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• Anchor Museum. Castrillón.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … La Peñona, playa de Salinas. 33400. Salinas. Castrillón. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985 51 87 73 | www.museodeanclas.es.   This is an open-air museum located on a natural promontory surrounded by sea. It is a homage to the people who dedicate their lives to the defence of marine ecosystems, embodied by the…

• Church of Sabugo. Avilés.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Plaza del Carbayo, s/n. 33400. Avilés. Asturias. Construction began between the late 12th century and the early 13th century. and continued for a considerable time before the building was completed. As the work took so long (estimated at almost 70 years) there is evidence of the influence of two dif…

• Caños de San Francisco Fountain. Avilés.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Calle San Franciso, s/n. 33400. Avilés. Asturias. This fountain is the most unusual in the area. It has a front panel with six spouts in the form of human heads from which the water flows towards a rectangular basin. There are three heraldic shields on the front: two from Avilés at each side, with t…

• Ferrera Palace. Avilés.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33400. Avilés. Asturias. This building is a return to a lack of ornamentation compared to the highly decorated Baroque palaces in Avilés. The facade is shaped at right angles and has a tower at the corner. The only concession to ornamentation is the coat of arms.…

• Niemeyer Centre. Avilés.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Centro Niemeyer. Avenida del zinc s/n. 33402. Avilés. Asturias. E-mail: info@niemeyercenter.org. http://www.niemeyercenter.org. This great cultural centre is the first work by the architect Oscar Niemeyer in Spain. It is situated in the Aviles estuary, five minutes from the town's historic centre on…

• 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 …

• Architectural Site of Los Selgas. Cudillero.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 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.…

• La Quinta. Cudillero.

  Arts and culture | [Parks and gardens]

  … Fundación Selgas-Fagalde s/n. 33154. Pito, El. Cudillero. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985591761 | E-mail: fundacion@selgas-fagalde.com. www.selgas-fagalde.com. La Quinta Park extends over irregular terrain which has made it possible to create very clearly defined areas that artfully blend into each other. W…

• Centro de Interpretación del Poblado Minero de Bustiello. Mieres.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … A 2 kilómetros de la autovía A-66 Gijón-León, Bustiello. 33612. Bustiello. Mieres. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985422114 | E-mail: info@pozuespinos.com. http://www.territorio-museo.com. La vida en los valles mineros asturianos.   El poblado de Bustiello constituye una excepción dentro del patrimonio industr…

• 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…

• Neolithic Centre at Monte Areo. Carreño.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … 33438. Santa Eulalia. Carreño. Asturias. E-mail: scopmonteareo@hotmail.com. This exhibition space offers a view of the Neolithic culture through a series of descriptive panels, interactive and audiovisual elements, reproductions of hunting tools, as well as the recreation of a burial chamber (dolmen…

• Church of Santa María. Cudillero.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33156. Soto de Luiña. Cudillero. Asturias. It has a single nave, double crossing and semicircular apse. There is a three-storey square tower. The upper two storeys have niches and there are rectangular windows between them. The tower is completed with a stone cornice and feline gargoyles. The Baroqu…

• Rectory of Soto de Luiña. Cudillero.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … 33150. Soto de Luiña. Cudillero. Asturias. This 2-storey rectangular building is built of masonry and has stone elements. The cornice is decorated with tryglyphs and metopes. It has been restored and is now used as a cultural centre and a museum offering an exhibition of a varied collection of sculp…

• Church of Santa María in Soto de Luiña. Cudillero.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Soto de Luiña. Cudillero. Asturias. It has three naves, a transept, a semicircular sanctuary crowned by a star shaped vault, a tower standing at one end and porticos on both sides supported by slender columns on a continuous base.…

• 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. Cudillero.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Novellana. Cudillero. Asturias. This church was built on a shrine which previously stood on the same site. The nave is covered with a very simple vault. It contains various valuable images, and particularly the figure of Christ known as the Cristo de los Vaqueiros.…

• Monastery of San Salvador. Salas.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cornellana. Salas. Asturias. Fax.: +34 985832004 | E-mail: turismo@ayto-salas.es. www.salasturismo.com. It was founded in 1024 by the Infanta Cristina, the daughter of the King of León, Vermudo II. In the 12th century it was ceded to the Cluny order and from that point it became one of the most impo…

• 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…

• La Campa Torres Archaeological Park and Nature Reserve. Gijón.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Cabo Torres. 33290. Gijón. Asturias. This place has been inhabited since ancient times by different tribes, and also by the Romans, as can be seen from the remains found at archaeological sites throughout the area of the Cabo Torres cape, as well as nearby at Monte Areo.…

• San Miguel de Lillo Church. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Monte del Naranco. 33012. Oviedo. Asturias. Dedicated to the Archangel Michael. This religious building has the World Heritage designation and was used as a chapel by the King Ramiro I. It is among the monuments in Oviedo and Asturias which have been designated a World Heritage site by the UNESCO. I…

• Information and Visitor Centre for pre-Romanesque Art. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Museums]

  … Escuelas del Naranco, frente a la iglesia de Santa María del Naranco. 33012. Oviedo. Asturias. E-mail: info@centroprerromanicoasturiano.com. www.centroprerromanicoasturiano.com.…

• Santa María del Naranco Church. Oviedo.

  Arts and culture | [Monuments]

  … Monte del Naranco. 33012. Oviedo. Asturias. From palace to temple. The architectural structure of what was once the residence of king Ramiro I, later converted into a church, became a reference point for Romanesque buildings. This monument is in the pre-Romanesque style, and is set at the foot of Na…