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Walls of Avila
The most complete and best-preserved medieval city walls in Europe, encircling the old city with 88 towers and 2,500 meters of battlements.
21 km · about 25 min drive
Castille and León, Spain · Europe
Solosancho is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Sotalbo, 27km from Puerto del Pico.
Solosancho is a town located in Castille and León, Spain. With a population of 1,021, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Solosancho sits in Spain, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Madrid time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Solosancho to your route.
Ulaca was a hill fort settlement or oppidum (also known as a castro) where Vettones people lived at the end of the Iron Age (third–first centuries BC). Some ruins are visible after archaeological excavations have taken place. It is located in the municipality of Solosancho in the province of Ávila in Spain.
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oppidum was enclosed by a 3,000 m long wall, leaving an oval-shaped inner area of more than 60 ha. Archaeological excavations in the inner part of the oppidum revealed the stone foundations of more than 250 houses. By taking into account the number of houses found, the extension of the settlement and the cemetery findings, the estimated population of the castro was between 1,000 and 1,400 inhabitants, making it one of the largest settlements in the region at that time.
In the northwest area of the settlement, set apart from the houses, a sanctuary is located. The sanctuary was a space partially carved into the rock. Originally had a size of 16m by 8m with two entries from the Southeast and from the West. There are remaining parts of the enclosing stone walls that have a height of 2 meters, but large stones lie on the ground in the areas where the walls have collapsed. This sanctuary is associated with a large rock on which an altar was carved, with a slope on three of its four sides. On the north-facing side, two sets of parallel steps were carved with six and nine steps that lead to a flat area on the top of the rock, where there are connected concavities which are connected between them, being able to pour each other, allowing liquids to reach the bottom of the altar when poured from the concavity at the top.
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Solosancho is located in Castille and León, Spain, Europe. The coordinates are 40.5529 latitude, -4.9048 longitude.
Solosancho has a population of approximately 1,021 people, making it a town in Spain.
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The most complete and best-preserved medieval city walls in Europe, encircling the old city with 88 towers and 2,500 meters of battlements.
21 km · about 25 min drive
historic highway
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27 km · about 30 min drive
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