Ontdek Ávila

The Basilica of San Vicente is a Romanesque church begun around 1130 just outside Ávila's walls, where tradition places the burial of the martyrs Vincent, Sabina and Christeta, killed in 306. Work went on into the early 14th century. Visitors see the carved west portal, the arcaded south gallery, the sculpted cenotaph of the three saints and the crypt.

The Walls of Ávila enclose the old town in a granite circuit of about 2.5 km, with 87 towers and nine gates. Begun in Roman times and rebuilt from the late 11th century, they stand about 12 m high and 3 m thick. Some 1.7 km of the wall walk is open to visitors, entered at the Casa de las Carnicerías, the Puerta del Alcázar and the Puerta del Puente.