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• 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…

• Church of San Juan de Amandi. Villaviciosa.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … El Palacio, s/n. 33311. San Juan de Amandi. Villaviciosa. Asturias. E-mail: turvilla@lacomarcadelasidra.com. http://www.villaviciosa.es. Its lovely apse and the elegant and varied sculpted decoration throughout the building are the most distinctive characteristics of this church. Its architecture is…

• La Casina de La Oliva. Information and Visitor Centre for Romanesque Art in Villaviciosa. Villaviciosa.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza Obdulio Fernández, 51. Villaviciosa. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985892938 | E-mail: info@fundacioncardin.es. http://www.fundacioncardin.es.   This cultural centre was created by the José Cardín Fernández Foundation and offers detailed information on various monuments. The La Casina centre contains de…

• 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.…

• 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.…

• 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.…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• Museum of the People of Asturias. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Paseo del Doctor Flemming 877. 33203. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985182964 | E-mail: museopa@gijon.es. www.gijon.es. Museum of the collective memory of Asturias. This museum was created in 1968 to conserve and promote evidence that sheds light on the traditional society of the region of Asturias, an…

• 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…

• 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…

• Birthplace of Jovellanos. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza de Jovellanos, 2. 33201. Gijón. Asturias. E-mail: museojovellanos@gijon.es. http://museos.gijon.es. This is one of the oldest stately houses in Gijón. There are various exhibits on display, such as the Jovellanos family tree and the mantle of the Knights of Alcántara. Items from the original f…

• Former Jovellanos Institute Cultural Centre. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Jovellanos, 21. 33210. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985350709 | E-mail: ccai@gijon.es. The former Jovellanos Institute, declared a National Monument in 1974, was built in the late 18th century to house the Royal Nautical and Mineralogical Institute. It was renovated by the local council and conv…

• 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.…

• MUJA. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … La Rasa de San Telmo s/n. 33328. Colunga. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985850044 | E-mail: info@museojurasicoasturias.com. http://www.museojurasicoasturias.com/. The mark of the dinosaurs. This museum is set in a spectacular building in the form of a dinosaur print with wonderful views of the port and local …

• Barjola Museum. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Trinidad, 17. 33201. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985176231 | E-mail: mbarjola@asturias.org. http://www.museobarjola.es. This palace consists of two buildings with three storeys and a facade bearing the crest of the Hevia, Miranda and Lavandera Valdés families. The work of Juan Barjola can be se…

• Church of San Pedro Apóstol in Gijón. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Valdés, s/n. 33201. Gijón. Asturias. Until 1893 this was the only parish church in the town of Jovellanos, a famous figure of the Enlightenment who was baptised here. The original church was destroyed in the Spanish Civil War (1936) and a new church was built on the same site.…

• Campo Valdés Roman Baths. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Campo Valdés s/n. 33201. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985301682 | www.museos.gijon.es. A major Roman site. This museum is considered to be one of the most important Roman remains in northern Spain. It is located on the site of Roman baths discovered in 1903, although they were not opened to the public…

• Railway Museum. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza de la Estación del Norte s/n. 33206. Gijón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985301211 | E-mail: museoferrocarril@gijon.es. http://museos.gijon.es/page/5284-museo-del-ferrocarril-de-asturias. History of the train. This centre has an interesting collection of objects and items related with railways. Further…