Heritage towns in Asturias
14 towns in this province.
An Asturian port city whose medieval old town, royal charter, Romanesque churches, baroque palaces and all, earned protected status in 1955, and whose waterfront now anchors a striking cultural centre designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
A coastal Asturian town with medieval walls, a ruined ducal palace, and a harbour history that once sent its ships to the ports of Andalusia, Portugal, Flanders, and England.
A market town in the green hills of Asturias, sitting below a medieval castle on a Camino route that winds through the valleys west of Oviedo.
A compact fishing port on the Asturian coast whose amphitheatre of stacked houses rises steeply above a working harbour, backed by medieval churches, a Gothic port fortress, and one of Spain's most surprising private art collections.
A market town on the Camino de Santiago in Asturias, shaped by Alfonso X and walled against the chaos of medieval lords, with Romanesque churches scattered across its parishes and a street plan that still follows the pilgrim road.
A small Asturian town on the Cantabrian coast where indiano architecture, a prehistoric cave, and a royal prize mark it as one of the most recognised villages in the Principality of Asturias.
A small Asturian parish where a donated monastery from 1104 left behind a church that survived centuries before the Spanish Civil War reduced it to rubble.
A small Asturian parish on the Camino de Santiago, where a pilgrim hospital and the church of Santa María mark centuries of travellers passing through on their way to Santiago de Compostela.
A cider-country town on the Asturian coast where a UNESCO-listed pre-Romanesque church, medieval walls, and a handful of ancient village churches make it one of the most monument-rich councils on the northern Camino.
A small Asturian parish in the council of Cabranes, known for a pre-Romanesque church and a museum dedicated to rural school life.
A historic fishing and seafaring quarter in Gijón, Asturias, built on a tidal headland where Roman walls, a medieval fortress, and a landmark Chillida sculpture mark two thousand years of continuous life by the sea.
A small Asturian town on the Eo estuary with one of the highest concentrations of Iron Age hillforts in Asturias, a history stretching from prehistoric axes to medieval bishops, and a streetscape of baroque churches and Art Nouveau mansions facing the water.
A Camino waypoint on the edge of Oviedo, where a medieval toll bridge, a Romanesque apse, and a baroque pilgrim fountain mark centuries of passage through the Asturian coalfields.
A small Asturian fishing village whose rocky coastline holds real dinosaur tracks, a lighthouse standing since 1864, and two historic quarters recognised as a protected artistic ensemble.