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St. Thomas of Canterbury, Cathedral of Avilés

St. Thomas of Canterbury, Cathedral of Avilés

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St. Thomas of Canterbury, Cathedral of Avilés

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Location: Avilés, Gijon, Asturias, Spain

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1. A Tour around Aviles -- circular route

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2. Work of art – Avilés Bike Lane loop from Villalegre

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3. Work of art – Avilés Bike Lane loop from La Rocica

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🕊️ 𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒓

July 28, 2020

The Church of Santo Tomás de Canterbury or New Church of Sabugo, is popularly known as the Cathedral of Avilés. It should not be confused with the Church of Saint Thomas of Canterbury in the old district of Sabugo, very close to it. Using part of the stone from a previous building in 1903, the current new church in Sabugo, dedicated to Saint Thomas of Canterbury, was built, as was the small old church in the fishing district of Sabugo. The construction was the result of the growth of the town of Avilés, motivated by the local commercial and industrial bourgeoisie and by returning "indianos" (rich emigrants from the American colonies) that preceded the great expansion of Avilés with the construction of the steel mill. Ensidesa in the middle of the 20th century.

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Willem VS

September 21, 2022

The cathedral image of the Church of St. Thomas of Canterbury evokes the desires of modernity, urban expansion and demographic increase that the old fishing village lived at the end of the nineteenth century, crowning the bourgeois expansion of the new city.

At the end of the nineteenth century the small Romanesque temple of Sabugo, the old fishing district of Avilés, had become too small to accommodate all its parishioners. The whole city mobilized to build a new temple that would be a symbol of the progress that Avilés was then experiencing: the City Council, the local bourgeoisie, even the Avilesian emigrants in Cuba did not hesitate to contribute their money and their effort to make the project a reality.
Symphonic organ: Thanks to the contribution of individuals, companies and foundations, the church has since 2010 a symphonic organ by the builder Federico Acitores, the second largest in Asturias, after the Basilica of Covadonga.

Lignum Crucis: Since in 1953 he received, through the intercession of Bishop Lauzurica, a fragment of the relic of Lignum Crucis that is preserved in the Monastery of Santo Toribio de Liébana (Cantabria), this has become the treasure and symbol of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Solitude and of the Holy True Cross, who venerates the Virgin since ancient times in her invocation of Our Lady of Solitude. The wood splinter will be shown in a chestnut wood niche, the work of cabinetmaker Paco Cueva.
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Nelson Sandford

October 12, 2023

On arriving, you might think ok the outside looks good, but you must take the time to go in and look, the inside is stunning and the altar is stunning

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St. Thomas of Canterbury, Cathedral of Avilés

1. A Tour around Aviles -- circular route

2. Work of art – Avilés Bike Lane loop from Villalegre

3. Work of art – Avilés Bike Lane loop from La Rocica

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