Palacio Episcopal Review

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Palacio Episcopal

  • Address: Adjacent to cathedral, on Pl. de la Catedral, Astorga
  • Phone: 987/616882

Fodor's Review:

Just opposite Astorga's cathedral is the fairy-tale, neo-Gothic Palacio Episcopal (Archbishop's Palace), designed for a Catalan cleric by Antoni Gaudí in 1889. Visiting the palace the last week of August, during Astorga's Fiesta de Santa María, is a treat for the senses; fireworks explode in the sky, casting rainbows of light over Gaudí's ornate, mystical towers. No expense was spared in creating this building, site of the Museo de Los Caminos (Museum of the Way). The collection has folk items, such as the standard pilgrim costume—heavy black cloak, staff hung with gourds, and wide-brimmed hat bedecked with scallop shells—as well as contemporary Spanish art.

  • Cost: EUR 2.50
  • Open: Mar. 20-Sept. 20, Tues.-Sat. 10-2 and 4-8, Sun. 10-2 (and 4-8 in Aug.); Sept. 21-Mar. 19, Tues.-Sat. 11-2 and 4-6, Sun. 11-2
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