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  • Ávila
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Undoubtedly, the starting point for the tour of the medieval city has to be the finest example of Spanish Romanesque military architecture and unique example of medieval construction: the city walls, built in granite and which provided military defence, a fiscal boundary and support for other types of architecture.

In the case of the Romanesque temples, a more ‘manageable’ type of stone was used to carve the delicate filigree sculptures: known locally as caleña, it is a type of sandstone that is a common feature of Ávila’s Romanesque style. Attached to the interior of the wall is the Episcopal Palace, the oldest example of civil architecture in the city. Opposite stands the Cathedral, designed to serve as a temple and fortress and considered to be Spain’s first Gothic cathedral.

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