Ávila - Basílica de San Vicente

San Vicente, Ávila's most important church after the cathedral, stands just outside the Puerta de San Vicente, on the spot where San Vicente and his sisters Sabina and Cristeta are believed to have been martyred in A.D. 300. Begun in the early 12th century (the apses, transepts and part of the nave were apparently built by 1109), it was not completed until the 14th, and the towers were left unfinished. On the south side of the church is a portico added in the 14th century which is said to have been a place of judgment. The south doorway, which dates from the earliest building period, has a very fine Romanesque Annunciation.