Museum of Avilés Urban History
The Museum of Avilés Urban History, is located in the medieval town center of Avilés, Asturias. The equipment is specially designed to contextualize the chronology of events that have marked the development of the town at different times, with special emphasis on the period between the time King Alfonso VI obtained the charter in 1085 and the present day.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre and Los Alas Chapel.
Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre
Arts center
Photo: SurfAst, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre (Spanish: Centro Cultural Internacional Oscar Niemeyer, is a cultural centre located in the city of Avilés, in Spain. Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre is situated 310 metres east of Museum of Avilés Urban History.
San Antonio de Padua, Avilés
Church
San Antonio de Padua is a Romanesque-style Franciscan church in Avilés, community of Asturias, Spain. Also known as the Church of the Franciscan Fathers, Franciscan monks lived in and ran the church from 1919 until 2013.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avilés and Versalles.
Avilés
Town
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Avilés is a post-industrial city in Asturias in northwest Spain. With a population of 76,000 in 2024, it's best known for the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre.
Versalles
Suburb
Avilés is a town in Asturias, Spain. Avilés is, along with Oviedo and Gijón, one of the main cities in the Principality of Asturias. The town occupies the flattest land in the municipality, partially in a land that belonged to the sea, surrounded by small promontories, all of them having an altitude of less than 140 metres.
Museum of Avilés Urban History
- Type: Museum
- Description: history museum, Historic site in Asturias, Spain
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Avilés, Asturias, Green Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
43.55719° or 43° 33′ 26″ northLongitude
-5.92165° or 5° 55′ 18″ westElevation
11 metres (36 feet)Open location code
8CMPH34H+V8OpenStreetMap ID
way 233688470OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
10300328Wikidata ID
Q13147791
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Museum of Avilés Urban History” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Muséu de la Historia Urbana d’Avilés”
- Spanish: “Museo de la Historia Urbana de Aviles”
- Spanish: “Museo de la Historia Urbana de Avilés”
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