My Pictures of Avila

Sept. 1, 2003 in Avila, Spain, home of Mother Teresa of Jesus (St. Teresa of Avila)

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434 x 648 Arriving at the city of Avila, the Plaza de Santa Teresa, with a statue in her honor. (Church of San Pedro in background)
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646 x 431 Avila has the best preserved city walls in Spain. Built in the 12th century, it is 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) long.

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716 x 480 For the curious: the wall has 88 towers, 6 gates and 3 smaller doors. Hard to see, but on the hill in the distance is the shrine known as the "4 Posts". Loading...
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434 x 648 Following the footsteps of St. Theresa begins with her home and place of birth. The Church and Convent of St. Teresa were built in the 17th century over her family home.

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648 x 434 This chapel which marks the place where she was born, March 28, 1515.
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648 x 434 Not much to look at, but the 16th century Church of St. John the Baptist is where St. Teresa was baptized, April 4, 1515.
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648 x 430 View of the Monastery of the Incarnation, where St. Teresa joined the Carmelites at age 21, and lived over 20 years as a Carmelite before starting her reformed foundations, and had many of her mystical experiences.
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649 x 431 The Monastery of San Jose (St. Joseph) the first foundation of St. Teresa in 1562 of her new reformed order of Discalced Carmelites. (With a group of pilgrims from England I met here.)
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433 x 650 Inside the chapel of the Monastery of San Jose. She began her with only 4 novices what would become one of the most fruitful movements in the Church's history.
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431 x 646 A side altar dedicated to St. John of the Cross, who was a spiritual director for St. Teresa. (He lived his last 2 years in the Monastery of the Incarnation.)
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430 x 645 The Cathedral, started in the 12th century and finished in the 16th, was the first Cathedral in Spain with Gothic design.
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434 x 648 Interior view of the Cathedral. It actually hasn't changed much since the time of St. Teresa.

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434 x 648 Beautiful high altarpiece in the Cathedral. Loading...
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647 x 432 The Cathedral cloister.

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647 x 434 Side view of the Cathedral and the flying buttresses.
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645 x 430 The Cathedral seen from the other side, with one of its rose window and the belltower.

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720 x 481 View of the Cathedral from one of the towers of the city walls. Loading...
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430 x 649 View as one walks along the walls.

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648 x 430 View of the Plaza de Santa Teresa and Church of San Pedro seen in the first photo.
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649 x 430 View of the towers with the Monastery of the Incarnation in the distance.

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645 x 431 Basilica of St. Vincent, an important Romanesque Church in the cities history. Built between the 11th and 14th centuries, St. Teresa also prayed here for the strength and courage she needed to start her new foundation. Loading...
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434 x 646 The entrance doorway of St. Vincent.

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434 x 648 View of the interior. On the right is the tomb / monument erected for Vincent and two other martyrs
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646 x 434 A view of the wall from St. Vincents. It was one of the unique in the world to build bridges between the towers.

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(22K) 434 x 648	Arriving at the city of Avila, the Plaza de Santa Teresa, with a statue in her honor. (Church of San Pedro in background)	(29K) 646 x 431	Avila has the best preserved city walls in Spain. Built in the 12th century, it is 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) long.
(44K) 716 x 480	For the curious: the wall has 88 towers, 6 gates and 3 smaller doors. Hard to see, but on the hill in the distance is the shrine known as the "4 Posts".	(37K) 434 x 648	Following the footsteps of St. Theresa begins with her home and place of birth. The Church and Convent of St. Teresa were built in the 17th century over her family home.
(48K) 648 x 434	This chapel which marks the place where she was born, March 28, 1515.	(32K) 648 x 434	Not much to look at, but the 16th century Church of St. John the Baptist is where St. Teresa was baptized, April 4, 1515.
(25K) 648 x 430	View of the Monastery of the Incarnation, where St. Teresa joined the Carmelites at age 21, and lived over 20 years as a Carmelite before starting her reformed foundations, and had many of her mystical experiences.	(40K) 649 x 431	The Monastery of San Jose (St. Joseph) the first foundation of St. Teresa in 1562 of her new reformed order of Discalced Carmelites. (With a group of pilgrims from England I met here.)
(46K) 433 x 650	Inside the chapel of the Monastery of San Jose. She began her with only 4 novices what would become one of the most fruitful movements in the Church's history.	(36K) 431 x 646	A side altar dedicated to St. John of the Cross, who was a spiritual director for St. Teresa. (He lived his last 2 years in the Monastery of the Incarnation.)
(28K) 430 x 645	The Cathedral, started in the 12th century and finished in the 16th, was the first Cathedral in Spain with Gothic design.	(35K) 434 x 648	Interior view of the Cathedral. It actually hasn't changed much since the time of St. Teresa.
(45K) 434 x 648	Beautiful high altarpiece in the Cathedral.	(24K) 647 x 432	The Cathedral cloister.
(43K) 647 x 434	Side view of the Cathedral and the flying buttresses.	(41K) 645 x 430	The Cathedral seen from the other side, with one of its rose window and the belltower.
(37K) 720 x 481	View of the Cathedral from one of the towers of the city walls.	(40K) 430 x 649	View as one walks along the walls.
(38K) 648 x 430	View of the Plaza de Santa Teresa and Church of San Pedro seen in the first photo.	(39K) 649 x 430	View of the towers with the Monastery of the Incarnation in the distance.
(31K) 645 x 431	Basilica of St. Vincent, an important Romanesque Church in the cities history. Built between the 11th and 14th centuries, St. Teresa also prayed here for the strength and courage she needed to start her new foundation.	(40K) 434 x 646	The entrance doorway of St. Vincent.
(42K) 434 x 648	View of the interior. On the right is the tomb / monument erected for Vincent and two other martyrs	(31K) 646 x 434	A view of the wall from St. Vincents. It was one of the unique in the world to build bridges between the towers.