Spain

This little shrine outside the walls of Ávila marks the spot where, at age seven, St. Teresa's uncle stopped her from running off to seek martyrdom from the Moors.

An attractive Romanesque church made of local sandstone on the Plaza de Santa Teresa, Ávila.

Famed for its magnificent collection of Spanish and European paintings, the Prado also houses Classical sculpture, medieval religious treasures and 11th-century frescoes.

Madrid's second oldest church, San Pedro el Leal has an original Mudejar tower with a slight lean.

Built in 1328, this was for centuries the headquarters of the Spanish Inquisition. On a more positive note, it contains beautiful gardens and 2nd-century Roman mosaics.

This Hapsburg convent was founded in 1559 by Joan of Austria, whose daughter hid away here rather than endure marriage to Felipe II. It is now a museum of the treasures given to the convent.

This small Romanesque chapel overlooking the ocean dates from the end of the 12th century and beginning of the 13th.

Nestled in a charming little square, the second of Central Madrid's royal Hapsburg monasteries contains a fascinating relics room.

Housed in a Neoclassical building, the Museo Arqueológico Nacional in Madrid contains a wealth of exhibits from Spain and beyond, from prehistoric to Renaissance.

This 18th-century Franciscan church boasts the largest dome in Spain.