Camping in ávila
Ávila. Province located in the southernmost part of Castilla and León, the capital is the highest in Spain and fourth in Europe (1,127 meters above sea level), and its highest peak in the Picos de Almanzora, in the mountains Gredos.
His impressive walls of 12 m, 3 m thick and a total length of 2,557 m, reflecting that characterized medieval past. The fortification was built by Alfonso VI to his son, Raymond of Burgundy, has 2,500 battlements and a total of 88 towers, which turn the city of Avila in the best fortified in the world. The main religious monument is the cathedral, from whose vantage point of "The Four Poles" presents her with the best frame of the city. Beside it is the basilica of S. Vicente.
The churches of S. John, S. Peter S. Andrés and the Real Monasterio de Santo Tomas, near the Oñate palace, can not go unnoticed before the eager eyes of visitors. The royal palace was once home to the Catholic Monarchs in the Middle Ages and became, later in the Dominican University.
The essence Teresa of Avila was discovered in the monastery of the Incarnation, where he lived nearly thirty years St. Teresa of Jesus and where is the museum - also is characteristic of S. Joseph.
Other points of interest: S. Sands Pedro are the Caves Valley, Candeleda, and very interesting Navarredonda Eagle Caves and the beautiful castle of the Sad Countess.
Further north, in Arevalo, its castle (s. xiv) and the churches characterizing the population, or outstanding examples of Mudejar Romanesque brick. In Mombeltrán, the castle of the Dukes of Albuquerque and in the beautiful town of Piedrahita, the Discalced Carmelite convent and the palace of the Dukes of Alba.
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