Parish Church of San Juan BautistaMore informationGothic church. The large main nave was rebuilt in the second half of the 15th century. The apse end was later on carved in the style of Francisco de Mora.Single, three-section nave with chapels on both...
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...
Hermitage of San Segundo del Rio AdajaMore informationRomanesque 12th-century shrine dedicated to the first bishop of Avila, follower of the apostle James.Made of sandstone and granite, its north façade has round archivolts decorated with beadings and rosettes....
Hermitage of Nuestra Señora de las VacasMore informationIt is a small temple, whose origin, according to tradition, is because a miracle happened when the owner of these lands went to the church and their cows ploughed the field alone. Apparently, it was built...
Episcopal PalaceMore informationIt is a Romanesque building that was built in masonry and ashlar, renewed with brick at the corners. It is rectangular and has two floors; attached to the wall and with three façades. The lower floor is...
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...
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...
Parish Church of SantiagoMore informationThis gothic churh has undergone several reforms. In the early 14th century they erected the now gone octagonal tower that was rebuilt as the torre de San Juan, with spacious vaults and renaissance fronts.
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,...