The Principality of Asturias is home to noteworthy spiritual and religious heritage sites, some of which have deep historical roots.
Asturias has a strong cultural and architectural heritage of a spiritual and religious nature. Churches, basilicas, collegiate churches, shrines, chapels and the San Salvador Cathedral in Oviedo/Uviéu are some of the region's most valuable and interesting cultural tourism monuments.
Located throughout urban and rural Asturias, there are dozens of retreats and sceneries displaying historic monuments that illustrate the customs and inner-history of the region's people.
El Salvador Cathedral is, without a doubt, a cultural, artistic and religious emblem of the capital of the Principality of Asturias. Its majestic... El Salvador Cathedral
Located in the Picos de Europa National Park, Covadonga is home to one of the most important sanctuaries in Europe. Sanctuary of Covadonga
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus brings together different influences, including Gaudí's modernist tendency, and Gothic resonances. Basilica Sacred Heart of Jesus (La Iglesiona)
Santa María de Soto de Luiña is one of the most notable ecclesiastical Baroque ensembles in Asturias. Soto de Luiña (Cudillero) Church of Santa María in Soto de Luiña
Miravalles is a place of religious and civil devotion in Aller to which many pilgrims come every 8th September. Sanctuary of the Virgin of Miravalles
The Sanctuary of the Martyrs of Valdecuna was built in the 18th century. Sanctuary of the Martyrs Cosmas and Damian
Religious building built in 1665, next to which stands a very old teixo (a type of roof). Sanctuary of Our Lady of Pastur
Popularly known as the Escorial of Asturias, it was one of the richest and most powerful. Monastery of San Juan Bautista de Corias