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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Oviedo

6 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Oviedo, Spain

Updated August 22, 2019

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Iglesia Santa Maria del Naranco

The atmospheric ruins of a historic church can be found on a hill above the city of Oviedo.

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Portada de la Antigua Iglesia de San Isidoro (Arch of the Old Church of San Isidoro)

The surviving remnants of a destroyed medieval church now stand in a public park.

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The Green Skeleton

This Bronze Age man spent millennia buried in a mine, giving his bones an eerie hue.

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The Mafalda Monument

The much-loved protagonist of famed Argentinian comics can be found sitting on a park bench.

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El Sidrón Neanderthal Bones

It's believed these prehistoric individuals were the victims of cannibalism.

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Culis Monumentalibus

Two large posteriors in one giant statue.
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Church of Skate

This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."
4 miles from Oviedo
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