Monastery Santa María de Villanueva 12th century monastery founded by King Alfonso VII. The monastery of Santa María was for centuries the organizational center of the agricultural and economic space of this area of western Asturias. It was founded in 1137 by King Alfonso VII and his wife Berenguela, as a monastery of Benedictine…
Villa Romana de Veranes Villa de Veranes was a large manor house from the 4th century. A Roman villa is an agricultural holding with two different parts: the residential area or urban pars and the rural pars. In the first, the lord of the village lives (pater familias or dominus) and in the second there…
Tito Bustillo Cave Declared World Heritage by UNESCO The discovery In April 1968, members of the Torreblanca mountain group along with two young Rioja descended through a small chasm known as Pozu’l Ramu. During their incursion, they discovered two of the most important artistic ensembles, the Vulvas Camarín and the Main Panel. The discovery…