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El Pabellon de la Navegación
This boxy modern pavilion on the banks of the Río Guadalquivir opened in 2012 and revived a previous navigation museum that lasted from the 1992 Expo until 1999. Its permanent collection is split into four parts – navigation, mariners, shipboard life and historical views of Seville
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Torre del Oro
This 13th-century Almohad watchtower by the river supposedly had a dome covered in golden tiles, hence its name, ‘Tower of Gold. Today, it hosts a small maritime museum spread over two floors and a rooftop viewing platform.The tower was also once used to store the booty siphoned of
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Puerta de Carlos V
The Old Town is surrounded by massive fortress walls pierced by two ancient gates: the Islamic Puerta de Almocábar, which in the 13th century was the main gateway to the castle; and the 16th-century Puerta de Carlos V . Inside, the Islamic layout remains intact, and its maze of nar
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Museu Comarcal de la Garrotxa
On the 3rd floor of a grand former hospice building is this museum explaining the evolution of Garrotxas industry, culture and population. It isnt gripping but youll learn interesting nuggets about clog making, the popularity of cornflower soup, and famous residents. Youll also eye
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Església de la Mercè
Raised in the 1760s on the site of its Gothic predecessor, the baroque Església de la Mercè is home to Barcelona’s most celebrated patron saint. It was badly damaged during the civil war. What remains is, however, quite a curiosity. The baroque facade facing the square contrasts wi
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Castell de Gardeny
The Knights Templar built a monastery complex here shortly after Lleida was taken from the Muslims in 1149. It was later expanded into a fortress in the 17th century. Today you can still see the original Romanesque Església de Santa Maria de Gardeny and a hefty tower. An imaginativ
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Plaza de la Corredera
The heart of town is Plaza de la Corredera, with a number of busy bars and the elegant ayuntamiento and its landmark clock tower looking down from the southeast corner.
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Las Siete Calles
Forming the heart of Bilbaos Casco Viejo are seven streets known as the Siete Calles (Basque: Zazpi Kaleak). These dark, atmospheric lanes – Barrenkale Barrena, Barrenkale, Carnicería Vieja, Belostikale, Tendería, Artekale and Somera – date to the 1400s when the east bank of the Rí
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Casa del Mitreo
Beside Méridas Plaza de Toros, the Casa del Mitreo is a late-1st- or 2nd-century Roman house with a well-preserved fresco and several intricate mosaics. Among the mosaics youll find the partial but beautiful remains of the 3rd-century mosaico cosmológico ( with its bright colours a
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Alcaicería & Plaza Bib
Just south of the Capilla Real, the Alcaicería was the Muslim silk exchange, but what you see now is a restoration after a 19th-century fire, filled with tourist shops. Just southwest of the Alcaicería is the large and picturesque Plaza Bib-Rambla . Nearby, the handsome, horseshoe-
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Cementerio de la Florida
Across the train tracks east of the Ermita de San Antonio de la Florida is the cemetery where 43 rebels executed by Napoleon’s troops lie buried. They were killed on the nearby Montaña del Príncipe Pío in the predawn of 3 May 1808, after the Dos de Mayo uprising. The event was immo
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Museo del Grabado de Goya
One hundred metres down the road from Goyas birthplace, this museum contains an important collection of the artist’s engravings. There are four series including the famously satirical Los Caprichos and the bullfighting-themed La Tauromaquia . If you dont make it out this far, you c
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Museo de las Termas Públicas
Roman baths were traditionally the centre of social and cultural life; these date back to the 1st century BC. Although the original complex comprised several rooms, including a gymnasium and changing rooms, all that remains is a large, formerly porticoed swimming pool, surrounded b
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Port Olímpic
A busy marina built for the Olympic sailing events, Port Olímpic is surrounded by bars and restaurants. An eye-catcher on the approach from La Barceloneta is Frank Gehry’s giant copper Peix (Fish) sculpture. The area behind Port Olímpic, dominated by twin-tower blocks (the luxury H
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Puerta de Almocábar
The Old Town is surrounded by massive fortress walls pierced by two ancient gates: the Islamic Puerta de Almocábar, which in the 13th century was the main gateway to the castle; and the 16th-century Puerta de Carlos V. Inside, the Islamic layout remains intact, and its maze of narr
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Museo de Málaga
The Museum of Málaga opened in 2015. It includes an archaeological-history section with reproductions of wall paintings found in Nerja caves and a magnificent 1.7m sculpture of a Roman soldier dating to the 2nd century AD. A further gallery concentrates on the Moorish period with a
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Albaola Foundation
This terrific museum charts the history of Pasajes whaling industry. At the centre of the story is the San Juan , a galleon that sunk off the coast of Newfoundland in 1565. Models and explanatory panels describe the ship and illustrate how a team of Canadian underwater archaeologis
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Museo Ruso de Málaga
This offshoot of the Russian State Museum in St Petersburg opened in 2015 in a former 1920s tobacco factory. It is dedicated to Russian art from the 16th to 20th centuries, featuring works by Ilya Repin, Wassily Kandinsky and Vladimir Tatlin, among others. From Málaga Centre Alamed
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Museo de Cera
This wax museum, with more than 450 characters, is a fairly standard version of the genre. Models range from the Beatles to Bart Simpson, and from Cristiano Ronaldo to Cervantes, Dalí and Picasso – it’s a typically broad-ranging collection of international and Spanish figures down
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Mirador del Río
The Spanish armed forces set up gun batteries in the late 19th century at a strategic site overlooking the strait separating Lanzarote from Isla Graciosa. In 1973 the ubiquitous César Manrique left his mark, converting the gun emplacement into a spectacular lookout point. There are
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