Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Oviedo, Spain

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Number of sights 45 sights
Distance 8.8 km
Ascend 243 m
Descend 203 m

Experience Oviedo in Spain in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in OviedoIndividual Sights in Oviedo

Sight 1: Llama Olímpica

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The urban sculpture known by the name Olympic Flame, located in front of the Palacio de los Deportes, Ventanielles neighborhood, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Llama Olímpica (escultura) (ES)

583 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: A la Toná

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A la TonáNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known by the name A la toná, located at the intersection of Ángel Cañedo Street with Sabino Fernández Campo, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: A la toná (ES)

331 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: San Julián de los Prados

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San Julián de los Prados, also known as Santullano, is a Pre-Ramirense church from the beginning of the 9th century in Oviedo, the capital city of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is one of the greatest works of Asturian art and was declared an Historical-Artistic Monument by the Spanish Ministry of Culture in June 1917 and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 2 December 1998.

Wikipedia: San Julián de los Prados (EN), Heritage Website

396 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Escultura al ingeniero Enrique Lafuente

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The urban sculpture known by the name Engineer Enrique Lafuente, located in a small garden space located next to the A-8 motorway, which connects Oviedo with Gijón and Avilés, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Escultura al ingeniero Enrique Lafuente (ES)

285 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Los libros que unen

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Los libros que unenNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known as The Books That Unite Us, located on Emilio Alarcos Llorach Street, on the University's El Milán campus, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Los libros que nos unen (ES)

447 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Vida

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The urban sculpture known by the name Vida, located in the Plaza Donantes de Sangre, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Vida (escultura) (ES)

222 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Fuente de Foncalada

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Fuente de Foncalada José Luis Filpo Cabana / CC BY-SA 4.0

The Foncalada is a fountain of potable water located outside the city walls of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain; it was built by king Alfonso III of Asturias in the 9th century. This building remains the only surviving civil architectural item for public use of the Early Middle Ages. Its name was given after the inscription in Latin: fontem calatam written on it. Built in Pre-Romanesque style, it has been included with other Asturian Pre-Romanesque sites on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List since 1998.

Wikipedia: La Foncalada (EN), Heritage Website

151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: La Guisandera

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La GuisanderaNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known as Guisandera, located on Gascona Street, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Guisandera (ES)

133 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Gitana

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GitanaNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known as Gitana, located at the entrance of Gascona Street (Oviedo), from Jovellanos, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Gitana (escultura) (ES)

137 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Jardín de los Reyes

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Jardín de los Reyes José Luis Filpo Cabana / CC BY-SA 4.0

The sculptural ensemble of the garden of the Reyes Caudillos, located on Calle Águila, just in front of the Plaza de Alfonso II el Casto, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred urban sculptures that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Jardín de los Reyes Caudillos (conjunto escultórico) (ES)

74 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Catedral de San Salvador de Oviedo

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The Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Holy Saviour or Cathedral of San Salvador is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica in the centre of Oviedo, in the Asturias region of northern Spain.

Wikipedia: Oviedo Cathedral (EN), Website, Heritage Website

87 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: La Regenta

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The urban sculpture known as La Regenta, located in the Plaza de Alfonso II, el Casto, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: La Regenta (escultura) (ES)

79 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Capilla de La Balesquida

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Capilla de La Balesquida Sitomon / CC BY-SA 2.5

Capilla de la Balesquida is a church in Asturias, Spain. The church was established in 1232.

Wikipedia: Capilla de la Balesquida (EN)

101 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Mujer Sentada 1980

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Mujer Sentada 1980Nacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known by the name of a seated woman, located on San Francisco Street, in front of the old university building, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of The aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Mujer sentada (escultura) (ES)

37 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 15: El regreso de Williams B. Arrensberg

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El regreso de Williams B. ArrensbergNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known as The Return of Williams B. Arrensberg, located in Porlier Square, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: El regreso de Williams B. Arrensberg (ES)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: enamorados

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enamoradosNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known as Amigos, located in the Plaza Juan XXIII, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Amigos (escultura) (ES)

150 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Monumento a la Concordia

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The Monument to Concord, located in the Plaza del Carbayón, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred urban sculptures that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Monumento a la Concordia (ES)

76 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: La Pensadora

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La PensadoraNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known by the name La pensadora, located on Argüelles Street, near the Campoamor Theater, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: La pensadora (ES)

89 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Placido Alvarez Buylla

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Placido Alvarez BuyllaNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The monument to Plácido Álvarez Buylla, located in the Plaza del Carbayón, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred urban sculptures that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Monumento a Plácido Álvarez-Buylla (ES)

32 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 20: Teatro Campoamor

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Teatro Campoamor Jorge Franganillo / CC BY 2.0

The Campoamor Theatre is the opera house of Oviedo, founded in 1892 and known for hosting, among other events, the Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony.

Wikipedia: Teatro Campoamor (ES), Website

63 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: La bailarina

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La bailarinaNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known as "The Dancer", located on the left corner of the Campoamor Theater with Alonso Quintanilla Street, very close to two other sculptures: "Culis monumentalibus", by Eduardo Úrculo, and "Esperanza caminando", by Julio López, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: La bailarina (ES)

15 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 22: Culis Monumentalibus

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Culis MonumentalibusNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

Culis monumentalibus is an urban sculpture known located on Pelayo street, in front of the Campoamor theater, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain. The sculpture, which bears the name in Latin, made of bronze and granite, is the work of Eduardo Úrculo, and is dated 2001.

