Detail InformationEdit It is set in Los Pardos Palace, a 16th century Renaissance building, and has More than 800 works on display. In its various rooms you can see everything from avant-garde art to watercolours, Renaissance and Baroque religious paintings and contemporary works, a collection of 18th and 19th century art, and drawings. One room […]

Detail InformationEdit The square Plaza de Maimonides, just next to that of Cardenal Salazar, contains, on one of its corners, the Baroque house Casa de las Bulas de la Santa Cruzada, which now houses the Bullfighting Museum. Two major hotels have recently been built in the square. The house in front has an impressive facade, […]

Detail InformationEdit On the hills above the amazing Medina Azahara, nestling in the mountains of Cordoba and surrounded by native Mediterranean vegetation, stands this impressive 15th century monastery. It was originally Gothic in style, although different reforms in Renaissance and Baroque style have added a wealth of interesting details to the building. The owners, the […]

In the heart of Catalonia there is a mountain with an unusual shape and huge slabs of grey rock. It is a spectacular massif and at the top you will find a statue of the Virgen de Monserrat, patron saint of Catalonia. This nature reserve is covered with pine and holm-oak woods and is home […]

Detail InformationEdit The monastery of Santa Maria La Real in Obona contains an unfinished cloister dating from the 17th century. Its church is built in the Cistercian Romanesque style and has three naves separated by cruciform pilasters and with a wooden ceiling thought to date from the early 13th century. HistoryEdit N.A. Must SeeEdit N.A. […]

Detail InformationEdit It is considered to be one of the first monasteries built in Galicia after the Arab invasion. Tradition has it that there was a pine tree in the old hermitage dedicated to San Vicente, which was where the name came from, although it is More probable that it comes from the word ‘pinnacle’, […]

Detail InformationEdit The origin of the monastery is Cistercian, its construction went on from the 12th century until the 14th century.Out of the set of medieval buildings those preserved include the Church, the Cloister, the Chapter House, the punishment Cells, the Parlour, and the Kitchen.Improvements were made during the 16th and 17th centuries. The monastery […]

Detail InformationEdit It is situated in the region of Alt Camp, in a valley close to the River Gaia.The collection is an excellent example of the architectonic elements followed by the Cistercian monasteries. Its construction was prolonged from the 12th and 18th century. The façade of the church, crowned by crenellation, is Romanesque, dates from […]

Detail InformationEdit The Alcázar (castle) of Cordoba, with its thick defensive walls, served both as a fortress and a palace, and is a perfect illustration of the development of Cordoban architecture through the ages. Roman and Visigoth ruins lie side by side with Arabic remains in this magnificent building, which was once the favourite residence […]

Detail InformationEdit Situated in the southern foothills of Monjardín and on the Way of Saint James, this town forms a pentagon. On the highest part there are remains of a castle, whilst the town is built around the Church of San Andrés. Only the old sandstone walls remain from the medieval site of the castle, […]