Northwest of the city, on the road to Salamanca, Los Cuatro Postes provides the best views of 脕惫颈濒补's walls. It also marks the place where Santa Teresa and her brother were caught by their uncle as they tried to run away from home (they were hoping to achieve martyrdom at the hands of the Muslims). The best views are at night.
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香港六合彩即时开奖's must-see attractions
Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo
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Home to the majestic monastery and palace complex of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, this one-time royal getaway rises up from the foothills of the mountains鈥
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脕惫颈濒补's 12th-century cathedral is both a house of worship and an ingenious fortress: its stout granite apse forms the central bulwark in the historic city鈥
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脕惫颈濒补's splendid 12th-century walls stretch for 2.5km atop the remains of earlier Roman and Muslim battlements and rank among the world's best-preserved鈥
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Commissioned by the Reyes Cat贸licos (Catholic Monarchs), Fernando and Isabel, and completed in 1492, this monastery is an exquisite example of Isabelline鈥
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Built in 1636 around the room where Santa Teresa was born in 1515, this is the epicentre of the cult surrounding the saint. There are three attractions in鈥
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This graceful church is a masterpiece of Romanesque simplicity: a series of largely Gothic modifications in sober granite contrasted with the warm鈥
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North of the city walls, this unadorned Renaissance monastery is where Santa Teresa fully took on the monastic life and lived for 27 years. One of the鈥
Iglesia de Santo Tom茅 El Viejo
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This church dates from the 13th century, and it was from this pulpit that Santa Teresa was castigated most vehemently for her reforms. It has been鈥
Nearby 脕惫颈濒补 attractions
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Built in 1636 around the room where Santa Teresa was born in 1515, this is the epicentre of the cult surrounding the saint. There are three attractions in鈥
2. Iglesia de San Juan Bautista
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This quiet parish church dates from the 16th century and contains the font in which Santa Teresa was baptised on 4 April 1515. The church can be visited鈥
3. Monasterio de la Encarnaci贸n
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North of the city walls, this unadorned Renaissance monastery is where Santa Teresa fully took on the monastic life and lived for 27 years. One of the鈥
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脕惫颈濒补's 12th-century cathedral is both a house of worship and an ingenious fortress: its stout granite apse forms the central bulwark in the historic city鈥
0.74 MILES
The peaceful Jard铆n de San Vicente, across the road from the Basilica de San Vicente and in the shadow of the city walls, was once a Roman cemetery.
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This old city gate is where you can access a 1300m stretch of 脕惫颈濒补's walls.
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This graceful church is a masterpiece of Romanesque simplicity: a series of largely Gothic modifications in sober granite contrasted with the warm鈥
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Access to a 300m stretch of 脕惫颈濒补's walls is from just inside the Puerta del Alc谩zar.