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Castle of the Marqueses de VillafrancaMore informationThe building, erected in the early 16th century, is a large square structure with round cubes in the corners and palatial chambers around a central courtyard.Villafranca was a royal and a noble realm alternatively....
Church of San Fiz de Visonia or de San JuanMore informationTemple built in rough ashlar of slate and is from the Romanesque rural of the XII century or beginning of the XIII. Its floor is a single rectangular nave with a presbytery with straight section and a...
Church of San Francisco de AsisMore informationSingle-nave church with three chapels. It has a Moorish coffered ceiling of the 15th century with laced decoration. Built on the site of the old Hospital de Villafranca. Don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, the...
Church of SantiagoMore informationA sample of transition Romanesque, with a single nave covered by a barrel vault. The most interesting feature is the south front, the so-called 'Puerta del Perdón' (Gate of Forgiveness).The Iglesia de...
Collegiate of Santa Maria de CluniacoMore informationThis church was built in the 12th century by cluny monks. In the 14th century was turned into ruins and it was rebuilt by the marquises of Villafranca between the 16th and 18th centuries. Gil de Hontañón...
Convent of San Nicolas el RealMore informationIt is a guest quarters, shelter for pilgrims, which forms, together with the church of San Nicolas, a unique architectural ensemble founded in the XVII century as a regular school of the Society of Jesus,...