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• Palacio de los Prieto Cutre. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Reina María Cristina, 1. 33560. Ribadesella. Asturias. Obra del siglo XVI, antigua propiedad de la familia Prieto, que luego fue de los Cutre. La fachada, de sillares de buena calidad e impecable escuadrado, posee bajo y tres pisos separados por líneas de imposta. El piso inferior tiene una po…

• Tito Bustillo Cave. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida de Tito Bustillo s/n. 33560. Ribadesella. Asturias. Tel.: +34 902306600 | +34 985861255 | E-mail: info@centrodearterupestredetitobustillo.com . http://www.centrodearterupestredetitobustillo.com. Prehistoric paintings of female forms. Set in a group of Palaeolithic caves. Almost all of the Ti…

• Upper Jurassic Formations. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33560. Tereñes. Ribadesella. Asturias. There is evidence of the presence of dinosaurs where Secondary Era sedimentary formations appear. These formations were the ground where these animals used to roam.…

• Church of San Esteban. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Leces. Ribadesella. Asturias. .This former Romanesque church was built in the 13th century and rebuilt in 1958 after the Spanish Civil War. The presbytery and two capitals from the original building can still be seen.…

• Ruiz de Junco Tower. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Leces. Ribadesella. Asturias. This manor house belonged to the Ruiz de Junco family and dates from the 14th or 15th century. It has a square floor plan and three storeys, and the most interesting elements are the main façade, and the large doorway dating from the mid-16th century in the centre.…

• Chapel of La Magdalena. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Vega, s/n. 33345. Vega. Ribadesella. Asturias. Although it was rebuilt in 1722, the origin of this chapel is unknown.…

• Church of Santiago in Caravia. Caravia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carrales, s/n. 33344. Carrales. Caravia. Asturias. This church is devoid of ornamentation and has a single nave with a square head wall, two chapels added in 1862, a bell tower which was reformed in 1863 and made taller, and a porch which runs along the sides of the main nave.…

• Venta de La Espasa Hostel. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Playa de La Espasa. Colunga. Asturias. This building dates from the 16th century and has a raised granary, stables –now in ruins– and the main building which has a solid construction with irregular ashlar stonework on the openings and corners.…

• Espriella Palace. Llanes.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Villahormes s/n. Villahormes. Llanes. Asturias. www.llanesnet.com/monumentos/espriella. Construction began in 1616 on this palace for the nobleman Llanes de Espriella. It has a rectangular floor plan with a central courtyard. Built in whitewashed stone, an interesting feature is the heraldic crest o…

• Chapel of Santa Cruz. Cangas de Onís.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida de Contranquil, s/n. 33550. Cangas de Onís. Asturias. http://www.cangasdeonis.com/. A set of historic remains and legends combine in what is an unusual monument. The current chapel is a modern reconstruction dating to 1951 on the site of the original, which was destroyed during the Spanish C…

• Bridge over the Sella River. Cangas de Onís.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida de Covadonga, s/n. 33550. Cangas de Onís. Asturias. http://www.cangasdeonis.com/. Known as the Roman Bridge of Cangas de Onís, the “Puente Vieyu” or “Puentón”, this is one of the best-known symbols of the Principality of Asturias. Although this site may have been used in Roman times to cross…

• Church of San Antolín de Bedón. Llanes.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Naves s/n. Naves. Llanes. Asturias. This monastery church has three naves and masonry walls with ashlar stonework buttressing. The church was rebuilt in 1955 by Luis Menendez Pidal.…

• Gobiendes Palace. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Gobiendes. Colunga. Asturias. It has been declared a Historic-Artistic Monument. It is a rural structure, based on a 15th-century defensive tower. It was gradually extended over time, and the building as it is today was completed in the 17th century.…

• Santiago Church in Gobiendes. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33342. Gobiendes. Colunga. Asturias. Declared National Monument in 1931. Declared National Monument in 1931. The Pre-romanesque church is located on the side of the Sueve mountain.Built at the beginning of the X century and restored in the XIX century.It has a basilica plan with three naves organise…

• Coceña Asturian country house. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Coceña, s/n. Coceña. Colunga. Asturias. Typical large Asturian country house with wooden galleries and cantilevered balconies with wood sills.…

• Church of Santa Lucía in Coceña. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Coceña. Colunga. Asturias. Small traditional chapel, with a single nave, a portico on the base and a flat sanctuary, and a vestry adjoining the north side of the sanctuary.…

• Covadonga Sanctuary. Cangas de Onís.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Explanada Basílica s/n. 33589. Cangas de Onís. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985846043 | E-mail: covadonga@iglesiadeasturias.org. http://www.santuariodecovadonga.com/. The start of the Re-conquest. Covadonga is the place where the Re-conquest began under king Pelayo, whose remains are buried in the cave along…

• Palace of the Marqueses del Real Transporte. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … La Riera. Colunga. Asturias.   The building has two storeys and a rectangular floor plan. It has an adjoining chapel with a door formed by a semicircular voussoir archway covered with a half barrel vault, and regularly shaped stone blocks at the corners.…

• Parish Church of Santa María in Bierces. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … La Riera. Colunga. Asturias. It is dedicated to the Virgin of El Carmen. The facade is in the form of a semicircular arch protected by a small roof supported on Tuscan columns. It dates from the first quarter of the 18th century and was built at the behest of the benefactor Bartolomé Morán, who also…

• Church of San Pedro in Pernús. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Pernús. Colunga. Asturias. Rebuilt in the 18th century (1772), the church only conserves its original layout and a historic capital located on the exterior of the sanctuary. Of particular note are the belfry on the main facade and decorated with plant motifs, and a stone cross.…

• Church of San Antolín de La Llera. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … La Llera. Colunga. Asturias. The building dates from the late 18th century. A primitive Romanesque church previously stood on this site, from which a corbel and the pointed arch from the doorway can still be seen in the church today.…

• San Salvador de Priesca Church. Villaviciosa.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33316. Priesca. Villaviciosa. Asturias. E-mail: talcalde@ayto-villaviciosa.org. The church was built after the death of Alfonso III and was consecrated in the year 921. It is much later than the pre-Romanesque churches.It has a basilica floor plan with three naves separated by triple, brick arches o…

• Casino de Llanes. Llanes.

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  … Calle Nemesio Sobrino, s/n. 33500. Llanes. Asturias. E-mail: cultura@ayuntamientodellanes.com. http://www.ayuntamientodellanes.com/es/portal.do. This palace once housed the former Casino-Theatre of Llanes, an extremely important social centre for the town's bourgeoisie. It represents an exceptional …

• Covaciella Cave. Cabrales.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33555. Cabrales. Asturias. Perfectly conserved, prehistoric rock art. Designated World Heritage in 2008. Discovered by chance in 1994, it contains the best conserved representation of bison anywhere in Asturias, due to the fact that the cave was sealed closed for thousands of years. Its 40-metre gal…

• Historic Mediaeval Site of Llanes. Llanes.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33500. Llanes. Asturias. The wall was built in the 13th century and has four main access gateways. The tower was intended as a defensive fortification and was subsequently used as a prison. Today it is the site of the Tourist Office. The Gothic-style basilica stands in the Plaza de Cristo Rey square…