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Where: Avila, Spain . Out and about: The “City of Kings and Saints”, Avila was sacred to an ancient Celtiberian culture long before the arrival of the Romans or Christians.

Spain’s incredible walled city that looks like it was plucked straight out of a fairytale ... Well, here in Avila they're real,” explained one intrepid traveller on TripAdvisor.

This, then, is a city of religious mysticism, but it is also, most visibly, one of murallas – walls. Built in the 12th century, they are the best preserved around any city in Spain, more than a ...

The Order of Carmel in the Diocese of Avila, Spain “The uncovered parts, which are the face and foot, are the same as those they were in 1914,” Chiesa said in the press release.

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A monument in honor of Saint Teresa of Ávila is seen here on Holy Thursday on April 13, 2017, in Ávila, Spain. The body of the sainted nun who passed away in 1582 has remained ...

AVILA, Spain (AFP) — Just outside the 11th-century walls that surround Avila in central Spain, rows of granite slabs surrounded by neatly trimmed grass mark the spot where ancient Jewish graves lay.

From atop the stone walls of Avila, Spain, a medieval city an hour’s drive northwest of Madrid, beyond the parking lots and empty playgrounds and thousands of vacant new apartments, a ...