The historic town of Guimarães is associated with the emergence of the Portuguese national identity in the 12th century. An exceptionally ...
The monastic community founded by St Millán in the mid-6th century became a place of pilgrimage. A fine Romanesque church built ...
Our Lady of Burgos was begun in the 13th century at the same time as the great cathedrals of the Ile-de-France ...
The caves of the Sierra de Atapuerca contain a rich fossil record of the earliest human beings in Europe, from nearly ...
A network of four Christian pilgrimage routes in northern Spain, the site is an extension of the Route of Santiago de ...
In the 1st century A.D. the Roman Imperial authorities began to exploit the gold deposits of this region in north-west Spain, ...
The walls of Lugo were built in the later part of the 3rd century to defend the Roman town of Lucus. ...
The Tower of Hercules has served as a lighthouse and landmark at the entrance of La Coruña harbour in north-western Spain ...
This famous pilgrimage site in north-west Spain became a symbol in the Spanish Christians' struggle against Islam. Destroyed by the Muslims ...
Seventeen decorated caves of the Paleolithic age were inscribed as an extension to the Altamira Cave, inscribed in 1985. The property ...
In the 9th century the flame of Christianity was kept alive in the Iberian peninsula in the tiny Kingdom of the ...
Vizcaya Bridge straddles the mouth of the Ibaizabal estuary, west of Bilbao. It was designed by the Basque architect Alberto de ...