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Destination Avila, Castilla Leon, Spain
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Capital Ávila has more than 200 interesting places that to visit, among them churches of all the styles from the Romanesque one, satately houses, Roman palaces, convents, monasteries, bridges, mills, fulling mills, rest, Arab rest, ornamentales sources, etc..
Capital Ávila is surrounded by walls, that reach a length of about 2.5 km Has 9 doors, between impressive towers, being you piss important the "Cimorro", in the apse of the cathedral. Recently it is possible to be raised and to be enjoyed a Vista of the set of the city. Although, to obtain the best photographies it is necessary to go until "Four Posts", there where Santa Teresa, always present in the city from s. XVI, took off the dust of the slippers, taking leave of Ávila. Churches, convents and palaces, of románicos styles, gothic and plateresco cause that the excursion is worth the trouble, and more adding the liking of its people by the "chateo", that is to say, the wine accompanied by abundant cover, that can be found in the many bars and restaurants that offer.

MONUMENTAL SETS
Wall of Ávila With its 2.5 km of perimeter, their buckets, their battlements or their great defensive doors, like those of the Palace and San Vicente, the wall of Ávila is the symbol of the city and defines his impronta. At the moment they are possible to be visited good part of adarve of the wall in two separated sections by cimorro of the cathedral.
Cathedral the cathedral of Ávila this together with the wall by its spectacular cimorro defensive. The altarpiece of Berruguete and the Tomb of the Toasting are their but valuable treasures.
Monastery of Santo Tomás Convent of Friars and palace of summer of the catholic kings. The real extreme monastery to the splendor of its church in whose center the tomb of the spoiled prince is guarded Don Juan its three magnificent claustros. It was operational base of the inquisidor Torquemada.
Convent of Santa Teresa the Convent of Santa is raised on its native house. The museum installed in cripta, is the best guide to follow its tracks by Ávila.
Convent of San jOse In this convent Sta step Teresa 30 years of its life. Here it knew San Juan de la Cruz and San Pedro de Alcantara, beginning his literary race. The museum conserves several of its memories.
Basilica of San Vicente señero Example of the Romanesque Spanish. The general structure is similar to the Latin basilicas. It consists of plant of Latin cross, three ships, cimborrio, triforio, three apses, vestibule, two towers and cripta. All their facade and the surroundings where it is located are of great artistic value. Interior: Latin cross plant with three ships. The pillars are of Greek cross with semicolumns in the heads. Cripta consists of three chapels, corresponding to the three apses of the church, is essentially románicas and has the best capitals of the monument.
Church of San Pedro In front of In front with al door del Alcazar, the beauty of its doors and facades is complemented, in the interior, with a great collection of art and the tombs of Esteban Domingo and Blasco Jimeno, in the raiz of the abulense nobility. The vestibule guarded by the Lions is another one of its attractiveness.
Hermitage of San Segundo Located to the west of Ávila, outside the walled enclosure, in the right margin of the Adaja river. They emphasize the carved capitals in which the track of the escultor of the apses of San Andrés is seen. Alabaster statue done by Juan de Juni. It counts the popular belief that introducing a handkerchief in the tomb santo grants any desire.



 

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