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• 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.…

• 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.…

• 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…

• 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…

• Grado Ethnographic Museum. Grado.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Cardosa, s/n. 33820. Grado. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985752610 | E-mail: etnogsal@asturias.org.   Created in 1982, this museum is focused on the culture of bread, and particularly emmer wheat, which was a staple cereal in the central and western parts of Asturias until the early 20th century. It th…

• Miranda-Valdecarzana Palace. Grado.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Olaza Los Dolores, s/n. Grado. Asturias. This is built in the style of an urban palace, with a central courtyard and a tower at each corner. It has three floors and its openings are all framed by bare stone, highlighting the plastering on the remaining walls.…

• Peña de Candamo Cavern. Candamo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33828. San Román. Candamo. Asturias. E-mail: turismo@ayto-candamo.es. www.ayto-candamo.es/centro-de-interpretacion. Prehistoric paintings from the Solutrean period. Although difficult to date, it is believed that these prehistoric paintings, discovered in 1914, are from the so-called Solutrean perio…

• Monastery of San Salvador. Salas.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cornellana. Salas. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985832004 | E-mail: turismo@ayto-salas.es. www.salasturismo.com. It was founded in 1024 by the Infanta Cristina, the daughter of the King of León, Vermudo II. In the 12th century it was ceded to the Cluny order and from that point it became one of the most impo…

• Santianes de Pravia Church. Pravia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33129. Santianes. Pravia. Asturias. E-mail: oficinaturismopravia@hotmail.com. The church was commissioned by King Silo. Built between the years 774 and 783 and reformed during the XVII and XVIII century.It has a basilica plan with three naves separated by pillars and square sanctuary.Preserving its …

• Caños de San Francisco Fountain. Avilés.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle San Franciso, s/n. 33400. Avilés. Asturias. This fountain is the most unusual in the area. It has a front panel with six spouts in the form of human heads from which the water flows towards a rectangular basin. There are three heraldic shields on the front: two from Avilés at each side, with t…

• Ferrera Palace. Avilés.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33400. Avilés. Asturias. This building is a return to a lack of ornamentation compared to the highly decorated Baroque palaces in Avilés. The facade is shaped at right angles and has a tower at the corner. The only concession to ornamentation is the coat of arms.…

• Collegiate church of San Pedro. Teverga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … La Plaza. Teverga. Asturias. E-mail: turismo@aytoteverga.org. http://www.aytoteverga.org/. This old collegiate church was possibly the first church in Asturias to be constructed in Romanesque style, although it is inspired in old pre-Romanesque Asturian art. It was constructed at the end of the 11th…

• Niemeyer Centre. Avilés.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Centro Niemeyer. Avenida del zinc s/n. 33402. Avilés. Asturias. E-mail: info@niemeyercenter.org. http://www.niemeyercenter.org. This great cultural centre is the first work by the architect Oscar Niemeyer in Spain. It is situated in the Aviles estuary, five minutes from the town's historic centre on…

• Church of Sabugo. Avilés.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Carbayo, s/n. 33400. Avilés. Asturias. Construction began between the late 12th century and the early 13th century. and continued for a considerable time before the building was completed. As the work took so long (estimated at almost 70 years) there is evidence of the influence of two dif…

• Santa Cristina de Lena Church. Lena.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zona a 5 Km. de Pola de Lena. 33630. Pola de Lena. Lena. Asturias. A pre-Romanesque temple. It was built around the year 850 and is one of the most interesting examples of pre-Romanesque Asturian art. St. Cristina de Lena is one of the monuments included in the World Heritage. This monument is in th…

• Neolithic Centre at Monte Areo. Carreño.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … 33438. Santa Eulalia. Carreño. Asturias. E-mail: scopmonteareo@hotmail.com. This exhibition space offers a view of the Neolithic culture through a series of descriptive panels, interactive and audiovisual elements, reproductions of hunting tools, as well as the recreation of a burial chamber (dolmen…

• Anchor Museum. Castrillón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … La Peñona, playa de Salinas. 33400. Salinas. Castrillón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985 51 87 73 | www.museodeanclas.es.   This is an open-air museum located on a natural promontory surrounded by sea. It is a homage to the people who dedicate their lives to the defence of marine ecosystems, embodied by the…

• Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor. Salas.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Iglesia, s/n. 33860. Salas. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985832004 | E-mail: turismo@ayto-salas.es. www.salasturismo.com. The collegiate church dates from the 16th century and has been declared a National Monument. Its most outstanding treasures are the mausoleum of Archbishop Valdés, the main al…

• Valdés Salas Mansion. Salas.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza General Aranda, s/n. 33860. Salas. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985832004 | E-mail: turismo@ayto-salas.es. www.salasturismo.com.   It is a sober masonry and stonework building that shows the civil architectural style of the time. It was the birthplace of the founder of Oviedo University, Fernando Valdé…

• San Martín de Salas Museum of pre-Romanesque Art. Salas.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza La Campa, s/n. 33860. Salas. Asturias. E-mail: turismo@ayto-salas.es. http://www.ayto-salas.es.   Located in the historic tower of the palace of the Valdés Salas family, it contains a valuable collection of pieces and inscribed stone from the church of San Martín, 1 kilometre outside the villa…

• Centro de Interpretación del Poblado Minero de Bustiello. Mieres.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … A 2 kilómetros de la autovía A-66 Gijón-León, Bustiello. 33612. Bustiello. Mieres. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985422114 | E-mail: info@pozuespinos.com. http://www.territorio-museo.com. La vida en los valles mineros asturianos.   El poblado de Bustiello constituye una excepción dentro del patrimonio industr…

• La Quinta. Cudillero.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Fundación Selgas-Fagalde s/n. 33154. Pito, El. Cudillero. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985591761 | E-mail: fundacion@selgas-fagalde.com. www.selgas-fagalde.com. La Quinta Park extends over irregular terrain which has made it possible to create very clearly defined areas that artfully blend into each other. W…

• Architectural Site of Los Selgas. Cudillero.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33154. El Pito. Cudillero. Asturias. E-mail: reservas@selgas-fagalde.com. This palace was built in the neoclassical style according to a design by Fortunato Selgas in the 19th century. The palace has been likened to a museum for the quantity and quality of the furnishings in its interior.…

• Chapel of El Humilladero. Cudillero.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33150. Cudillero. Asturias. This Gothic chapel has been extensively reformed. It has a square floor plan with buttresses and ogival vaults. The altarpiece dates from the 16th or 17th century.…

• Church of San Pedro. Cudillero.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Pedro. 33150. Cudillero. Asturias. This building is in the Gothic style, but dates from the 16th century. It has a single nave with a cross vault and a semicircular apse. During the Spanish Civil War it was burned down and rebuilt.…