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• Idol of Peña Tú. Llanes.

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  … Puertas de Vidiago, s/n. Puertas de Vidiago. Llanes. Asturias.   The rock has been known since antiquity to the inhabitants of the nearby towns, although it was not until 1914 when the first archaeological research was carried out. These investigations revolved around the figure which gives its name…

• Historic Mediaeval Site of Llanes. Llanes.

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  … 33500. Llanes. Asturias. The wall was built in the 13th century and has four main access gateways. The tower was intended as a defensive fortification and was subsequently used as a prison. Today it is the site of the Tourist Office. The Gothic-style basilica stands in the Plaza de Cristo Rey square…

• Casino de Llanes. Llanes.

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  … Calle Nemesio Sobrino, s/n. 33500. Llanes. Asturias. E-mail: cultura@ayuntamientodellanes.com. http://www.ayuntamientodellanes.com/es/portal.do. This palace once housed the former Casino-Theatre of Llanes, an extremely important social centre for the town's bourgeoisie. It represents an exceptional …

• Llonín Cave. Peñamellera Alta.

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  … 33578. Llonín. Peñamellera Alta. Asturias. http://www.infoasturias.com/action/InfoasturiasFichaRecurso?recursoId=2417&metodo=getFichaHTML. Some thirty prehistoric engravings and paintings. Designated World Heritage in 2008. Located in a narrow valley on the banks of the Cares River. It runs for 700 …

• El Pindal Cave. Ribadedeva.

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  … 33590. Pimiango. Ribadedeva. Asturias. http://tematico.asturias.es/cultura/yacimientos/pindal.html. Prehistoric rock art on the shores of the Cantabrian Sea. Designated World Heritage in 2008. It is 300 metres long and has Palaeolithic cave paintings on one of its walls. It is in a stunning location…

• Monastery of Tina Mayor. Ribadedeva.

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  … Senda Costera Bustio - La Franca. 33590. Bustia - La Franca. Ribadedeva. Asturias.   It was built in the 12th century and today only its ruins remain amid the ferns. This monastery served as a refuge for pilgrims on the Way of Saint James on the route through Asturias.…

• Church of San Antolín de Bedón. Llanes.

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  … Naves s/n. Naves. Llanes. Asturias. This monastery church has three naves and masonry walls with ashlar stonework buttressing. The church was rebuilt in 1955 by Luis Menendez Pidal.…

• Espriella Palace. Llanes.

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  … Villahormes s/n. Villahormes. Llanes. Asturias. www.llanesnet.com/monumentos/espriella. Construction began in 1616 on this palace for the nobleman Llanes de Espriella. It has a rectangular floor plan with a central courtyard. Built in whitewashed stone, an interesting feature is the heraldic crest o…

• Covaciella Cave. Cabrales.

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  … 33555. Cabrales. Asturias. Perfectly conserved, prehistoric rock art. Designated World Heritage in 2008. Discovered by chance in 1994, it contains the best conserved representation of bison anywhere in Asturias, due to the fact that the cave was sealed closed for thousands of years. Its 40-metre gal…

• Los Estrada Tower. San Vicente de la Barquera.

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  … 39549. Estrada. San Vicente de la Barquera. Cantabria. It has unique features among the mediaeval fortifications in Cantabria thanks to the conservation of its walled precinct, the remains of the moat and its chapel-fortress.…

• Church of Santa Juliana de Lafuente. Lamasón.

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  … Barrio de Lafuente. 39550. Lafuente. Lamasón. Cantabria. http://www.aytolamason.es/. Set in a valley amid mountains, this simple country church has conserved its original structure in a region which is home to very few examples of Romanesque art. It has a very simple structure: a nave with a pitched…

• Santa María Church in Lebeña. Cillorigo de Liébana.

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  … 39583. Lebeña. Cillorigo de Liébana. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942840380 | E-mail: info@santillanamuseodiocesano.com. www.santillanamuseodiocesano.com/liebana.htm. Cantabrian Mozarab. It was built at the request of the counts of Levana, in the 10th century. Its arches are horseshoe-shaped throughout almo…

• Santa María Church in San Vicente de la Barquera. San Vicente de la Barquera.

