Footsteps of Teresa of Ávila - Soria
Soria’s Carmelite monastery was founded in 1581. The Saint travelled to the city at the request of Bishop Alonso Velázquez, her confessor during the time he spent as Canon of Toledo Cathedral in 1576. Saint Teresa of Ávila herself left a written record of her stay in Soria in the Book of Foundations.
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Wall and castle of SoriaMore informationThe origin of the castle of Soria would have to be looked for in a defensive construction or Muslim watchtower of the 9th century that later passed into Christian hands, modifying and expanding in the...
Cathedral of San PedroMore informationIt stands on the site of a former romanesque church that was demolished in the same century it was built (12th) because it was too rustic.The ground distribution is typical among Spanish Romanesque monasteries....
Church of Nuestra Señora del EspinoMore information16th-century apse. To the right of the church there is an old oak, reminiscent of the one mentioned by Antonio Machado, whose verses can be read inside the church. Leonor, the wife of Machado, lies buried...
Church of Nuestra Señora la MayorMore informationThe front and the tower are romanesque. The north door is decorated with a three-arched archivolt and vegetal decorative motifs and the choir contains a 13th-century crucifix.Antonio Machado married Leonor...
Church of San Juan de RabaneraMore informationNational Monument. 12th-century church with a cross-like ground plan, combining Oriental influences with Classical and Gothic reminiscences.The apse has an interesting decoration consisting on vegetal...
Church of Santo Tome / Santo DomingoMore informationBuilt between the 12th and 16th centuries, whish shows in the combination of styles.The façade dates from the second half of the 12th century, with French influenced from the region of Poitiers, particularly...
Cloister of the Church of San PedroMore informationThe Romanesque set of buildings would be replaced in the XVI century, after the collapse that occurred in the year 1520. Then, a new church was built, keeping the Romanesque cloister, although a part of...
Hermitage of San SaturioMore informationThe hermitage of San Saturio is dedicated to the Patron Saint of Soria whose feast is celebrated on October 2.The hermitage is located on a cave on the left bank of the Duero River, between the Santa Ana...
Hermitage of the Virgen del MironMore informationRectangular shrine with a large central facade. On the facade's attic there is a tympanum with two bells underneath.The outside is simple and the inside is baroque mixed with rococo. In front of the shrine...
