San Pedru Ambás

San Pedru Ambás is one of 41 parishes in Villaviciosa, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. Situated at 171 m above sea level, the parroquia is 4.24 km2 in size, with a population of 138.

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Type: Locality with 114 residents
Description: parish of Spain
Also known as: “Ambas” and “Ambás”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of San Salvador de Valdediós and Iglesia de San Andrés.

Church of San Salvador de Valdediós

Church

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The church of the Holy Savior of Valdediós is a Roman Catholic pre-romanesque church, located next to Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain. The church stands in the Boides valley, the place where Alfonso III of Asturias was detained when he was dispossessed by his sons, and where there used to be an old convent governed by the Benedictine Order, substituted in the 13th century by the Cistercians.

Iglesia de San Andrés

Church

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Iglesia de San Andrés is a 12th-century, Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church, located in Valdebárzana in the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain. It was established in 1189.

Church of Santa María de Sariegomuerto

Church

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The Church of Santa María de Sariegomuerto is a Romanesque-style, Roman Catholic church in the municipality of Villaviciosa, in the community of Asturias, Spain. Church of Santa María de Sariegomuerto is situated 4 km north of San Pedru Ambás.