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  … 39540. San Vicente de la Barquera. Cantabria. E-mail: info@santillanamuseodiocesano.com. www.santillanamuseodiocesano.com. Santander Gothic. The large size of the building demonstrate the importance of the city in its surroundings during the Middle Ages. Building work began in the 13th century, but …

• El Chufín Cave. Rionansa.

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  … 39553. Riclones. Rionansa. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942598305 | E-mail: reservascuevas@culturadecantabria.es. http://cuevas.culturadecantabria.com. Art more than 16,000 years old. Designated World Heritage in 2008. It is located in the Nansa River Valley, in an area of cliffs with dense vegetation. At c…

• Avín Cavern. Onís.

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  … Cuevona de Avín. 33556. Onís. Asturias. E-mail: museosdeonis@gmail.com. http://www.cuevasturisticas.es. A subterranean visit to glacial fauna. Located in Asturias at the foot of the Picos de Europa (Peaks of Europe) mountains in a karst topography and subterranean paradise, we can see how life was i…

• El Soplao Cave. Rionansa.

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  … Sierra de Arnero. Celis. Rionansa. Cantabria. www.elsoplao.es. An underground gem between the mountains and the sea. El Soplao is situated in the western part of Cantabria, in the region of Saja-Nansa. There are currently 20 kilometres of natural passageways documented, as well as almost 30 kilometr…

• Palacio de los Prieto Cutre. Ribadesella.

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  … Plaza Reina María Cristina, 1. 33560. Ribadesella. Asturias. Obra del siglo XVI, antigua propiedad de la familia Prieto, que luego fue de los Cutre. La fachada, de sillares de buena calidad e impecable escuadrado, posee bajo y tres pisos separados por líneas de imposta. El piso inferior tiene una po…

• Chapel of the Virgin de La Guía. Ribadesella.

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  … Ribadesella. Asturias. This small Renaissance shrine underwent a major reconstruction in the 19th century. Its square floor plan suggests that it may have been shortened; this implies that the current building is formed by only the nave of the original.…

• El Collado House. Ribadesella.

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  … Ribadesella. Asturias. It has three floors and a basement and is famous for being the birthplace of the painter Darío de Regoyos. The main facade has an outstanding balcony which occupies the whole of the front, and the family crest of the Marquises de Collado can be seen on the upper floor.…

• Parish Church of Santa María Magdalena. Ribadesella.

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  … Ribadesella. Asturias. It was built in the early 20th century on the remains of an old mediaeval church. It was almost completely destroyed during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 but was subsequently rebuilt. The architectural features of interest include the two towers on its main facade, between whi…

• La Atalaya Tower. Ribadesella.

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  … Plaza de Villar y Valle, s/n. 33560. Ribadesella. Asturias. It was built in the 19th century on the remains of an old mediaeval defensive tower. It is a neo-mediaeval Romanesque square tower built in stonework and crowned by battlements.…

• Tito Bustillo Cave. Ribadesella.

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  … Avenida de Tito Bustillo s/n. 33560. Ribadesella. Asturias. Tel.: +34 902306600 | +34 985861255 | E-mail: info@centrodearterupestredetitobustillo.com . http://www.centrodearterupestredetitobustillo.com. Prehistoric paintings of female forms. Set in a group of Palaeolithic caves. Almost all of the Ti…

• Torre del Infantado tower. Potes.

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  … C/ Independencia, nº 2. 39570. Potes. Cantabria. E-mail: aytopotesteresa@terra.es. http://www.liebanaypicosdeeuropa.com/visita/lb1_3_5.htm#anchor977679. This stately and solid tower was the ancestral home of Íñigo López de Mendoza, Marquis of Santillana, and of his descendants from the ducal house o…

• Covadonga Sanctuary. Cangas de Onís.

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  … Explanada Basílica s/n. 33589. Cangas de Onís. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985846043 | E-mail: covadonga@iglesiadeasturias.org. http://www.santuariodecovadonga.com/. The start of the Re-conquest. Covadonga is the place where the Re-conquest began under king Pelayo, whose remains are buried in the cave along…

• Santo Toribio de Liébana Monastery. Camaleño.

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  … 39589. Santo Toribio. Camaleño. Cantabria. Fax.: +34 942730828 | E-mail: lcsantotoribio@terra.es. santotoribiodeliebana.org. Cistercian sobriety. It is built in the Gothic style, although the Cistercian influence can be seen in its sobriety. A Romanesque construction previously stood on the site, as…