Ávila

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Ávila is a historic walled city in central Spain, renowned for its remarkably well-preserved medieval fortifications and Romanesque and Gothic architecture.

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Ávila canonical 27
city of Ávila 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic saint
cathedral
city
city wall
municipality
university
architecturalStyle Gothic architecture
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture
autonomousCommunityCapital no
bornIn Ávila self-linksurface differs
capitalOf Province of Ávila
climate continental Mediterranean climate
constructionStart 11th century
country Spain
directionFromMadrid west of Madrid
distanceFromMadrid about 110 kilometres
elevation about 1130 metres above sea level
hasCathedral Ávila Cathedral
hasCityWall Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
surface form: Walls of Ávila
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site
hasReligiousFigure Teresa of Ávila
hasTransport bus station
railway station
hasUniversity Catholic University of Ávila
heritageDesignation Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
heritageInscriptionYear 1985
knownFor Gothic architecture
Romanesque architecture
medieval city walls
religious architecture
locatedIn Castile and León
central Spain
Ávila self-linksurface differs
Ávila self-linksurface differs
Ávila self-linksurface differs
locatedOn banks of the Adaja River
mainEconomicActivity services
tourism
notableFoodSpeciality chuletón de Ávila
yemas de Santa Teresa
partOf Province of Ávila
patronSaint Teresa of Ávila
populationTrend small provincial capital
primaryLanguage Spanish
religionHistoricallyDominant Roman Catholicism
timeZone CET
timeZoneDST CEST
urbanForm historic walled core

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Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moses de León residence Ávila
Vivanco placeOfBirth Ávila
subject surface form: Sebastián de Vivanco
Ávila campus locatedIn Ávila
Ávila campus city Ávila
Ávila locatedIn Ávila self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Walls of Ávila
Ávila bornIn Ávila self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Teresa of Ávila
Ávila locatedIn Ávila self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Ávila Cathedral
Ávila locatedIn Ávila self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Catholic University of Ávila
Sistema Central passesNear Ávila
Province of Ávila capital Ávila
Province of Ávila contains Ávila
this entity surface form: city of Ávila
Province of Ávila hasCity Ávila