Detail InformationEdit This church was built by the master architect Gualteiro in 1218. It went through much restoration work during the Cistercian period. It has three naves with semicircular apses and a transept. The church is covered by ogive vaults. HistoryEdit N.A. Must SeeEdit N.A. Visiting TimeEdit N.A. Closed OnEdit N.A. Best Season to VisitEdit […]
Detail InformationEdit The Monastery of Pedralbes is a Gothic monastery in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is now a museum, housing collections from Barcelona City’s History Museum.The monastery was founded by King James II of Aragon for his wife Elisenda de Montcada in 1326. Originally the monastery (built in white stone, pertas albes in Catalan, whence […]
Detail InformationEdit The Church of Our Lady of Montserrat is a Baroque church in Central Madrid, Spain, located on Calle San Bernardo. The church was founded by King Philip IV of Spain to accommodate the Castillian monks from the Benedictine monastery of Montserrat, displaced by the insurrection in Catalonia in 1640. The Catalan monks of […]
Detail InformationEdit The Monument to King Alfonso XII is located in Buen Retiro Park (El Retiro), Madrid, Spain. The monument is situated on the east edge of an artificial lake near the center of the park.In 1902, a national contest was held to design a monument for King Alfonso XII at the initiative of the […]
Detail InformationEdit The Church of San Salvador de Ibañeta and the monument to Roland rise up in the middle of a bucolic landscape. The church was built in the 11th century, though it was rebuilt in the 20th century and now a modern chapel watches pilgrims go by. The monument was sculpted in honour of […]
Detail InformationEdit The Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1151, located at the feet of the Prades Mountains, in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in Catalonia (Spain). It was founded by Cistercian monks from France on lands conquered from the Moors. The main architect was Arnau Bargués. […]
Detail InformationEdit The Magic Fountain of Montjuïc is a fountain located at the head of Avenida Maria Cristina in the Montjuïc neighborhood of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The fountain is situated below the Palau Nacional on the Montjuïc hill and near the Plaça d’Espanya. The fountain, like most of the surrounding developments, was constructed for the […]
Detail InformationEdit It was built in the 12th century and today only its ruins remain amid the ferns. This monastery served as a refuge for pilgrims on the Way of Saint James on the route through Asturias. HistoryEdit N.A. Must SeeEdit N.A. Visiting TimeEdit N.A. Closed OnEdit N.A. Best Season to VisitEdit N.A. Best Time […]
Monfarracinos is a municipality in Zamora, a province in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon, Spain. It is located 5 km. North of the capital in the direction of Villalpando. HistoryEdit N.A. Places to VisitAdd How to ReachEdit By Air : N.A. By Train :N.A. By BUS :N.A. By Taxi :N.A. By Other :N.A. Top […]
Detail InformationEdit Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, sometimes shortened as CASM, is a public Museum of Contemporary Art in Barcelona (Catalonia) opened in 1988. It’s located in the Raval side of Rambla de Santa Mònica (Ciutat Vella district). It has no permanent collection but it hosts a number of travelling expositions of contemporary Spanish and international […]