Catalonia, Valencia, and the Costa Blanca
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1. Catedral de Valencia
Ciutat Vella | Museum/GalleryValencia's 13th- to 15th-century cathedral is the heart of the city. The building has three portals—Romanesque, Gothic, and rococo. Inside,...Read More
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2. Cathedral
Religious Building/Site/ShrineAt the heart of the Força Vella, the cathedral looms above 90 steps and is famous for its nave—at 75 feet, the widest in the world and the epitome...Read More
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3. La Moreneta
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe shrine of La Moreneta, one of Catalonia's patron saints, resides in a Benedictine monastery high in the Serra de Montserrat, surrounded...Read More
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4. Monasterio de Santa María de Poblet
Religious Building/Site/ShrineFounded in 1150 by Ramón Berenguer IV in gratitude for the Christian Reconquest, the monastery first housed a dozen Cistercians from Narbonne...Read More
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5. Sant Pere de Rodes
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe monastery of Sant Pere de Rodes, 7 km (4½ miles) by car (plus a 20-minute walk) above the pretty fishing village of El Port de la Selva...Read More
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6. Basílica de Santa María
Religious Building/Site/ShrineConstructed in a Gothic style over the city's main mosque between the 14th and 16th century, this is Alicante's oldest house of worship. The...Read More
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7. Basilica of Sant Feliu
Religious Building/Site/ShrineOne of Girona's most beloved churches and its first cathedral until the 10th century, Sant Feliu was repeatedly rebuilt and altered over four...Read More
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8. Catedral
Religious Building/Site/ShrineBuilt between the 12th and 14th century on the site of a Roman temple and a mosque, this cathedral shows the transition from Romanesque to Gothic...Read More
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9. Concatedral of San Nicolás de Bari
Religious Building/Site/ShrineBuilt between 1616 and 1662 on the site of a former mosque, this church (called a con catedral because it shares the seat of the bishopric...Read More
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10. Convent de Santa Maria
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe ruins of the Santa Maria Convent, on a hill just outside of town, make a good walk and offer a panoramic view over Besalú. ...Read More
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11. Església de Sant Pere
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThis 12th-century Romanesque church is part of a 10th-century monastery, still in an excellent state of preservation. ...Read More
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12. Església de Sant Vicenç
Religious Building/Site/ShrineFounded in 977, this pre-Romanesque gem contains the relics of St. Vincent as well as the tomb of its benefactor, Pere de Rovira. La Capella...Read More
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13. Jewish ritual baths
Religious Building/Site/ShrineThe remains of this 13th-century mikvah, or Jewish ritual bath, were discovered in the 1960s; it's one of the few surviving in Spain. A stone...Read More
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14. Monestir de Sant Pere de Galligants
Museum/GalleryThe church of St. Peter, across the Galligants River, was finished in 1131, and is notable for its octagonal Romanesque belfry and the finely...Read More
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15. Real Colegio del Corpus Christi
Casco Antiguo | Museum/GalleryThis seminary, with its church, cloister, and library, is the crown jewel of Valencia's Renaissance architecture. Founded by San Juan de Ribera...Read More
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16. San Nicolás
Casco Antiguo | Religious Building/Site/ShrineA small plaza contains Valencia's oldest church (dating to the 13th century), once the parish of the Borgia Pope Calixtus III. The first portal...Read More
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17. Santes Creus
Religious Building/Site/ShrineFounded in 1157, Santes Creus is the first of the monasteries you'll come upon as the A2 branches west toward Lleida; take Exit 11 off the highway...Read More
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