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• Santa Teresa Convent. Ávila.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Santa 2. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: turismo@ayuntavila.com. http://www.turismocastillayleon.com. Built over the birthplace of Santa Teresa de Jesús. The convent, inaugurated in 1636, was built on top of the birthplace of Santa Teresa de Jesús, and designed by the architect Fray…

• Ávila city walls. Ávila.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … C/ Lope Nuñez, 4. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) http://muralladeavila.com/es/. The walled enclosure dates back to the Middle Ages. The wall controlled the entrance of provisions and merchandise, and also isolated the city, guarding it against the potential outbreak of a plague or epidemic, in additio…

• Ávila Cathedral. Ávila.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Catedral s/n. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: turismo@ayuntavila.com. http://www.turismocastillayleon.com. The oldest Spanish Gothic cathedral. Construction was originally begun in the Romanesque style, but the project was subsequently taken over by the master architect Fruchel, who…

• San Vicente Basilica. Ávila.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza San Vicente. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) www.basilicasanvicente.com. A mixture of Romanesque and Gothic styles. Founded in the 11th century, it was not finished until two centuries later. It mixes Romanesque elements with other Gothic ones. The basilica of San Vicente was built outside the wa…

• Church of San Nicolás de Bari. Madrigal de las Altas Torres.

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  … Plaza de San Nicolás, s/n. 05220. Madrigal de las Altas Torres. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: ayuntamientodemadrigal@aytomadrigal.es . http://www.aytomadrigaldelasaltastorres.com/turismo/visitar?id=3. The birthplace of queens and literati, Madrigal de las Altas Torres owes its name to the monumental…

• Santa María de Gracia Convent. Ávila.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Jesús del Gran Poder s/n. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: turismo@ayuntavila.com. www.avilaturismo.com. The convent was founded by Lady María Mencía de San Agustín in a vacant lot adjacent to the chapel of San Justo and San Pastor. It was built in the 16th century. The sanctuary of the ch…

• San Martín Church. Arévalo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Villa s/n. 05200. Arévalo. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: turismo@ayuntamientoarevalo.es. www.ayuntamientoarevalo.es. Almost nothing is left of its Romanesque nave and sanctuary.The most significant feature are the two Mudejar towers.The older of the two is called the Torre de los Ajedrec…

• Águila Cave. Arenas de San Pedro.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Reamacastañas, a 10 km. de Arenas de San Pedro. 05400. Arenas de San Pedro. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 920377852 | E-mail: info@grutasdelaguila.com. www.grutasdelaguila.com. Located on Romperropas hill. It is an iron mineral mountain, calcareous and brambled. The cave was discovered in 1963.Its…

• La Lugareja Church. Arévalo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera Palacios Rubios, a 3 km. de Arévalo. 05200. Arévalo. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: turismo@ayuntamientoarevalo.es. www.ayuntamientoarevalo.es. It is one of the works of art of Spanish Mudejar Romanesque.This church was part of an old Cistercian convent.It has a sanctuary with three apses a…

• San Juan Bautista Church. Ávila.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Blasco Gimeno. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) www.avilaturismo.com. A temple that, although built in Romanesque style, was continuously reformed during the 16th century, with Gothic elements. The sanctuary and the chapels in the transept were built in a Herrera-Renaissance style. The font can be…

• Palace of John II in Madrigal de las Altas Torres. Madrigal de las Altas Torres.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Cristo. 05220. Madrigal de las Altas Torres. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 920320590 | http://www.turismocastillayleon.com. Birthplace of the Catholic Queen Isabel.Some rooms are preserved, such as the Court room (with Mudejar coffered ceiling from the 15th century, as well as its royal …

• Los Polentinos Stately House. Ávila.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle de Vallespín, 19. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 920352521 | E-mail: archivomilitaravila@et.mde.es. http://www.portalcultura.mde.es/cultural/archivos/castillaLeon/archivo_42.html. General Military Archives of Ávila. This building was erected in the 16th century by Juan de Contreras. It…

• La Encarnación Monastery. Ávila.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Paseo de la Encarnación s/n. 05005. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) http://www.turismocastillayleon.com. Santa Teresa Convent. The monastery was founded in the sixteenth century. It is known as the place where Santa Teresa spent most of her life. Founded in 1515, it consisted of four naves and two floors. The…

• Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Parish Church. Arenas de San Pedro.

