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• Church of San Salvador in Grandas de Salime. Grandas de Salime.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33730. Grandas de Salime. Asturias. E-mail: oficinadeturismo@ayto-grandasdesalime.es. The church is a sturdy building probably built in the late 12th century. It was extended in the 16th century and completely renovated in the 17th century. Until the termination of the administrative district in 158…

• La Xorenga stone inscriptions. Grandas de Salime.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33730. La Xorenga. Grandas de Salime. Asturias. www.parquehistorico.org. The artistic manifestations of the Neolithic and Bronze Ages are restricted to small reliefs on the rock or on the surfaces of dolmens, whose function is unknown. In this case these are several laciform strokes which have a cer…

• Church of Santa María in Zalón. Allande.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Zalón. Allande. Asturias. It is thought to have been founded in the 9th century, and was later rebuilt in the 12th century. The side chapel and the frescoes date from the 16th century.…

• Palace of Peñalba-Cienfuegos. Allande.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33880. Pola de Lena. Allande. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985807342 | E-mail: info@comarca-vaqueira.net. www.comarca-vaqueira.net. This is an enormous mansion resembling a castle, whose oldest part dates from the 14th century. It has three towers and an open bailey.…

• Parish Church of San Andrés. Allande.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33880. Pola de Allande. Allande. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985807342 | Located in the centre of the town. Despite its external appearance, it is a Gothic building dating from the 16th century.…

• Teixois de Taramundi Ethnographic Site. Taramundi.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33775. Teijois. Taramundi. Asturias. http://www.osteixois.es. In addition to Teixois' beautiful houses and buildings, the town has numerous water mills, with their pestle, mill and millwheel, etc. The pestle is mentioned in documents about the hill-fort of the Marquis of Ensenada in the 18th century…

• Church of San Esteban de Piantón. Vegadeo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33770. Piantón. Vegadeo. Asturias. www.infoasturias.com. The ancient monastery of San Esteban de Piantón is mentioned in several donations made to the Church of Oviedo in 1079, although nothing remains today of the original building. The current church was built between the 16th and 18th centuries, …

• Nuestra Señora de la Asunción. Vegadeo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33770. Vegadeo. Asturias. This has been a parish church since 1887. The facade is crowned with a pediment, divided by a square tower in the centre with a semi-spherical dome covered in reddish scales. It contains 19th and 20th-century altarpieces.…

• House of Elisa and Luis Villamil. Vegadeo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Paseo de la Alameda, 12. 33770. Vegadeo. Asturias. This family house is steeped in the history of the town of Vegadeo, and is currently the site of the town’s Cultural Centre. It is considered to date from the 19th century as most of the building work was done in 1882. However the exact date of the …

• Church of da Lastra. Baleira.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Lastra. Baleira. Lugo. (Galicia)…

• Castro de Coaña (Navia Historical Park). Coaña.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Carretera AS-12. 33795. Coaña. Asturias. E-mail: castrodecoana@gmail.com. http://www.parquehistorico.org/. The iron-age settlements of the northwest peninsula. The "castros" were a distinctive type of iron-age settlement in the area of Asturias, León and Galicia. Excavations of this pre-Roman site h…

• Church in Fontaneira. Baleira.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Fontaneira. Baleira. Lugo. (Galicia)…

• Sculpture "Monument to Fernando Villamil". Castropol.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Parque De Loriente, s/n. Castropol. Asturias. This monument was built to commemorate the sailor and writer Fernando Villamil (1845-1898), who distinguished himself as a soldier in Cuba, first on land during the uprisings, and subsequently at the command of a destroyer in the naval battle of Santiago…

• Church of Santiago Apóstol. Castropol.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33760. Castropol. Asturias. www.infoasturias.com. Castropol was one of the last stages on the pilgrim route to Santiago in Asturias, so much so that one of the side doors of the church is known as the “French door”. It has three naves, of which the central nave is wider and higher, separated by colu…

• Chapel of Santa María del Campo. Castropol.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33760. Castropol. Asturias. www.infoasturias.com. The chapel stands on the old Campo de Tablado area in Castropol. The building has a rectangular floor plan with two small side sections (chapel and sacristy) and the date it was founded can still be seen inscribed on a stone slab embedded in the faca…

• Donlebún Towers. Castropol.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33760. Barres. Castropol. Asturias. www.infoasturias.com. The origins of this building date from the 18th century. It has a U-shaped floor plan surrounding a central courtyard which connects the various rooms.…

• Wrought Iron Museum. Franco, El.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Pelayo, 2. 33750. La Caridad. Franco, El. Asturias. www.infoasturias.com.   This museum contains wrought iron work created by Ángel Fernández López (La Caridad, 1920 - 2000).…

• Church of San Bartolomé. Franco, El.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Valdepares. Franco, El. Asturias. The church of San Bartolomé de Valdepares was built in the 16th century. Features on the interior include altarpieces dating from the Middle Ages.…

• Fonfría Palace. Franco, El.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Valdepares. Franco, El. Asturias. It was built in the 16th century and belonged to the family of Diego Castrillón Cienfuegos. It has a library and a small chapel.…

• Palace of the Pardo Donlebún family. Castropol.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33760. Figueras. Castropol. Asturias. www.infoasturias.com. It is located beside the Eo estuary The side facing the estuary is the oldest part, and dates from the 16th century. It was remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries.…

• Chapel of El Pilar. Barreiros.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Gondán. Barreiros. Lugo. (Galicia)…

• Church of da Esperela. Baleira.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … O Cadavo. Baleira. Lugo. (Galicia)…

• Convent of Santa Clara. Ribadeo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Ribadeo. Lugo. (Galicia)…

• Shrine of Las Virtudes. Ribadeo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Ribadeo. Lugo. (Galicia)…

• Muiño das Aceñas building. Ribadeo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Ribadeo. Lugo. (Galicia)…