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Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la EncinaMore informationThis renaissance church with a latin cross ground plan was started before 1573 according to the plans of Juan Alvear. It contains an interesting altarpiece, by members of the school o Gregorio Fernández,...
Castle of PonferradaMore informationThe castle consists of a lar polygonal enclosure (more than 8,000 m2) with double and triple battlements, turrets, rooms and a large low courtyard or albacar.It was one of the largest fortress of north-western...
Church of San MartinMore information16th-century structure (1548). The church stands on the site of an old romanesque church. Some 11th-century remains have been preserved, como una portada a los pies de doble arco de medio punto con baquetones...
Church of Santa Maria de VizbayoMore informationThe church has a single nave with semicircular chevet. It is a simple construction of irregular ashlar blocks. The nave is covered by a barrel vault separated from the chevet by a triumphal arch supported...
Church of the AsuncionMore informationOriginally, the church was Romanesque, but the current building, dated from the XIII century, is of Romanesque Rural style. The building, of small dimensions, has a single rectangular nave covered with...
Church Santo Tomas de las OllasMore informationNo documents have been preserved in connection with the building of the church, which took place in the 10th century. In 1311 the bishop of Astorga donated the church to the monastery of San Pedro de Montes....