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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by imposing city walls comprising eight monumental gates, 88 watchtowers and more than 2500 turrets, is one of the best-preserved medieval bastions in Spain.
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by imposing city walls comprising eight monumental gates, 88 watchtowers and more than 2500 turrets, is one of the best-preserved medieval bastions in Spain.
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by imposing city walls comprising eight monumental gates, 88 watchtowers and more than 2500 turrets, is one of the best-preserved medieval bastions in Spain.
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by imposing city walls comprising eight monumental gates, 88 watchtowers and more than 2500 turrets, is one of the best-preserved medieval bastions in Spain.
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by imposing city walls comprising eight monumental gates, 88 watchtowers and more than 2500 turrets, is one of the best-preserved medieval bastions in Spain.
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by imposing city walls comprising eight monumental gates, 88 watchtowers and more than 2500 turrets, is one of the best-preserved medieval bastions in Spain.
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by imposing city walls comprising eight monumental gates, 88 watchtowers and more than 2500 turrets, is one of the best-preserved medieval bastions in Spain.
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  • Davila mansion on the southern medieval walls.
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  • Davila mansion on the southern medieval walls.
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  • The old bishop's palace near the medieval city wall.
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  • The old bishop's palace near the medieval city wall.
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  • The old bishop's palace near the medieval city wall.
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  • Ávila's old city, surrounded by imposing city walls. The imposing Puerta (gate) de l'Alcazar.
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  • Avila, The cathedral sanctuary is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral sanctuary is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral sanctuary is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral sanctuary is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral sanctuary is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral's door of the Apostles. The cathedral is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral's door of the Apostles. The cathedral is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral's door of the Apostles. The cathedral is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral  is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral  is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral  is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral  is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral  is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila cathedral's choir added later in the 16th century. The cathedral is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification, cathedral  is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral  is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila cathedral's choir added later in the 16th century. The cathedral is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification, cathedral  is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral  is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification, The exquisite early-16th-century altar frieze showing the life of Jesus
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  • Avila, The cathedral is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral sanctuary is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral sanctuary is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral sanctuary is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral sanctuary is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila, The cathedral sanctuary is integrated into the city wall, which formed part of the city’s defensive fortifications. It has two doors: the main door, flanked by two towers –one unfinished– which give it an appearance of a church-fortification,
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  • Avila. Basilica de San Vicente. This graceful church is a masterpiece of Romanesque simplicity, a series of largely Gothic modifications in sober granite contrasted with the warm sandstone of the Romanesque original.
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  • Avila. Basilica de San Vicente. This graceful church is a masterpiece of Romanesque simplicity, a series of largely Gothic modifications in sober granite contrasted with the warm sandstone of the Romanesque original.
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  • Avila. Basilica de San Vicente. This graceful church is a masterpiece of Romanesque simplicity, a series of largely Gothic modifications in sober granite contrasted with the warm sandstone of the Romanesque original.
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  • Avila. Basilica de San Vicente. This graceful church is a masterpiece of Romanesque simplicity, a series of largely Gothic modifications in sober granite contrasted with the warm sandstone of the Romanesque original.
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  • Avila. Basilica de San Vicente. This graceful church is a masterpiece of Romanesque simplicity, a series of largely Gothic modifications in sober granite contrasted with the warm sandstone of the Romanesque original.
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  • Avila. Basilica de San Vicente. This graceful church is a masterpiece of Romanesque simplicity, a series of largely Gothic modifications in sober granite contrasted with the warm sandstone of the Romanesque original.
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  • Avila. Basilica de San Vicente. This gothic stone<br />
where tradition says<br />
a Jewish master is buried<br />
which, after becoming christian, built in<br />
the 4th century the original church, the one that rises the current one.
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  • Avila. Basilica de San Vicente. The  cenotaph of three saints, Vicente and his sisters, Sabina and Cristeta slaughtered by the Romans,  is an outstanding piece of Romanesque style with nods to the Gothic.
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  • Avila. Basilica de San Vicente. The  cenotaph of three saints, Vicente and his sisters, Sabina and Cristeta slaughtered by the Romans,  is an outstanding piece of Romanesque style with nods to the Gothic..
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  • Avila. Basilica de San Vicente. The  cenotaph of three saints, Vicente and his sisters, Sabina and Cristeta slaughtered by the Romans,  is an outstanding piece of Romanesque style with nods to the Gothic..
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  • Avila. Basilica de San Vicente. The  cenotaph of three saints, Vicente and his sisters, Sabina and Cristeta slaughtered by the Romans,  is an outstanding piece of Romanesque style with nods to the Gothic..
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  • Avila. Basilica de San Vicente. The  cenotaph of three saints, Vicente and his sisters, Sabina and Cristeta slaughtered by the Romans,  is an outstanding piece of Romanesque style with nods to the Gothic..
