San Miguel de Lillo is a Roman Catholic Church built in 848 and has been a UNESCO World Heritage…read moreSite since 1985. The church is located on Mount Naranco. It is a very quite and peaceful area surrounded by nature. They are open for tours Monday 10:00am to 12:30pm and Tuesday through Saturday from 10am to 2pm.

This iconic church is well positioned at the western end of the promenade in Gijon, so it is…read moreusually part of many pictures of Gijon that highlight the sea, the promenade or the historic center. The church of San Pedro, built between 1945 and 1955 today, occupies the site of the 15th century temple that functioned as the city's parish church until the end of the 19th century. I went in during a mass service and the lighting inside the church was very bright and very well set up.

The cathedral in Oviedo is the main landmark of the entire city…read more Inside the church there is a vaulted space in which the twelve Apostles were carved, paired two by two, on the columns that support the arches. This same upper floor keeps The Cathedral Treasure, among them, the cross of angels, the Victory Cross (present on the regional flag), the Chest of Agates, Mozarabic style and the holy shroud. Today, bars and alarms protect this treasure after a robbery in bad faith, never better said, shocked the Asturian people in 1977. The pieces were recovered, although some, after the looting, suffered considerable damage and had to be rebuilt. In Oviedo, there's a saying that goes...."Whoever goes to Santiago and not to the Savior, visits the servant and leaves the master". This saying -very well-known in the Principality- refers to the Oviedo cathedral of San Salvador, a pilgrimage center on the Way to Santiago. There was a fee of 6-7 euros to get in.

The Cathedral de Oviedo was a high point while visiting the town of Oviedo. Construction started at…read morethe end of the 13th Century and finished in the second half of the 16th Century. It's a very interesting tour because of the rich history. The architecture is stunning and the statues are beautiful.