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  • Fashion Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
    Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada

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    "Rising above the modern lower town, the Alhambra and the Albaycín, situated on two adjacent hills, form the medieval part of Granada."
  • Fashion Burgos Cathedral
    Burgos Cathedral

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    "Our Lady of Burgos was begun in the 13th century at the same time as the great cathedrals of the Ile-de-France and was completed in the 15th and 16th centuries."
  • Fashion Historic Centre of Cordoba
    Historic Centre of Cordoba

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    "Cordoba's period of greatest glory began in the 8th century after the Moorish conquest, when some 300 mosques and innumerable palaces and public buildings were built to rival the splendours of Constantinople, Damascus and Baghdad."
  • Fashion Monastery of El Escorial
    Monastery of El Escorial

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    "Built at the end of the 16th century on a plan in the form of a grill, the instrument of the martyrdom of St Lawrence, the Escurial Monastery stands in an exceptionally beautiful site in Castile."
  • Fashion The works of Antoni Gaudí, a unique architect
    The works of Antoni Gaudí, a unique architect

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    "Seven properties built by the architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926) in or near Barcelona testify to Gaudí’s exceptional creative contribution to the development of architecture and building technology in the late 19th and early 20th centuries."
  • Fashion Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain
    Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain

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    "Seventeen decorated caves of the Paleolithic age were inscribed as an extension to the Altamira Cave, inscribed in 1985. The property will now appear on the List as Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain."
  • Fashion Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
    Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias

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    "In the 9th century the flame of Christianity was kept alive in the Iberian peninsula in the tiny Kingdom of the Asturias."
  • Fashion Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
    Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches

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    "Founded in the 11th century to protect the Spanish territories from the Moors, this 'City of Saints and Stones', the birthplace of St Teresa and the burial place of the Grand Inquisitor Torquemada, has kept its medieval austerity."
  • Fashion Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
    Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct

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    "The Roman aqueduct of Segovia, probably built c. A.D. 50, is remarkably well preserved. This impressive construction, with its two tiers of arches, forms part of the setting of the magnificent historic city of Segovia."
  • Fashion Santiago old town
    Santiago old town

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    "This famous pilgrimage site in north-west Spain became a symbol in the Spanish Christians' struggle against Islam. Destroyed by the Muslims at the end of the 10th century, it was completely rebuilt in the following century. With its Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque buildings, the Old Town of Santiago"