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  • Avila. Palacio de los Velada Hotel inside a a 16th century palace declared a building of historical and cultural interest.
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  • Avila. The Mosén Rubi Chapel was «originally built in 1462 as a major Synagogue» and when it had already been converted into a church, it was annexed to the hospital. The construction date  in 1462 and it may be the last synagogue built in Spain prior to the Expulsion.
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  • Avila. The Capilla de Nuestra Señora de Las Nieves (Chapel of our Lady of the Snows) where previously was the Ávila synagogue called Belforad. Popular tradition retained the name of the rabbi's house for the dwelling located on Las Nieves street (the current Synagogue Hostelry) and which was connected to the temple.
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  • Avila, San Pedro church, one of the most significant temples of Castile and León. .It was at St. Peter's Atrium that the notorious trial took place of those Jews accused in the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia, an event which grabbed the attention of the kingdom at that time and which serves as a perfect illustration of the worsening of relations between Jews and Christians in the late 15th century.
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  • Avila, San Pedro church, one of the most significant temples of Castile and León. .It was at St. Peter's Atrium that the notorious trial took place of those Jews accused in the case of the Holy Child of La Guardia, an event which grabbed the attention of the kingdom at that time and which serves as a perfect illustration of the worsening of relations between Jews and Christians in the late 15th century.
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  • Calatrava la Nueva castle and monastery. Its name is a reference to the Order of Calatrava, the first military order founded in Castile in 1157 a.D.
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  • Calatrava la Nueva castle and monastery. Its name is a reference to the Order of Calatrava, the first military order founded in Castile in 1157 a.D.
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  • Calatrava la Nueva castle and monastery. Its name is a reference to the Order of Calatrava, the first military order founded in Castile in 1157 a.D.
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  • Calatrava la Nueva castle and monastery. Its name is a reference to the Order of Calatrava, the first military order founded in Castile in 1157 a.D.
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  • Calatrava la Nueva castle and monastery. Its name is a reference to the Order of Calatrava, the first military order founded in Castile in 1157 a.D. The medieval ovens.
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  • Calatrava la Nueva castle and monastery. Its name is a reference to the Order of Calatrava, the first military order founded in Castile in 1157 a.D. The church.
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  • Calatrava la Nueva castle and monastery. Its name is a reference to the Order of Calatrava, the first military order founded in Castile in 1157 a.D. The church.
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  • Calatrava la Nueva castle and monastery. Its name is a reference to the Order of Calatrava, the first military order founded in Castile in 1157 a.D. The church.
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  • Calatrava la Nueva castle and monastery. Its name is a reference to the Order of Calatrava, the first military order founded in Castile in 1157 a.D. The church.
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  • Calatrava la Nueva castle and monastery. Its name is a reference to the Order of Calatrava, the first military order founded in Castile in 1157 a.D.
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  • Calatrava la Vieja castle (formerly just Calatrava) is a medieval site and original nucleus of the military Order of Calatrava. Situated at Carrión de Calatrava, Calatrava during the High Middle Ages was the only important city in the Guadiana River valley. It thus guarded the roads to Cordova and Toledo.
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  • Calatrava la Vieja castle (formerly just Calatrava) is a medieval site and original nucleus of the military Order of Calatrava. Situated at Carrión de Calatrava, Calatrava during the High Middle Ages was the only important city in the Guadiana River valley. It thus guarded the roads to Cordova and Toledo.
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  • Calatrava la Vieja castle (formerly just Calatrava) is a medieval site and original nucleus of the military Order of Calatrava. Situated at Carrión de Calatrava, Calatrava during the High Middle Ages was the only important city in the Guadiana River valley. It thus guarded the roads to Cordova and Toledo.
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  • Consuegra. Most Spanish windmills, like those described in Cervantes's Don Quixote, can be found in Castilla-La Mancha. The best examples may be found in Consuegra where several mills spike the hill  giving a view of the 12th-century castle,  once a stronghold when Consuegra was the seat and priory of the Knights of San Juan, the Spanish branch of the Knight's Hospitallers of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
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  • Consuegra. Most Spanish windmills, like those described in Cervantes's Don Quixote, can be found in Castilla-La Mancha. The best examples may be found in Consuegra where several mills spike the hill  giving a view of the 12th-century castle,  once a stronghold when Consuegra was the seat and priory of the Knights of San Juan, the Spanish branch of the Knight's Hospitallers of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem.
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  • Belmonte, the magnificent 15th century castle which is a mix of Gothic and Mudejar (Moorish) in style. The castle is so  attractive that it has been used as a setting for lots of movies including scenes in the movie of El Cid starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren.
