UNESCO sites in Spain

1. DESCRIPTION OF THE
MONUMENTS IN OVIEDO
By Mateo & Miguel

2. OVIEDO
• Oviedo is the capital of Asturias.
• It has a population of 225 089 hab. (2013).
• The city lends its name to the sudarium of Oviedo a
religious revered there since the 9th century.
• Its proximity to the Cantabric Sea in the Atlantic Ocean.
• Oviedo's climate is temperate oceanic.
• Oviedo is located in the centre of Asturias

3. MONUMENTS RELATED
WITH UNESCO IN OVIEDO
• Camara Santa of Oviedo
• La Foncalada
• San Julián de Los Prados

4. CAMARA SANTA
It was built during the 9th century as a palace chapel
for King Alfonso II of Asturias and the church of San
Salvador of Oviedo (both demolished in the 14th
century to build the present Gothic Cathedral of
Oviedo).
Apart from acting as royal chapel, the Holy Chamber
was built to house the jewels and relics of the
cathedral of San Salvador in Oviedo, a function it
continues to have 1200 years later.
Some of these jewels were donated by the Kings
Alfonso II and Alfonso III, and represent
extraordinary gold artifacts of Asturian Pre-
Romanesque, brought from froToledo after the fall
of the Visigothic kingdom.
It was declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in
December 1998.

5. LA FONCALADA
• 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 is included in
theUNESCO World Heritage Site list since
1998.

6. San Julian de los Prados
• 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.
• The church's construction was ordered by Alfonso
II of Asturias and it was built by the court architect
Tioda c. 830. It is dedicated to the martyred
Egyptian saints Julian and Basilissa