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• 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…

• Church of San Antolín de La Llera. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … La Llera. Colunga. Asturias. The building dates from the late 18th century. A primitive Romanesque church previously stood on this site, from which a corbel and the pointed arch from the doorway can still be seen in the church today.…

• 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.…

• Church of San Esteban de Sograndio. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera N-634, al lado del cementerio de Sograndio. Sograndio de Arriba. Oviedo. Asturias. E-mail: turismo-oviedo@ayto-oviedo.es. http://turismo.ayto-oviedo.es/. This simple church was built beside the Northern Route of the Way of Saint James and its exceptional condition today clearly reveals the…

• San Pedro de Nora Church. Regueras, Las.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33119. San Pedro de Nora. Regueras, Las. Asturias. Declared National Monument in 1931. The church belongs to the period of Alfonso II. Restored by Don L. Menéndez Pidal. It has a trapezoidal floor plan with three naves separated by pillars.The sanctuary is tripartite and has abbatial chapels with ba…

• 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…

• Church of San Juan de Priorio. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Priorio. 33174. Las Caldas. Oviedo. Asturias. E-mail: turismo-oviedo@ayto-oviedo.es. http://www.asturnatura.com/turismo/iglesia-de-san-juan-de-priorio/1451.html#situacion. Standing on the Northern Route of the Way of Saint James, this church has various peculiarities in its construction which make i…

• La Lluera Cave. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Inmediaciones del río Nalón, a las afueras del pueblo Priorio. Priorio. Oviedo. Asturias. The prehistoric caves of Priorio were declared a Cultural Property in 1979. The site comprises two short galleries joined in a V-shape.…

• 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 …

• 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.…

• 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…

• Gobiendes Palace. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Gobiendes. Colunga. Asturias. It has been declared a Historic-Artistic Monument. It is a rural structure, based on a 15th-century defensive tower. It was gradually extended over time, and the building as it is today was completed in the 17th century.…

• Sierra del Sueve Visitor Centre. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Gobiendes, s/n. Gobiendes. Colunga. Asturias. E-mail: info@sierradelsueve.es. http://www.sierradelsueve.es/pages/intro.php. The centre offers information services, guided visits and also has a multifunctional classroom with a programme of activities related with the area of the Sierra, including tem…

• Peña de Candamo Cavern. Candamo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33828. San Román. Candamo. Asturias. E-mail: turismo@ayto-candamo.es. www.ayto-candamo.es/centro-de-interpretacion. Prehistoric paintings from the Solutrean period. Although difficult to date, it is believed that these prehistoric paintings, discovered in 1914, are from the so-called Solutrean perio…

• Santianes de Pravia Church. Pravia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33129. Santianes. Pravia. Asturias. E-mail: oficinaturismopravia@hotmail.com. The church was commissioned by King Silo. Built between the years 774 and 783 and reformed during the XVII and XVIII century.It has a basilica plan with three naves separated by pillars and square sanctuary.Preserving its …

• Venta de La Espasa Hostel. Colunga.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Playa de La Espasa. Colunga. Asturias. This building dates from the 16th century and has a raised granary, stables –now in ruins– and the main building which has a solid construction with irregular ashlar stonework on the openings and corners.…

• Grado Ethnographic Museum. Grado.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Calle Cardosa, s/n. 33820. Grado. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985752610 | E-mail: etnogsal@asturias.org.   Created in 1982, this museum is focused on the culture of bread, and particularly emmer wheat, which was a staple cereal in the central and western parts of Asturias until the early 20th century. It th…

• Miranda-Valdecarzana Palace. Grado.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle Olaza Los Dolores, s/n. Grado. Asturias. This is built in the style of an urban palace, with a central courtyard and a tower at each corner. It has three floors and its openings are all framed by bare stone, highlighting the plastering on the remaining walls.…

• Church of Santiago in Caravia. Caravia.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carrales, s/n. 33344. Carrales. Caravia. Asturias. This church is devoid of ornamentation and has a single nave with a square head wall, two chapels added in 1862, a bell tower which was reformed in 1863 and made taller, and a porch which runs along the sides of the main nave.…

• Santo Adriano Church in Tuñón. Santo Adriano.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33115. Tuñon. Santo Adriano. Asturias. The church belongs to a former abbey founded by King Alfonso III and his wife Jimena in the IX century.Dedicated to San Adriano and his wife Natalia. It has three naves and three apses with a wooden saddle roof on the outside.Inside there are remains of mural p…

• Architectural Site of Los Selgas. Cudillero.

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  … 33154. El Pito. Cudillero. Asturias. E-mail: reservas@selgas-fagalde.com. This palace was built in the neoclassical style according to a design by Fortunato Selgas in the 19th century. The palace has been likened to a museum for the quantity and quality of the furnishings in its interior.…

• Chapel of El Humilladero. Cudillero.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33150. Cudillero. Asturias. This Gothic chapel has been extensively reformed. It has a square floor plan with buttresses and ogival vaults. The altarpiece dates from the 16th or 17th century.…

• Church of San Pedro. Cudillero.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza de San Pedro. 33150. Cudillero. Asturias. This building is in the Gothic style, but dates from the 16th century. It has a single nave with a cross vault and a semicircular apse. During the Spanish Civil War it was burned down and rebuilt.…