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• Santo Toribio de Liébana Monastery. Camaleño.

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  … 39589. Santo Toribio. Camaleño. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942730828 | E-mail: lcsantotoribio@terra.es. santotoribiodeliebana.org. Cistercian sobriety. It is built in the Gothic style, although the Cistercian influence can be seen in its sobriety. A Romanesque construction previously stood on the site, as…

• Covaciella Cave. Cabrales.

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  … 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…

• 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…

• Covadonga Sanctuary. Cangas de Onís.

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  … 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…

• Santa María Church in Lebeña. Cillorigo de Liébana.

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  … 39583. Lebeña. Cillorigo de Liébana. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942840380 | E-mail: info@santillanamuseodiocesano.com. www.santillanamuseodiocesano.com/liebana.htm. Cantabrian Mozarab. It was built at the request of the counts of Levana, in the 10th century. Its arches are horseshoe-shaped throughout almo…

• Torre del Infantado tower. Potes.

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  … C/ Independencia, nº 2. 39570. Potes. Cantabria. E-mail: aytopotesteresa@terra.es. http://www.liebanaypicosdeeuropa.com/visita/lb1_3_5.htm#anchor977679. This stately and solid tower was the ancestral home of Íñigo López de Mendoza, Marquis of Santillana, and of his descendants from the ducal house o…

• Llonín Cave. Peñamellera Alta.

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  … 33578. Llonín. Peñamellera Alta. Asturias. http://www.infoasturias.com/action/InfoasturiasFichaRecurso?recursoId=2417&metodo=getFichaHTML. Some thirty prehistoric engravings and paintings. Designated World Heritage in 2008. Located in a narrow valley on the banks of the Cares River. It runs for 700 …

• Avín Cavern. Onís.

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  … Cuevona de Avín. 33556. Onís. Asturias. E-mail: museosdeonis@gmail.com. http://www.cuevasturisticas.es. A subterranean visit to glacial fauna. Located in Asturias at the foot of the Picos de Europa (Peaks of Europe) mountains in a karst topography and subterranean paradise, we can see how life was i…

• Ethnographic Museum of Eastern Asturias. Llanes.

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  … 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…

• Bridge over the Sella River. Cangas de Onís.

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  … 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…

• Chapel of Santa Cruz. Cangas de Onís.

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  … 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…

• Historic Mediaeval Site of Llanes. Llanes.

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  … 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.

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  … 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…

• 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 …

• Idol of Peña Tú. Llanes.

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  … 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…

• Church of San Antolín de Bedón. Llanes.

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  … 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.…

• Espriella Palace. Llanes.

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  … 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 Santa María de Piasca. Cabezón de Liébana.

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  … 39573. Piasca. Cabezón de Liébana. Cantabria. E-mail: info@santillanamuseodiocesano.com. www.santillanamuseodiocesano.com. Remains of a Romanesque monastery. This is the only part of the whole monastery still standing. The original church was built at the end of the 12th century, but it was subseque…

• Church of Santa Juliana de Lafuente. Lamasón.

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  … Barrio de Lafuente. 39550. Lafuente. Lamasón. Cantabria. http://www.aytolamason.es/. Set in a valley amid mountains, this simple country church has conserved its original structure in a region which is home to very few examples of Romanesque art. It has a very simple structure: a nave with a pitched…

• El Pindal Cave. Ribadedeva.

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  … 33590. Pimiango. Ribadedeva. Asturias. http://tematico.asturias.es/cultura/yacimientos/pindal.html. Prehistoric rock art on the shores of the Cantabrian Sea. Designated World Heritage in 2008. It is 300 metres long and has Palaeolithic cave paintings on one of its walls. It is in a stunning location…

• Chapel of the Virgin de La Guía. Ribadesella.

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  … 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.…

• El Collado House. Ribadesella.

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  … 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.

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  … 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.

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  … 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.…

• Emigration Museum, the Indias Archive. Ribadedeva.

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  … 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…