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• Monastery of Santa Maria La Real in Obona. Tineo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … El Crucero, s/n. 33877. El Crucero. Tineo. Asturias. The monastery of Santa Maria La Real in Obona contains an unfinished cloister dating from the 17th century. Its church is built in the Cistercian Romanesque style and has three naves separated by cruciform pilasters and with a wooden ceiling thoug…

• 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.…

• 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 Sacred Art in Tineo. Tineo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Plaza Alonso Martínez, s/n. 33870. Tineo. Asturias.   The museum is housed within the premises of the old convent of San Francisco del Monte. It has a display of gold items (chalices, communion plates, candlesticks, pyxes, processional crosses and other religious objects), carved wooden images (the …

• Palace of the García de Tineo family. Tineo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Mayor, 18. 33870. Tineo. Asturias. Also known as the “House of Tineo”, it underwent multiple reforms before it attained its present appearance. The original nucleus was probably the circular mediaeval tower which is thought to have been built in the late 12th or early 13th century. The main fa…

• 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…

• 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 …

• Late Mediaeval tower. Valdés.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Villademoros. Valdés. Asturias. This square tower has five storeys. Although the roof has been lost, it is known to have been in the form of battlements. It is considered to be one of the finest examples of noble military architecture of the late Middle Ages in Asturias.…

• 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…

• 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.…