Salas

Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor

It is an incredible Christian temple founded by the Valdés-Salas family in the 16th century. It consists of a single nave to which chapels were attached over time. Inside the apse stands out with a magnificent decorated vault and two majestic altarpieces dating from the seventeenth century. On one side the main altarpiece contains a biblical representation of the Magi, the baptism and St. Martin donating his cloak; the other altarpiece is located in the chapel of the Malleza family.

Iglesia de San Martín

This magnificent church was built between the eighth and ninth centuries and rebuilt in the tenth century. It was rebuilt in its entirety in the 15th century and in the following centuries it was gradually renovated. It has only one nave, which is accessed through a Gothic pointed door with three molded archivolts. The presbytery has a square floor plan and a ribbed vault with a rococo altarpiece dedicated to San Martín. Around the church is the cemetery of the village.

Iglesia de Santa Eulalia de Doriga

The church of Santa Eulalia de Doriga has a pre-Romanesque style typical of the twelfth century. We can find, in its interior, a tombstone of the year 1121 with the following inscription: It was consecrated by Bishop Pelayo in the XIII kalendas of the era milésima CLVIII.

Currently, the temple presents a clear neoclassical style although in the past it was Romanesque. It has a Latin cross plan and a large tower that tops the building. It should be noted that a side facade of the original building is preserved.

La Torre y el Palacio de Valdés

This beautiful palace dates from the sixteenth century while its tower is a few years earlier. The building is joined by a semicircular arch where we can see the coats of arms of the Valdés-Salas family. It is made of masonry and stonework and was the home of the Valdés Salas family, politician and founder of the University of Oviedo, who was later buried in the Collegiate Church of Santa María la Mayor.

Monasterio de San Salvador de Cornellana

This monastery is located between the Narcea river, known for its richness in salmon, and the Nonaya river. In its surroundings there was a Paleolithic and Neolithic settlement. Near this area also passes the Camino de la Mesa, used in ancient times by the Romans to link Asturias with León.

Museo Aula Didáctica del Prerrománico

The Pre-Romanesque Museum of Salas is located in the Medieval Tower of Salas, declared of Cultural Interest and National Monument. It was founded in 1998 so that visitors can discover and learn about the large collection of pieces and tombstones with epigraphs of the original church of San Martin, dating from the tenth century.

Palacio de Doriga

It is a large tower-palace of stately and defensive style that was built between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. The first body to form this complex was the square medieval tower to which was later attached the rectangular manor house.

The tower was built in the 14th and 16th centuries.