This elegant 17th-century building, set around two superposed cloisters, was originally home to the University of Oviedo’s schools of Arts, Theology & Law. Nowadays it’s an administrative house and library, but well worth a wander. In the centre sits the majestic statue of Fernando de Valdés Salas, the university’s founder, while the arcaded cloister’s columns still bear bullet holes from the civil war.
Universidad de Oviedo
Oviedo
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Fine 17th- and 18th-century mansions line Plaza de Porlier, just west of the cathedral.
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