Wikipedia: Culis monumentalibus (EN)

19 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 23: Esperanza Caminando

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The urban sculpture known as Esperanza caminando, located in front of the Campoamor Theater, in the city of Oviedo, Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Esperanza caminando (ES)

144 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 24: Portada antiguo convento de Santa Clara

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The convent of Santa Clara de Oviedo was an old convent built in the thirteenth century in the capital of the Principality of Asturias.

Wikipedia: Convento de Santa Clara (Oviedo) (ES)

181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 25: El Diestro

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The urban sculpture known as El diestro, located on Palacio Valdés Street, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred sculptures that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: El diestro (ES)

72 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 26: Woody Allen

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The Monument to Woody Allen is a life-size bronze sculpture of the American actor and director Woody Allen, situated in the Spanish city of Oviedo.

Wikipedia: Monument to Woody Allen (EN)

102 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 27: Sabino Fernández Campo

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Sabino Fernández CampoNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The statue of Sabino Fernández Campo, located on the Paseo de los Álamos del Campo San Francisco, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Estatua de Sabino Fernández Campo (ES)

137 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 28: Armando Palacio Valdés

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Armando Palacio ValdésNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known by the name Armando Palacio Valdés, located in the Campo de San Francisco, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Armando Palacio Valdés (escultura) (ES)

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 29: Campo de San Francisco

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Campo de San Francisco is an urban park located in the city center of Oviedo (Spain). It is one of the most emblematic places in the city and one of the largest urban parks in Asturias.

Wikipedia: Campo de San Francisco (Oviedo) (ES)

170 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 30: Manolo Avello

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Manolo AvelloNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The bust of Manolo Avello, located in the Campo de San Francisco, in the vicinity of the children's play area and within sight of Conde Toreno Street, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred urban sculptures that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Busto de Manolo Avello (ES)

78 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 31: Juan Rodríguez Muñiz

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Juan Rodríguez MuñizNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The bust of Juan Rodríguez Muñiz, located in the Campo de San Francisco, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred urban sculptures that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Busto de Juan Rodríguez Muñiz (ES)

151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 32: Torso Fruela I

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Torso Fruela INacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known as the Torso de Fruela I, located at the confluence of Conde de Toreno and General Yagüe streets, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Torso de Fruela I (ES)

696 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 33: Villa Magdalena

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Villa Madalena ye un palacete d'estilu afrancesáu, d'entamos del sieglu XX asitiáu in the center of Uviéu (Asturies). Foi forcibly expropriated by the 9 August of 1990, giving the use of the public library and study center. In 2004 these buildings were sold to the Fundación Príncipe d'Asturies demientres dos años, prorrogándose la cesión un añu más a finales de 2006.

Wikipedia: Villa Madalena (AST)

758 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 34: Monumento a Alejandro Casona

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Monumento a Alejandro CasonaNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The monument to Alejandro Casona, located on Alejandro Casona Street, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred urban sculptures that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Monumento a Alejandro Casona (ES)

81 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 35: Mendigo con perros

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Mendigo con perrosNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known as Mendigo with dogs, located in the Plaza Pedro Miñor, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Mendigo con perros (ES)

566 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 36: Estatua de Samuel Sánchez

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Estatua de Samuel SánchezNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The statue of Samuel Sánchez, located on Samuel Sánchez Street in the city of Oviedo, at its confluence with La Losa, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred urban sculptures that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Estatua de Samuel Sánchez (ES)

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 37: Construcción para un encuentro

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Construcción para un encuentroNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known as Construction for an Encounter, located at one end of the Renfe promenade of La Losa (Oviedo), in the vicinity of Independencia Street, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Construcción para un encuentro (ES)

437 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 38: Hombre sobre delfín

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Hombre sobre delfínNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known by the name Man on Dolphin, located in the Plaza de los Ferroviarios de Oviedo, on La Losa de Renfe, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Hombre sobre delfín (ES)

108 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 39: Asturias

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AsturiasNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The urban sculpture known by the name of Asturias is located in calle Uría, in front of the railway station, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is one of over a hundred sculptures that adorn the streets of that city.

Wikipedia: Asturias (sculpture) (EN)

318 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 40: Francisco Pintado Fe

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Francisco Pintado FeNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The sculpture by Francisco Pintado Fe, located in the square of the building of the Higher School of Mines, in front of Independencia Street, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Escultura de Francisco Pintado Fe (ES)

9 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 41: Guillermo Schulz

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Guillermo SchulzNacho from Oviedo, España / CC BY 2.0

The bust of Guillermo Schulz, located at the entrance of the Faculty of Mining Engineers, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of the more than a hundred urban sculptures that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Busto de Guillermo Schulz (ES)

382 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 42: Basílica de San Juan El Real

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San Juan el Real is a Catholic temple located in the city of Oviedo. It is a parish church belonging to the Archdiocese of Oviedo that has the title of minor basilica. The building, in a historicist style, is the work of Luis Bellido and was inaugurated in 1915. It is located in the Plaza de Fernando Rubio, making a chamfer between the streets of Melquíades Álvarez and Doctor Casal.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Juan el Real (Oviedo) (ES)

24 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 43: Luis Riera Posada

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16 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 44: San Juan Bautista

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San Juan Bautista Pilar Fernández CarballedoFoto: LMLM / CC BY-SA 4.0

The urban sculpture known by the name San Juan Bautista, located in the church of San Juan el Real, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: San Juan Bautista (Pilar Fernández Carballedo) (ES)

361 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 45: Estructura

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The urban sculpture known by the name Estructura, located in the Plaza del General Primo de Rivera, in the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, Spain, is one of more than a hundred that adorn the streets of the aforementioned Spanish city.

Wikipedia: Estructura (Oviedo) (ES)

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