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| Location | : | Provincia de Ávila, Spain |
| Description | : | In the sunny part of the Sierra de Ávila , above Amavida , are currently the ruins of an old Augustinian convent founded in 1504 by Francisco de la Parra under the patronage of the Virgen de las Angustias and which was titled Our Lady of the Risco. It was an important center of evangelization and, practically, the only cultural center during the Late Middle Ages in the alfoz of what is now the province of Ávila. The monastery had a church, a cloister, a residence for the monks, a viewpoint, terraces for cultivation, a hostel for pilgrims, stables, warehouses and a... Read More |
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