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  … Plaza Federico Fernández 8. 05400. Arenas de San Pedro. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) http://www.arenasdesanpedro.es/web/. Declining Gothic style from the end of the 14th century. The facade is the work of Eduardo Martínez Vázquez and the sides are by Padre Ibáñez (1966). Still preserved there is an origina…

• Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Main Church. Barco de Ávila, El.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de las Acacias s/n. 05600. Barco de Avila, El. Barco de Ávila, El. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 920340701 | E-mail: ayto@aytobarcodeavila.com. www.aytobarcodeavila.com. There are three naves and ogive vaults.Its altarpieces are spectacular and the Italian influence is quite prominent.At the…

• Los Velada Stately House. Ávila.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Catedral 10. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 920254900 | www.avilaturismo.com. Renaissance Palace with its splendid Mudejar coffering. Renaissance Palace with its magnificent voussoired door. Velada Palace is nowadays a wonderful hotel, which was built in the first half of the 16t…

• Los Verdugo Stately House. Ávila.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Lopez Núñe s/n. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: turismo@ayuntavila.com. www.avilaturismo.com. This 16th-century palace was commissioned by Don Suero del Águila. Its Plateresque portal is flanked by two profusely ornamented pillasters. In the interior we have an arcaded courtyard lined wit…

• San José Convent. Ávila.

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  … Calle Las Madres 4. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: turismo@ayuntavila.com. http://www.turismocastillayleon.com. Site of the first foundation of St. Therese, in 1562, which was supported by relevant religious figures like the Bishop Álvaro de Mendoza. The church was built in the beginning of th…

• Puerto el Pico Roman road. Cuevas del Valle.

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  … 05414. Cuevas del Valle. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) http://www.turismoavila.com. One of the best conserved Roman roads in Spain.   It was built by the Romans two centuries before Christ, primarily to improve communications between the capital of Avila and Mérida. It was used for transit by the Roman armi…

• Magalia Castle-Palace. Navas del Marqués, Las.

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  … Plaza Nueva 1. 05230. Navás del Marqués, Las. Navas del Marqués, Las. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 918972085 | E-mail: palacio.magalia@inaem.mcu.es. palaciomagalia.mcu.es. Built as a result of the awarding of the marche to señor de Las Navas, D. Pedro Dávila and Zúñiga by Emperor Carlos V. The Ca…

• Las Gordillas Convent. Ávila.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Santa Clara s/n. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: turismo@ayuntavila.com. www.avilaturismo.com. It was started in the 16th century, although little remains from the structures that were built at this time. It is popularly known as "Las Gordillas", a name that comes from a farm that used to…

• Celtic Settlement of Ulaca. Solosancho.

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  … Calle Iglesia 17. 05130. Solosancho. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 920293451 | E-mail: solosancho@diputacionavila.es. http://www.solosancho.com. This is a Celtic fort dating from the second iron age, with the cultural property designation, granted 3 June 1931. It is in the Amblés Valley region, se…

• Royal Monastery of Santa Ana. Ávila.

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  … Plaza de Santa Ana, s/n. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: turismo@ayuntavila.com. http://www.avilaturismo.com/. The future Isabella I 'la Católica' was educated as a little girl in this convent of Cistercian nuns founded in the 14th century and completely rebuilt in the 16th century. The buildin…

• Los Guzmanes Tower. Ávila.

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  … Plaza Corral de las Campanas s/n. 05001. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 920357136 | E-mail: turismo@diputacionavila.es. www.diputacionavila.es. Headquarters of the Provincial Council of Ávila. The building dates from the 15th century. It is also known as Palace of the Mújica. The façade is made of …

• Santo Tomás Royal Monastery. Ávila.

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  … Plaza de Granada 1. 05008. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 920352237 | E-mail: avila.vre@dominicos.org. www.monasteriosantotomas.com. It was built towards the end of the fifteenth century. It has three beautiful cloisters. It was built towards the latter end of the 15th century, it has three beautif…