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• El Bosque in Béjar. Béjar.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Camino del Bosque, s/n. 37700. Béjar. Salamanca. (Castile-Leon) Fax.: +34 923403005 | E-mail: infoturismo@aytobejar.com . www.bejar.es. "El Bosque", close to the town of Béjar, is a notorious example of the move from medieval castle-fortress towards Renaissance recreational villa. Even if the passag…

• Mateo Hernández Municipal Sculpture Museum. Béjar.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Plaza Martín Mateos. 37700. Béjar. Salamanca. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: museos@aytobejar.com. http://www.bejar.es/ciudad/patrimonio/museo-mateo-hernandez/. Flemish, Spanish and Oriental art. The collection features numerous sculptures and other artistic treasures. This museum is located in the old San …

• Béjar Ducal Palace. Béjar.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza Mayor s/n. 37700. Béjar. Salamanca. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: turismobejar@hotmail.com. http://www.bejar.es/ciudad/patrimonio/bic/palacio-ducal/. A Renaissance-style building, commissioned by Don Francisco Sotomayor y Zúñiga in the 16th century. It has the appearance of a fortress, with round tur…

• 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…

• Sotofermoso Garden in Abadía. Abadía.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Palacio Sotofermoso s/n. Abadía. Cáceres. (Extremadura) http://www.turismocaceres.org. The garden at Abadía in Cáceres, the property of Don Fernández Alvarez de Toledo, the third Duke of Alba, was one of the most beautiful and luxurious in the 16th century, on a par with royal gardens and with the m…

• Yuste Monastery. Cuacos de Yuste.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Zona Monasterio de Yuste. 10430. Cuacos de Yuste. Cáceres. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 927172347 | E-mail: info@fundacionyuste.org. www.patrimonionacional.es. Monastery of the Order of Los Jerónimos. It was founded in the 15th century. The emperor Charles V spent his final years there. It has two cloist…

• Yuste Monastery Gardens. Cuacos de Yuste.

  [Arts and culture] | [Parks and gardens]

  … Monasterio de San Jerónimo de Yuste. s/n. 10430. Cuacos de Yuste. Cáceres. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 927172130 | E-mail: info@fundacionyuste.org. http://www.patrimonionacional.es. Spanish emperor Charles was a great lover of gardens and nature, as can be clearly seen from his retreat to Yuste in 1554.…

• Nuestra Señora de la Peña de Francia Sanctuary. Alberca, La.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Peña de Francia s/n. 37620. Alberca, La. Salamanca. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: santuariopdefrancia@gmail.com. www.dominicos.org/pdefrancia/. The name of La Peña de Francia (and of the image worshipped) probably makes reference to the immigrants who came from France in the 11th and 12th centuries. An ima…

• "El Raso" Archaeological Site in Candelada. Candeleda.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Collado de Freillo, a 2,3 km de El Raso y a 12 km de Candeleda. 05480. Raso, El. Candeleda. Ávila. (Castile-Leon) E-mail: ayuntamiento@infocandeleda.com. www.ayto-candeleda.com. It is the first sign of the homo sapiens settlement in Ávila. It is a thousand-year old town with remains of cave painting…

• Plasencia Cathedral. Plasencia.

  [Arts and culture] | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de la Catedral s/n. 10600. Plasencia. Cáceres. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 927414852 | E-mail: oficina.turismo@aytoplasencia.es. www.aytoplasencia.es. An exquisite work of architecture. Plasencia Cathedral is formed by two buildings in different styles. It has three naves crowned with rib vaults. …

• Pérez Enciso Ethnographic and Textile Museum of Plasencia. Plasencia.

  [Arts and culture] | [Museums]

  … Plaza del Marqués de la Puebla s/n, (Complejo cultural Santa María). 10600. Plasencia. Cáceres. (Extremadura) Fax.: +34 927422002 | E-mail: museocstamaria@dip-caceres.es. www.brocense.com. Traditional Extremadura. This museum pays tribute to the traditional culture, crafts and utensils of Extremadur…