hand in hand with the productivity of its iron industry, and some of the oldest ironworks in Cantabria are to be found throughout the Agüera area.…

• Marroquín Palace. Guriezo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39788. La Magdalena. Guriezo. Cantabria. The lineage of the Marroquín family is one of the oldest in Guriezo. They are thought to be a branch of the house of Ayala, and one of their knights was imprisoned in Morocco. From that time on his descendants have been known as “marroquines”.…

• Church of San Vicente de la Maza. Guriezo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39788. Rioseco. Guriezo. Cantabria. This is one of the finest examples of the Renaissance religious style in Cantabria, and is probably the work of the master stonemason Juan de Rasines.…

• Cantabrian Maritime Museum. Santander.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … San Martín de Bajamar s/n. 39004. Santander. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942281068 | E-mail: mmc@gobcantabria.es. http://www.museosdecantabria.com/maritimo/. A historical journey through this Spanish Sea. This venue offers a profound look at different areas of the underwater and maritime world. The Cantabr…

• Church of San Sebastián. Guriezo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39788. Landeral. Guriezo. Cantabria.…

• Church of San Juan Evangelista. Castro-Urdiales.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39706. Cérdigo. Castro-Urdiales. Cantabria.…

• Prehistory and Archaeology Museum of Cantabria. Santander.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avda. de los Castros 65-67. 39005. Santander. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942207106 | E-mail: mupac@gobcantabria.es. www.museosdecantabria.com. Flavióbriga. Most of the 1,200 objects on display in this museum date from the period between the Upper Palaeolithic and the Iron Age. There are also items from th…

• Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Church-Cathedral. Santander.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Obispo José E. Eguino s/n. 39002. Santander. Cantabria. http://www.turismodecantabria.com/patrimonio_ficha.php?id=89. A church which took on great importance. The lower section of the church dates from the early 13th century. The upper section of the church dates from the 14th century, whi…

• Church of San Marcos. Castro-Urdiales.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39798. Allendelagua. Castro-Urdiales. Cantabria. Iglesia de San Marcos. This simple church with a single nave is mediaeval in origin, and has a Solomonic Baroque altarpiece dating from the 18th century.…

• Elsedo Museum of Contemporary Art. Liérganes.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Barrio de Elsedo s/n, (Pámanes). 39718. Lierganes. Liérganes. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942635022 | http://www.vallespasiegos.org. The museum is located in an 18th century palace that belonged to the first count of Torre Hermosa. Its collection is private, with paintings and sculptures from the 19th and …

• Pozalagua Cave. Karrantza Harana-Valle de Carranza.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cueva de Pozalagua. 48891. Karrantza Harana-Valle de Carranza. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) E-mail: info@karrantza.com. http://www.cuevasturisticas.es. Exceptional rock formations. Deep inside the Carranza Valley there is an underground world where highly valuable natural caves such as the Po…

• Covalanas Cave. Ramales de la Victoria.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Monte Pando. Ramales de la Victoria. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942598305 | E-mail: reservascuevas@culturadecantabria.es. http://cuevas.culturadecantabria.com. An major ensemble of Palaeolithic art. Designated World Heritage in 2008. It was discovered in 1903 and contains drawings that date from 19,000 ye…

• Las Monedas Cave. Puente Viesgo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Monte del Castillo. 39670. Puente Viesgo. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942598305 | E-mail: reservascuevas@culturadecantabria.es. http://cuevas.culturadecantabria.com/. An impressive labyrinth of stalactites. Designated World Heritage in 2008. This is the longest cave in the Monte del Castillo area. Its name…

• Church of Santa María de la Asunción. Castro-Urdiales.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39700. Castro Urdiales. Castro-Urdiales. Cantabria. E-mail: info@santillanamuseodiocesano.com. http://www.turismodecantabria.com. Gothic church. The Church of Santa María de la Asunción is in the Gothic style. It was built in the 13th century and its floor plan is a copy of the original model in San…

• Town Hall. Castro-Urdiales.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Casa Consistorial. Playa del Ayuntamiento. 39700. Castro-Urdiales. Cantabria. Highlights include its balcony and the clock tower.…