Auzola´s Bridge
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El puente de Auzola, de origen medieval y en un aceptable estado de conservación, incluye desde elementos originales del medievo (el inicio de la obra podría ser de los siglos XI-XII) hasta otros más modernos del siglo XIX. Aparece construido mediante cuatro arcos de medio punto y presenta un perfil alomado, con una longitud total de 63 m. En su construcción se combina la sillería y la mampostería e incluso cantos rodados, todo ello recibido con mortero. También hay reparaciones modernas en hormigón, bloques, ladrillos…
Naves góticas (Siglo XV) El retablo barroco (Siglo XVIII) conserva piezas más antiguas del escultor r...
La iglesia de San Miguel reúne en su imponente fábrica gótica, junto a su torre románica, robusta y c...
Construído en la primera mitad del siglo XVII siguiendo esquemas renacentistas. De planta en forma d...
Esta moderna plaza se ubica en el centro de Aoiz. En ella se encuentra la sala de Cultura, centro soc...
This is a small square by the side of the Catedral. It gives way to the city walls, along a narrow st...
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Text by Steve Smith.
