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San Pedro de Alcántara Sanctuary

San Pedro de Alcántara Sanctuary

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San Pedro de Alcántara Sanctuary

Name: San Pedro de Alcántara Sanctuary
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Location: Arenas De San Pedro, Valle Del Tietar, Ávila, Castile and León, Spain

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1. Santuario de San Pedro de Alcántara — circular desde Arenas de San Pedro por GR 180

9.96km

02:56

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2. Santuario y la Cruz de la Tendera (GR-180) — Arenas de San Pedro

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3. Collado de la Cruz de la Tendera — circular desde Arenas de San Pedro por GR 180

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Salvador Hernández

September 6, 2023

Going up the Avellaneda stream, we find this place of pilgrimage just three kilometers from Arenas de San Pedro. The native of Alcántara (Cáceres, Extremadura), ordered the construction of a convent next to the Hermitage of San Andrés del Monte. However, the early death of San Pedro de Alcántara would cause the course of the convent to change, and a chapel was also built in his honor, with plans by Ventura Rodríguez and the approval of H.M. Carlos III, where his body rests, guarded by a marble sculpture behind the main altar.
Declared a national historical-artistic monument in 1972, this place also houses a museum with iconographic material of the saint, sacred works by, among others, Goya, Murillo and Pedro de Mena; as well as a library created in 1562, attached to the convent, with 18,000 volumes dating from the 16th century to the present, including an incunabulum, and a convent archive.
The place can be visited from Tuesday to Sunday with split hours and depending on religious celebrations.
More information: turismoavila.com/web/puntos_de_interes/visor/index.php?iid=5b21368723781-87

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

December 8, 2021

The Sanctuary of San Pedro de Alcántara, in the vicinity of Arenas, constitutes an attractive artistic complex made up of the Royal Chapel, the Sacristy, the Alcantarino Museum, the Cloister and the Museum of Sacred Art, with works by Bayeu, Ciamberlano, Oteiza and other plastic artists.

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Greg

August 16, 2024

Be careful after passing the monastery, do not miss the sign for La Cruz.

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San Pedro de Alcántara Sanctuary

1. Santuario de San Pedro de Alcántara — circular desde Arenas de San Pedro por GR 180

2. Santuario y la Cruz de la Tendera (GR-180) — Arenas de San Pedro

3. Collado de la Cruz de la Tendera — circular desde Arenas de San Pedro por GR 180

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