Visitor Reception Center

Avda. de Madrid, 39 – 05001 Ávila (Ávila)
+34 920 350 000 ext-370

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Summer
Every day from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Winter
Every day from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

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St. Nicolás

+34 920 221 122

Ciudad Patrimonio de la Humanidad World Heritage Site

Schedule

Entrance is free before and after Mass

The opening times and prices of monuments are set by each establishment.

This church stands in the suburb of the same name outside the walls, a mediaeval quarter inhabited by Christians and dedicated to agriculture and sheep farming. It also had a large number of Mudejar residents. It was built in Caleno granite in the late-Romanesque style of Ávila between the second half of the 12th century and the beginning of the 13th. The upper end and porches remain from the original construction.

The three entrances take the form of semi-circular arches with archivolts. The northern entrance is the most ornamental and is decorated with wedges, palmettes and ivy leaves, which are very typical motifs on Romanesque churches in Zamora. The capitals of the archivolts have plant motifs.

The tower is built on to the upper end from the North. It is divided into three bodies and shows two periods of construction. A Vetton animal sculpture was reused for the plinth.

It has three naves: the central nave opens into a large apse and the side naves into rectangular chapels. Except for the upper end, the temple was covered with Baroque-style plasterwork in the 17th century.

It was designated a National Monument in 1980

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