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• Museum of the Monastery of Santa María in Carracedo. Carracedelo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avenida San Bernardo, s/n. 24544. Carracedo del Monasterio. Carracedelo. León. (Castile-Leon) www.turisleon.com. This museum is dedicated to Sacred Art. The access to the museum is through what is known as the Third Courtyard, a series of ruins in which the walls of the novices’ wing and one of the …

• Monastery of Santa María in Carracedo. Carracedelo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Avenida San Bernardo, s/n. 24549. Carracedo del Monasterio. Carracedelo. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.turisleon.com/pruebas_im_comarca/monasterios/Asodebi/Santa_Maria_de_Carracedo.html. This Benedictine monastery was founded by Bermudo II “The Gouty” in 990. It enjoyed great political, religious …

• Parish Church of San Ildefonso. Camponaraya.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24410. Camponaraya. León. (Castile-Leon)…

• Manor Houses. Camponaraya.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24410. Camponaraya. León. (Castile-Leon) These bear the crests of the Quiñónez and Uceda families, and contain the remains of the old priory of the Monastery of Santa María de Carracedo.…

• Iglesia parroquial de San Ildefonso. Camponaraya.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24410. Camponaraya. León. (Castile-Leon)…

• Shrine of El Campo del Divino Cristo. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24411. Fuentes Nuevas. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon)…

• Parish Church of Santa María. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24490. Fuentes Nuevas. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon)…

• Church of Santa María de la Plaza. Cacabelos.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24540. Cacabelos. León. (Castile-Leon) Only the Romanesque apse still remains from the parish church of Santa María consecrated by the Bishop of Santiago, Diego Gelmírez, in 1108, as it was almost completely rebuilt in the 16th century. It conserves the 17th-century Baroque image of the Virgin of La…

• La Edrada Archaeological Site. Cacabelos.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24540. Cacabelos. León. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: museoarqueologico@cacabelos.org. http://www.cacabelos.org/marca/index.php.   This is a dwelling or settlement on the plain located between the Cúa River and the Argentiñe irrigation channel, in the natural communication channel with the rest of the regi…

• Shrine of Las Angustias. Cacabelos.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24540. Cacabelos. León. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: info@cacabelos.org. http://www.cacabelos.org. It contains an image of the patron saint, dressed in the style of a 15th-century Castilian widow. Another of the iconographic rarities is the relief depicting San Antonio de Padua playing cards.…

• Chapel of San Roque. Cacabelos.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … C/ Caballero de España, 13. 24540. Cacabelos. León. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: info@parroquiadecacabelos.com. http://www.parroquiadecacabelos.com. Don Mateo Chicarro, a member of the local minor nobility, reconstructed the shrine of Vera Cruz in 1590. Shortly after, the chapel’s patron saint was changed…

• Cacabelos Archaeological Museum. Cacabelos.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle de las angustias 24. 24540. Cacabelos. León. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: museoarqueologico@cacabelos.org. www.cacabelos.org/marca. A trip back in time. The museum is an interesting journey into the history of Cacabelos. The museum collection is divided into two sections: archaeology and ethnology. …

• Railway Museum. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Vía Nueva, 7. 24400. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 987405877 | E-mail: museoferrocarril@ponferrada.org. http://www.museoferrocarril.ponferrada.org/. This old station belonged to the MSP (Ponferrada Mining and Iron and Steelworks). The museum tells the story of the company and of t…

• Parish Church of San Martín. Cacabelos.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24547. Pieros. Cacabelos. León. (Castile-Leon) This church was founded in mediaeval times and was consecrated by Bishop Osmundo of Astorga in 1086. It has a floor plan in the shape of a Latin cross and a simple facade with a low semicircular arch.…

• Santo Tomás de las Ollas Church. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle de la Iglesia s/n. 24400. Santo Tomás de Ollas. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 987424236 | E-mail: turismo@ponferrada.org. http://www.ponferrada.org/turismo/es/monumentos/iglesia-santo-tomas-ollas. A Carolingian church. The building mixes the Lombard style with Mozarab and Romanesq…

• Las Médulas Roman Mines. Carucedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zona vertiente noroeste de los Montes Aquilinos. 24442. Carucedo. León. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 987420708 | E-mail: medulas@ih.csic.es. www.fundacionlasmedulas.com/index.jsp?idioma=es. An old working mine. An open-air working mine dating from the Roman period. A World Heritage site. It is an open-a…

• Ene. National Energy Museum. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Avenida Libertad, 46. 24404. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon) Tel.: +34 987400800 | +34 987404659 | Fax.: +34 987405800 | http://www.enemuseo.org. The Ene.National Energy Museum is a centre that teaches about the scientific and cultural side of energy and its influence on society. The institution ha…

• Church of San Andrés. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Gil y Carrasco s/n. 24400. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon) This church is mediaeval in origin, although the current church is Baroque and dates from the 17th century. It has a single nave, a ground plan in the shape of a classic Latin cross, and a dome supported on pendentives in the transept…

• Church of Las Concepcionistas. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle del Reloj, 8. 24400. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon) http://concepcionistassantiago.com. It was founded in 1524 by Don Álvaro Pérez de Osorio and his wife, and has a masonry work facade. This is a lovely church with a single nave and a Mudéjar roof dating from the 16th century.…

• Luis del Olmo Radio Museum. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Casa de los Escudos, Calle Gil y Carrasco, 7. 24400. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 987429203 | E-mail: info@museoradioponferrada.com. www.museoradioponferrada.com. This museum opened to the public in March 2003 and offers one of the most comprehensive collections on the theme in the cou…

• Shrine of San Juan. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24490. Columbrianos. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon)…

• Shrine of San Blas. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24490. Columbrianos. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon)…

• Parish Church of San Esteban. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 24490. Columbrianos. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon)…

• Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Encina. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Encina s/n. 24400. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon) http://www.turisleon.com. This church has a floor plan in the shape of a Latin cross and was built according to a design by Juan Alvear. Highlights of the interior include the main altarpiece in polychrome wood by the School of Gregorio…

• Clock Tower. Ponferrada.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle del Reloj s/n. 24400. Ponferrada. León. (Castile-Leon) Located on one of the gates of the mediaeval wall (the only one still standing), the Clock Tower can be seen above the La Eras Arch, which gives access to the street known as the Calle del Reloj. It has a rectangular floor plan and is divi…