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• Covalanas Cave. Ramales de la Victoria.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Monte Pando. Ramales de la Victoria. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942598305 | E-mail: reservascuevas@culturadecantabria.es. http://cuevas.culturadecantabria.com. An major ensemble of Palaeolithic art. Designated World Heritage in 2008. It was discovered in 1903 and contains drawings that date from 19,000 ye…

• Las Monedas Cave. Puente Viesgo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Monte del Castillo. 39670. Puente Viesgo. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942598305 | E-mail: reservascuevas@culturadecantabria.es. http://cuevas.culturadecantabria.com/. An impressive labyrinth of stalactites. Designated World Heritage in 2008. This is the longest cave in the Monte del Castillo area. Its name…

• Pozalagua Cave. Karrantza Harana-Valle de Carranza.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cueva de Pozalagua. 48891. Karrantza Harana-Valle de Carranza. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) E-mail: info@karrantza.com. http://www.cuevasturisticas.es. Exceptional rock formations. Deep inside the Carranza Valley there is an underground world where highly valuable natural caves such as the Po…

• Church of San Sebastián. Guriezo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39788. Landeral. Guriezo. Cantabria.…

• Medieval ironworks of La Yseca. Guriezo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39788. La Magdalena. Guriezo. Cantabria. The historic importance of Guriezo has gone hand in hand with the productivity of its iron industry, and some of the oldest ironworks in Cantabria are to be found throughout the Agüera area.…

• Marroquín Palace. Guriezo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39788. La Magdalena. Guriezo. Cantabria. The lineage of the Marroquín family is one of the oldest in Guriezo. They are thought to be a branch of the house of Ayala, and one of their knights was imprisoned in Morocco. From that time on his descendants have been known as “marroquines”.…

• New Church. Colindres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39750. Colindres. Cantabria. This building has a single cruciform nave and is the work of the architect from Colindrés, Emilio Canosa.…

• Church of San Juan Bautista. Colindres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39750. Colindres. Cantabria. This church was built on the site of the old Monastery of San Juan and San Jorge, and was repaired in 1580. It is a building with a single nave and a polygonal apse.…

• Palace of El Infantado or Condestable. Colindres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39750. Colindres. Cantabria. Built in masonry, except for the ashlar stonework on the corners, it has been in ruins since the French invasion of 1639. It is built in a typical style of Cantabria, with two joined towers.…

• Gil de la Redonda Palace. Colindres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39750. Colindres. Cantabria. It has a lower floor with two levels of ashlar stonework and a hipped roof.…

• Church of San Vicente de la Maza. Guriezo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39788. Rioseco. Guriezo. Cantabria. This is one of the finest examples of the Renaissance religious style in Cantabria, and is probably the work of the master stonemason Juan de Rasines.…

• Church of Santa María de la Asunción. Laredo.

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  … 39770. Laredo. Cantabria. This Catholic church is dedicated to the Virgin of La Asunción. It has a Plateresque altarpiece, a figurehead of Saint Mary, the figure of Christ Cacicedo and a large painted altarpiece in the Flemish style by Petrus Nicolai Morauli.…

• Church of Santa María de la Asunción. Castro-Urdiales.

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  … 39700. Castro Urdiales. Castro-Urdiales. Cantabria. E-mail: info@santillanamuseodiocesano.com. http://www.turismodecantabria.com. Gothic church. The Church of Santa María de la Asunción is in the Gothic style. It was built in the 13th century and its floor plan is a copy of the original model in San…

• Church of Santa María del Puerto. Santoña.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39740. Santoña. Cantabria. This building is in the Burgundy style and has three naves and a legendary origin, as the church is said to have been founded by the apostle Saint James himself.…

• Monument to Juan de la Cosa. Santoña.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39740. Santoña. Cantabria. This monument was built in memory of Juan de la Cosa, who was born in this town and was a 15th-century navigator and mapmaker known for having drawn up the first map of the world which showed the territories discovered in America.…

• La Encartada Beret Factory. Balmaseda.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Barrio Peñueco. 48800. Balmaseda. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) E-mail: info@enkartur.net. The beret factory of La Encartada was founded in 1892 by the Marcos Arena, an “indiano” (the name given to prosperous Spaniards returning from the Americas), in collaboration with an English textile firm…

• Church of San Martín. Castro-Urdiales.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39798. Islares. Castro-Urdiales. Cantabria. Built of masonry and stone, the outside has been modified with lime and stone blocks at the corners of the building. The southern facade has one part given over to a house from the same period, and at the northern part there is a small cemetery.…

• Shrine of San Roque. Castro-Urdiales.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 39798. Islares. Castro-Urdiales. Cantabria.…

• Ruins of the Hospital of Vera Cruz. Castro-Urdiales.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Islares. Castro-Urdiales. Cantabria. This stands barely 300 metres from the Shrine of San Roque. These are remains of the hospitals which were built to attend to poor and sick pilgrims who came to the monasteries to fulfil promises or to seek help on the coastal road to Santiago on its way through C…

• Church of San Nicolás. Castro-Urdiales.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Iglesia de San Nicolás. 39707. Sámano. Castro-Urdiales. Cantabria.…

• Convent of Santa Clara. Balmaseda.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Campo de las Monjas, 1. 48800. Balmaseda. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) E-mail: Info@enkartur.net. www.euskaditurismo.net. The architectural site of Santa Clara includes the convent, the church and the preceptory. It was built in 1675, and was home to the enclosed order of Poor Clare nuns unti…

• La Muza Bridge. Balmaseda.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Barrio de San Lorenzo. 48800. Balmaseda. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) Fax.: +34 946801356 | E-mail: info@enkartur.net. www.euskaditurismo.net. This is one of the most attractive monuments in the town of Balmaseda. This bridge spans the Cadagua river and was an obligatory crossing point on the…

• Balmaseda History Museum. Balmaseda.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Martín Mendia s/n. 48800. Balmaseda. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) E-mail: bhmuseoa@balmaseda.net.…

• Church of San Severino. Balmaseda.

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  … Plaza San Severino, 1. 48800. Balmaseda. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) Fax.: +34 946800074 | E-mail: parroquiabalmaseda@euskalnet.net. www.euskaditurismo.net. The building is in the Gothic style, but due to refurbishments made in the 18th century it also features certain Baroque additions.…

• Balmaseda Town Hall. Balmaseda.

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  … Plaza de San Severino. 48800. Balmaseda. Vizcaya - Bizkaia. (Basque Country) Fax.: +34 946102053 | E-mail: ayto@balmaseda.net. www.euskaditurismo.net. This building is known as the Mosque of Balmaseda owing to the portico which gives it a somewhat Mudéjar appearance. The portico is divided into five…