Pyrénées - Mont Perdu sight
France: Midi-Pyrénées Region, Hautes-Pyrénées Déparetment; 1999 Extension: Commune of Gèdre Spain:Autonomous Community of , Spain
This outstanding mountain landscape, which spans the contemporary national borders of France and Spain, is centred around the peak of Mount Perdu, a calcareous massif that rises to 3,352 m. The site, with a total area of 30,639 ha, includes two of Europe's largest and deepest canyons on the Spanis...
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada sight
Province of Granada, Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain
Rising above the modern lower town, the Alhambra and the Albaycín, situated on two adjacent hills, form the medieval part of Granada. To the east of the Alhambra fortress and residence are the magnificent gardens of the Generalife, the former rural residence of the emirs who ruled this part of Spa...
Burgos Cathedral sight
Province of Burgos, Autonomous Community of Castile-Leon, Spain
Our Lady of Burgos was begun in the 13th century at the same time as the great cathedrals of the Ile-de-France and was completed in the 15th and 16th centuries. The entire history of Gothic art is summed up in its superb architecture and its unique collection of works of art, including paintings, c...
Historic Centre of Cordoba sight
Province of Cordoba, Autonomous Community of Andalusia, Spain
Cordoba's period of greatest glory began in the 8th century after the Moorish conquest, when some 300 mosques and innumerable palaces and public buildings were built to rival the splendours of Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad. In the 13th century, under Ferdinand III, the Saint, Cordoba's Gre...
Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid sight
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Province and Autonomous Community of Madrid, Spain
Built at the end of the 16th century on a plan in the form of a grill, the instrument of the martyrdom of St Lawrence, the Escurial Monastery stands in an exceptionally beautiful site in Castile. Its austere architecture, a break with previous styles, had a considerable influence on Spanish archite...
Works of Antoni Gaudí sight
Spain
Seven properties built by the architect Antoni Gaudí (18521926) in or near Barcelona testify to Gaudís exceptional creative contribution to the development of architecture and building technology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. These monuments represent an eclectic, as well as a ve...
Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain sight
Santillana del Mar, Province and Autonomous Community of Cantabria, Spain
Seventeen decorated caves of the Paleolithic age were inscribed as an extension to the Altamira Cave, inscribed in 1985. The property will now appear on the List as Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain. The property represents the apogee of Paleolithic cave art that developed...
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias sight
Province and Autonomous Community of Asturias, Spain
In the 9th century the flame of Christianity was kept alive in the Iberian peninsula in the tiny Kingdom of the Asturias. Here an innovative pre-Romanesque architectural style was created that was to play a significant role in the development of the religious architecture of the peninsula. Its high...
Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches sight
Province of Ávila, Autonomous Community of Castile-Leon, Spain
Founded in the 11th century to protect the Spanish territories from the Moors, this 'City of Saints and Stones', the birthplace of St Teresa and the burial place of the Grand Inquisitor Torquemada, has kept its medieval austerity. This purity of form can still be seen in the Gothic cathedral and ...
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct sight
Province of Segovia, Autonomous Community of Castile-Leon, Spain
The Roman aqueduct of Segovia, probably built c. A.D. 50, is remarkably well preserved. This impressive construction, with its two tiers of arches, forms part of the setting of the magnificent historic city of Segovia. Other important monuments include the Alcázar, begun around the 11th century, a...
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