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• Valencia de Don Juan Castle. Valencia de Don Juan.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Santo Domingo s/n. 24200. Valencia de Don Juan. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.vivaleon.com/museo_del_castillo_de_valencia_de_don_juan_leon.htm. The Castle that touches the sky. It was built in the 15th century. There was another castle on the same site before, which had been built on the rui…

• Shrine of Santo Cristo de la Vera Cruz. Burgo Ranero, El.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24343. Burgo Ranero, El. León. (Castile-Leon) Remains outside El Burgo Ranero.…

• Shrine of Nuestra Señora de los Dolores. Burgo Ranero, El.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24343. Burgo Ranero, El. León. (Castile-Leon) It has a single nave. The most outstanding feature of the exterior is the sanctuary, while on the interior in the presbytery there is a Baroque altarpiece presided by the image which gives its name to the church (15th to 16th centuries). This is a typica…

• Church of San Bartolomé. Burgo Ranero, El.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24343. Calzadilla de los Hermanillos. Burgo Ranero, El. León. (Castile-Leon) Highlights on the interior include a 16th-century Calvary and an interesting main altarpiece with a polychrome image of San Bartolomé crushing the devil, and the crests of the Marquis of Villasante and the lord of the town,…

• Parish Church of San Pedro. Burgo Ranero, El.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24343. Burgo Ranero, El. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.aytoelburgoranero.es/. This is today a simple church, whose Romanesque carved figure of the Virgin can be seen in the Cathedral Museum in León. Highlights include the silver processional cross and a 19th-century Isabelline monstrance.…

• Church of los Santos Justo and Pastor. San Justo de la Vega.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24710. San Justo de la Vega. León. (Castile-Leon) It conserves the 16th-century carved figure of San Justo by Gregorio Español and a Gothic palace with Lombard decoration.…

• Roman Museum of Astorga. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza San Bartolomé. 24700. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.ayuntamientodeastorga.com/quevisitar/museos.htm. All the exhibits in the museum come from the city and from the archaeological excavations in Astorga. Its facilities include particularly the Roman prison known as an ergastula measu…

• Los Caminos Museum. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza Eduardo de Castro. 24700. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: palaciodegaudi@museodeloscaminos.com. http://www.ayuntamientodeastorga.com/quevisitar/caminos.htm. The name of Los Caminos (“the roads”) comes from Astorga’s location, which was once a crossroads. It has a collection of polychrome…

• Santa María Cathedral in Astorga. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Catedral s/n. 24700. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 987603065 | http://www.ayuntamientodeastorga.com/quevisitar/index.htm. Astorga, a key point on the Way of Saint James to Santiago de Compostela. The Cathedral was built on top of a Romanesque church and was not finished until t…

• Diocesan Cathedral Museum of Astorga. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza de la Catedral s/n. 24700. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon) www.ayuntamientodeastorga.com/quevisitar/museos.htm. The museum has an exhibition of 553 works, some of priceless artistic value. Its collection of tooled leather contains various unique examples of this kind of work, and the paintings i…

• Roman Walls. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24700. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon) These Roman walls were restored in the 13th century.…

• Episcopal Palace. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Eduardo de Castro s/n. 24700. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: turismo@ayuntamientodeastorga.com. http://www.turismoleon.org/turismo/palacio-episcopal-de-astorga-gaudi.php. This Modernist building in the neo-Gothic style consists of a castle, church and stately mansion, and is the site of…

• Chocolate Museum. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle José María Goy, 5. 24700. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: museochocolate@ayuntamientodeastorga.com. http://www.museochocolateastorga.com/. This museum contains a display of tools and objects that represent the history of chocolate production: instruments for roasting, refining and rollin…

• Town Hall. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24700. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon) Begun on the orders of the master Francisco de la Lastra, this is an excellent example of civil architecture which is comparable to the old Town Halls in León, Valderas and Ponferrada.…

• Roman. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24700. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon) This was used as the prison in Astorga until 1892. At the eastern limit of the forum there was a large vaulted portico known as an “ergastula”, possibly built at the time of the Caesars Julius or Claudius. It is in an unusually good state of repair.…

• Convent of Sancti Spiritus. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24700. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon)…

• Church of San Bartolomé. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24700. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.ayuntamientodeastorga.com.   This is the oldest church in the town. Continuous rebuilding has given rise to a variety of styles and artistic works from different periods: there are traces of the Mozarabic, Gothic and Baroque styles.…

• Shrine of Fátima. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24700. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon) Its lovely Romanesque capitals are of particular interest, as is the plaster ornamentation by the School of Astorga on the interior.…

• Parish Church of El Salvador. Bercianos del Real Camino.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24325. Bercianos del Real Camino. León. (Castile-Leon)…

• El Romero Fountain. Bercianos del Real Camino.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24325. Bercianos del Real Camino. León. (Castile-Leon) It is located a kilometre and a half outside the village, in the Olmo Valley.…

• Shrine of the Virgin de Perales. Bercianos del Real Camino.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24325. Bercianos del Real Camino. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.aytobercianosdelrealcamino.es. This church is the object of great veneration in the region. It is a simple brick building with a belfry which in the 12th century was associated to the Hospital of Cebreiro. It is the site of a popular …

• Parish Church of San Esteban. Astorga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24718. Murias de Rechivaldo. Astorga. León. (Castile-Leon)   It has a belfry on the lower part and its entrance is protected by an arcade.…

• Shrine of San Roque. Calzada del Coto.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24342. Calzada del Coto. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.aytocalzadadelcoto.es.…

• Church of San Esteban. Calzada del Coto.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24342. Calzada del Coto. León. (Castile-Leon) It is made of brick and tamped earth and has a solid slender tower. Among the highlights is a Baroque altarpiece dating from the 18th century.…