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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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Oviedo, Spain

Iglesia Santa Maria del Naranco

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

Oviedo, Spain

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.
The skeleton.

Oviedo, Spain

The Green Skeleton

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

Oviedo, Spain

El Sidrón Neanderthal Bones

It's believed these prehistoric individuals were the victims of cannibalism.
Mafalda at campo San Francisco park , Oviedo

Oviedo, Spain

The Mafalda Monument

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