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• 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…

• 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.…

• Ethnographic Museum of Eastern Asturias. Llanes.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … calle Barriu Llacín. 33509. Porrúa. Llanes. Asturias.   It has an ethnographic collection representing the traditional life of the eastern part of Asturias. The objects on display examine the local rural architecture in which the museum is housed, as well as the activities which take place outside t…

• 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…

• El Collado House. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Ribadesella. Asturias. It has three floors and a basement and is famous for being the birthplace of the painter Darío de Regoyos. The main facade has an outstanding balcony which occupies the whole of the front, and the family crest of the Marquises de Collado can be seen on the upper floor.…

• Parish Church of Santa María Magdalena. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Ribadesella. Asturias. It was built in the early 20th century on the remains of an old mediaeval church. It was almost completely destroyed during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 but was subsequently rebuilt. The architectural features of interest include the two towers on its main facade, between whi…

• La Atalaya Tower. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de Villar y Valle, s/n. 33560. Ribadesella. Asturias. It was built in the 19th century on the remains of an old mediaeval defensive tower. It is a neo-mediaeval Romanesque square tower built in stonework and crowned by battlements.…

• Chapel of the Virgin de La Guía. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Ribadesella. Asturias. This small Renaissance shrine underwent a major reconstruction in the 19th century. Its square floor plan suggests that it may have been shortened; this implies that the current building is formed by only the nave of the original.…

• Emigration Museum, the Indias Archive. Ribadedeva.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Quinta Guadalupe s/n. 33590. Colombres. Ribadedeva. Asturias. Tel.: +34 985412005 | +34 985412414 | E-mail: info@archivodeindianos.es. http://www.archivodeindianos.es/. An emigrant’s journey. The house that is the site of the Indias Archive was built by the emigrant Íñigo Noriega in 1906. The buildi…

• 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…

• Casino de Llanes. Llanes.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 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 …

• 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…

• Aula del Mar Museum. Llanes.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Paseo de las Marismas, s/n. 33500. Llanes. Asturias.   This museum covers everything related with the sea, including subjects such as whale hunting in the Middle Ages through to the emigration to America. Through a range of different elements, an imaginative setting and the exhibition of unusual obj…

• Los Junco Palace. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … 33560. Sebreño. Ribadesella. Asturias. This building dates from the 16th century and was subsequently reformed. It has a square floor plan and three storeys and is formed by a central section flanked by two side sections. There is an attractive viewing point nearby which offers views over the coastl…

• 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.…

• Museum of the Territory of Ribadesella. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Barrio El Carmen, s/n. 33560. El Carmen. Ribadesella. Asturias. E-mail: museodelcarmen@ayto-ribadesella.es. www.ayto-ribadesella.es. The aim of this museum is to raise awareness of the complexity and richness of the heritage of the district of Ribadesella in the fields of history, art, natural resou…

• 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.…

• 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…

• 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.…

• 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…

• Idol of Peña Tú. Llanes.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Puertas de Vidiago, s/n. Puertas de Vidiago. Llanes. Asturias.   The rock has been known since antiquity to the inhabitants of the nearby towns, although it was not until 1914 when the first archaeological research was carried out. These investigations revolved around the figure which gives its name…

• 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…

• Tito Bustillo Cave Art Centre. Ribadesella.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avenida de Tito Bustillo s/n. 33560. Ribadesella. Asturias. Tel.: +34 902306600 | +34 985861255 | E-mail: info@centrodearterupestredetitobustillo.com. http://www.centrodearterupestredetitobustillo.com . All you need to know about the discovery of the cave, its geological value, its original inhabita…