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  • Belmonte, the magnificent 15th century castle which is a mix of Gothic and Mudejar (Moorish) in style. The castle is so  attractive that it has been used as a setting for lots of movies including scenes in the movie of El Cid starring Charlton Heston and Sophia Loren.
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  • Belmonte, Collegiate church of St Bartolomè.
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  • Belmonte, Collegiate church of St Bartolomè.
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  • Salamanca, Cathedral Nueva. The tower of the cathedral vieja, on the back the  Churrigueresque (an ornate style of baroque architecture) dome of cathedral nueva, visible from almost every angle of Salamanca. .
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  • Toledo, Catherdal Vieja. The Romanesque Catedral Vieja is adorned with an exquisite 15th-century altarpiece, one of the finest outside Italy. Its 53 panels depict scenes from the lives of Christ and Mary and are topped by a haunting representation of the Final Judgement.
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  • Toledo, Catherdal Vieja. The Romanesque Catedral Vieja is adorned with an exquisite 15th-century altarpiece, one of the finest outside Italy. Its 53 panels depict scenes from the lives of Christ and Mary and are topped by a haunting representation of the Final Judgement.
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  • Toledo, Catherdal Vieja. The Romanesque Catedral Vieja is adorned with an exquisite 15th-century altarpiece, one of the finest outside Italy. Its 53 panels depict scenes from the lives of Christ and Mary and are topped by a haunting representation of the Final Judgement.
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  • Toledo, Catherdal Vieja. The Romanesque Catedral Vieja is adorned with an exquisite 15th-century altarpiece, one of the finest outside Italy. Its 53 panels depict scenes from the lives of Christ and Mary and are topped by a haunting representation of the Final Judgement.
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  • Toledo, Catherdal Vieja. The Romanesque Catedral Vieja is adorned with an exquisite 15th-century altarpiece, one of the finest outside Italy. Its 53 panels depict scenes from the lives of Christ and Mary and are topped by a haunting representation of the Final Judgement.
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  • Toledo, Catherdal Vieja. Capilla de Anaya houses an extravagant alabaster sepulchre and one of Europe's oldest organs, a Mudéjar work of art from the 16th century. The Romanesque Catedral Vieja is adorned with an exquisite 15th-century altarpiece, one of the finest outside Italy. Its 53 panels depict scenes from the lives of Christ and Mary and are topped by a haunting representation of the Final Judgement.
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  • Toledo, Catherdal Vieja. Capilla de Anaya. The tomb of the founder of the chapel and patriarch of the Diego de Anaya family, Bishop of Salamanca and Archbishop of Seville, who founded the Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé or Colegio Viejo (the oldest in Salamanca). It's made in alabaster.
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  • Salamanca, Cathedral Nueva. The tower of this late-Gothic cathedral with its compelling Churrigueresque (an ornate style of baroque architecture) dome is visible from almost every angle of Salamanca. .
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  • Salamanca, Cathedral Nueva. The tower of this late-Gothic cathedral with its compelling Churrigueresque (an ornate style of baroque architecture) dome is visible from almost every angle of Salamanca. .
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  • Salamanca, Cathedral Nueva. The tower of this late-Gothic cathedral with its compelling Churrigueresque (an ornate style of baroque architecture) dome is visible from almost every angle of Salamanca. .
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  • Salamanca, Cathedral Nueva. The tower of this late-Gothic cathedral with its compelling Churrigueresque (an ornate style of baroque architecture) dome is visible from almost every angle of Salamanca. .
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  • Toledo, Cathedral Vieja. St Martin's Chapel.
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  • Segovia, the Plaza Mayor with the cathedral.
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  • Segovia, the Plaza Mayor with the cathedral.
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  • Segovia, the Plaza Mayor with the cathedral.
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  • Segovia, the cathedral.
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  • Segovia, the cathedral.
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  • Segovia, the cathedral.
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  • Segovia, the cathedral.
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  • Segovia, the cathedral.
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  • Segovia, the cloister of the cathedral.
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  • Segovia, the cloister of the cathedral.
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  • Segovia, Plaza de San Martin. This is one of the most captivating small plazas in Segovia. The square is presided over by a statue of Juan Bravo; the 14th-century Torreón de Lozoya, a tower that now houses exhibitions; and the Iglesia de San Martín, a Romanesque jewel with a Mudéjar tower and arched gallery.
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  • Segovia, Plaza de San Martin. The Iglesia de San Martín, a Romanesque jewel with a Mudéjar tower and arched gallery.
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  • Segovia, Plaza de San Martin. The Iglesia de San Martín, a Romanesque jewel with a Mudéjar tower and arched gallery.
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  • Segovia, Plaza de San Martin. The Iglesia de San Martín, a Romanesque jewel with a Mudéjar tower and arched gallery.
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  • Segovia, Plaza de San Martin. The Iglesia de San Martín, a Romanesque jewel with a Mudéjar tower and arched gallery.
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