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SOCIAL EVENTS FOR
ACCOMPANYING PERSONS |
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Monday, 14 June:
VISIT TO THE ASTURIAN PRE-ROMAN MONUMENTS,
inscribed as World Heritages by UNESCO. |
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Excursion by bus to the Palace of Santa María del Naranco and the
church of San Miguel de Lillo,
located in the side of
mountain Naranco. They constitute
the only
vestiges of the palace complex built by Ramiro I in the IX century,
in a place which was a wooded area, rich in hunting, before. |
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Visit to the church of San Julián de los Prados,
basilica
forming part of the residential village that King Alfonso XII built
at the surroundings of the city, on the first half of IX century. As
the two previously mentioned monuments, this is a unique jewel of
the European medieval art, housing extraordinary and unique in the
world mural paintings, which explain the influence of the christian
Roman Empire on the Kingdom of Asturias, transmitted through the
Carolingian Empire. |
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Tuesday, 15 June:
VISIT TO CATHEDRAL, CÁMARA SANTA AND THE OLD QUARTER OF OVIEDO |
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The excursion starts from the square Alfonso II, where the
gothic Cathedral of Salvador is located. Its building started in
the XIV century, on the same site where was located the preroman
basilica of the same name. |
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Inside
of the cathedral, there is a small reliquary capel, named Cámara
Santa, inscribed as World Heritage by UNESCO. It was built in
the IX century by the King Alfonso XII, aiming to house the
reliquaries brought from the Holy Land, as well as jewels and
donations. |
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The visit will continue on the Cimadevilla street up to arrive
Constitución square where are located the City Hall and the
church of San Isidoro. The walk continues through del Fierro
street to the square El Fontán, where the weekly market is
held. Out of the old quarter, it is interesting to stop at the
University of Oviedo, which is one of the oldest universities in
Spain, with more than 400 years of history. Starting from here, we
enter to the Oviedo of XIX century, through the streets
Fruela and Uría, opened to connect the old city with the modern
railway station, and where lies the political and financial
institutions (Junta General del Principado, old palace of the
Diputación) and the leisure spaces (Paseo de los Álamos and
Campoamor theater), accompanying people from Oviedo since century
XIX, and to all the visitants of this city, expecting to be the "European
Capital of Culture". |
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Note:
comfortable shoes are recommended, especially in the journey of
visiting the monuments of Naranco, in which is necessary to walk a
small pedestrian path from the parking of cars and buses to the
monuments. |
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