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Carreno

Country:
Spain
State:
Spain (General)
City:
Carreno
Type of Location:
Multiple
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Places to Visit
How to Reach

By road

It is at a distance from the capital of the Principality (Oviedo) of 35 miles, being well connected to the main towns of the Principality through the Highway "Y". It also has several regional and county roads.

By plane

Airport of Asturias (IATA: OVD) is approximately 40km away from Oviedo. The airport is located on the outskirts of the town of Aviles. Asturias airport has flights to and from London Stansted, Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, Milan and Rome, Basil and Zurich, and various destinations in Germany. In Spain there are flights to Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga, Alicante, Palma de Mallorca, Sevilla and the Canary Islands.

By train

Oviedo train station (calle Pepe Cosmen) is on the west side of la Calle Úria (the center of the city), where there are many connecting local bus routes. There is also a taxi stand just outside the station. It is next to the coach station.

Key places to visit
The church of St. Felix, The church of Santa Maria de Logrezana, The church of Santa Maria de Piedeloro, The parish church of Ambas, The hermitage of San Antonio, The Palace of XVIII century Estrada Mora, The tower Prendes, Downtown Farmers Carreno

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Places to Visit

The church of St. Felix

The church of St. Felix, built by Fruela II, its first structure is the area of the head behind the baroque altarpiece and the western wall, where it opens a window with round arch. The rest are of different constructions, such as cubes of the spiral staircase are medieval, or Christ altarpiece is baroque. The present church is neo-baroque, stands the monumental facade, topped by a pediment and two side towers.

The church of Santa Maria de Logrezana

The church of Santa Maria de Logrezana of its original Romanesque building retains only the west portal and a window on the south wall. The medieval belfry has a profile but is difficult to date its construction. The whole temple was rebuilt in the late nineteenth century.

The church of Santa Maria de Piedeloro

The church of Santa Maria de Piedeloro is Artistic Historical Monument of the thirteenth century and the late Romanesque style. The church has one nave and rectangular. It is made of masonry and stones at the corners. The walls are reinforced with buttresses and small loopholes that light is what divides the church. Originally the church had three doors, the north, south and west. The north is walled up. The south consists of two archivolts undecorated. And the interest that stands out is the west portal is flared with three semicircular archivolts surrounded by a drip cap. The building is a mixture of different styles and in the seventeenth, was again covered the ships in the eighteenth and add the sacristy and the porch. Its last restoration was done in 1986.

The parish church of Ambas

The parish church of Ambas is the eighteenth century, the building was remodeled after the civil war, with a church of simple lines. Its structure is the nave, square head, vestry and porch with columns. It is characterized by the lack of decoration.

The hermitage of San Antonio

The hermitage of San Antonio of the sixteenth century, was funded by the people of Candida out the scourge of the plague. It's a simple masonry construction single nave and. The audience is reached by a triumphal arch.

The Palace of XVIII century Estrada Mora

The Palace of XVIII century Estrada Mora is simple, highlighting the carved stones in the corners and openings. Lacks ornamental details. The palace is about a contemporary sculpture park.

The tower Prendes

The tower Prendes has a strategic location of the XIV and XV. It is a rough square building, built in ashlar. In the southern facade of an arched doorway is a window, the other facades have loopholes.

Downtown Farmers Carreno

Downtown Farmers Carreno, built in the early twentieth century, has a style typical of industrial architecture. A building of two floors, three doors down intended for agricultural use and superior designed for meetings and meetings with large windows. To construct the artificial stone used for decoration and glazed ceramics. It was a work funded by Indian families.

The parish church of Ambas

The parish church of Ambas is the eighteenth century, the building was remodeled after the civil war, with a church of simple lines. Its structure is the nave, square head, vestry and porch with columns. It is characterized by the lack of decoration.

Right Time to Visit

August - October

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