Route of the Mystics - Avila
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Sites that are well worth taking the time to visit on this route include the Monastery of La Encarnación, the Convent of Santa Teresa, the Teresian Museum of the Relics of Saint Teresa and the Mysticism Interpretation Centre, which together provide a fascinating and detailed insight into the figure of the Saint and her close ties to the city of Ávila.
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Ancient Tannery of Arrabal de San SegundoMore informationIt is formed by a set of domestic buildings, which were used for the handmade production, mainly tanning of leathers, dry cleaners, and fulling mills so its position near of Adaja River was fundamental.
Cathedral of AvilaMore informationIt is a cathedral-castle, with fully integrated battlements, crenellations and lookout walkways.Its history in inextricably linked to the history of the town. Its apse, for example, the so-called Cimorro,...
Basilica of San VicenteMore informationThe Basilica of San Vicente or Basilica of Los Santos Mártires Vicente, Sabina y Cristeta, was built in honour of these brothers, martyred in the 4th century during the persecution of the Christians ordered...
Chapel of Nuestra Señora de las NievesMore informationLocated in the same place where long ago stood the synagogue of Belforad. This chapel has in its interior a magnificent alabaster relief by Juan Rodriguez and Lucas Giraldo (XVI century).
Church of San AndresMore informationSmall romanesque church of the 12th century located in the stonemasons' quarter. It has interesting capitals and original apses.The Mozarabic character of the motifs decorating the ledges may explain the...
Church of San MartinMore informationRomanesque shrine rebuilt and trasnformed in the 16th and 17th centuries.An important sight is the tower on an ashlar plinth. Its upper section is brick and has pointed horseshoe-arch windows, surrounds...
Church of San NicolasMore informationIt was built in the XII century; simple, with three small naves that have three access doors, a semicircular apse accessible by a triumphal bell arch over columns with capitals ornamented with vegetal...
Church of San PedroMore informationRobust building made of sandstone blocks, a perfect example of the Ávila Romanesque style. There is a magnificent Cistercian rose window in the main façade.The Catholic Monarchs and Carlos I pledged allegiance...
Church of Santo Tome el ViejoMore informationThis building stopped being a parish church in the 18th century, during the expulsion of the jesuits, when the parish was transferred to the Jesuit school located in the plaza teniente Arévalo. Existía...
