Ávila (esp)

Ávila

Ávila ranks 2,626th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Antakya, South Orange, New Jersey, and Otaru. The most famous people from Ávila are Teresa of Ávila, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Julio Jiménez. The most famous people who died in Ávila are Tomás de Torquemada, Pedro Berruguete, and Julio Jiménez. Ávila has been the birth place of many cyclists, and soccer players and the death place of many religious figures, and painters. Ávila is located in Spain.

Ávila is the capital and most populated municipality of the Province of Ávila, located in the autonomous community of Castile and León in Spain. Located in the centre of the Iberian Peninsula, to the north of the Sistema Central, it lies on the right bank of the Adaja and, at an elevation of over 1,130 metres (3,710 ft) above sea level, is the highest provincial capital in Spain. Read more on Wikipedia