Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historic city center

Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Spain renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved medieval walls and Romanesque religious architecture located both within and outside the city fortifications.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches canonical 3
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ávila city walls and old town) 1
Walls of Ávila 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
historic city center ⓘ
architecturalStyle Gothic ⓘ
associatedWith Kingdom of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reconquista NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
dominantArchitecturalStyle Romanesque ⓘ
encloses historic center of Ávila NERFINISHED ⓘ
extensionYear 2007 ⓘ
governingBody Municipality of Ávila NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageType cultural ⓘ
historicalFunction frontier fortress of the Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
includes Basilica of San Vicente NERFINISHED ⓘ
Church of San Pedro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Convent of Saint Teresa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romanesque churches outside the walls ⓘ
Ávila Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1985 ⓘ
locatedIn Castile and León ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Ávila NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature Romanesque churches ⓘ
extra-muros churches ⓘ
fortified urban ensemble ⓘ
medieval city walls ⓘ
numberOfGates 9 ⓘ
numberOfTowers over 80 ⓘ
periodRepresented Middle Ages ⓘ
preservationStatus exceptionally well-preserved ⓘ
protectedBy Spanish heritage legislation ⓘ
religiousArchitectureType churches ⓘ
convents ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
UNESCOCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
UNESCORegion Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOSignificance bears exceptional testimony to a type of defensive urban ensemble ⓘ
illustrates the power of the medieval Castilian kingdom ⓘ
outstanding example of a fortified medieval town ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 348 ⓘ
wallConstructionPeriod 11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
wallPerimeter approximately 2.5 kilometres ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Ávila → heritageDesignation → Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches ⓘ
Ávila → hasCityWall → Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: Walls of Ávila
World Heritage Sites in Spain → hasPart → Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches ⓘ
Province of Ávila → hasHeritageSite → Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches ⓘ
Province of Ávila → heritageDesignation → Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ávila city walls and old town)
Province of Ávila → knownFor → Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches ⓘ
this entity surface form: medieval city walls of Ávila