European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 the bulls of Avilla Are evidence of ancient Spain walled City of saints a typical Avila Story and photos by Linda White travel editor Vila is a City of knights and its Tower studded Walls Crown the Hill on which it it is Spain Best walled perfectly pre some 90 towers Are built along the Milean Dahal with nine entry the Walls average 12 meters about 36 feet High and three meters about 9 feet the towers Are topped with an ornamental frieze of a close inspection of the Walls gives an insight into their building the material used includes bits of previous both roman and Arab altar stones which have designs of fish or plants fonts tablets with latin the Walls were built in nine from 1090 to moslem captives probably helped build for though they Are built in the romanesque they show some ornamentation in the Mude Jar style that the style the moslem builders used when they worked under Christian the Cathedral is built into one Section of the and originally served As both Church and the tall Arches of mottled red and White Stone give a coolness to the dim the entire Catheral is a treasure with heavily car Ved choir stalls and Gilt the museum contains a Silver Mons trance crafted in 1571 by Johannes de arte weighing about 200 the depiction of Abrahams sacrifice of Isaac on the Bottom tier is especially churches and palaces Are scattered through the and everywhere one there Are traces of with her spiritual Mentor Saint John of the who was also born in created a High Point in Spanish mystical she was born in 1515 and spent her life travelling and founding religious Spain most perfect walled City is often used As a movie her letters to John and her autobiography Are she was canonized in the Convent of Santa built in 1636 on the site of the House where she was has a Small museum of her relics the ring Finger of her right a piece of fabric from her the sole of her two of her the Crucifix she carried on her founding the adjoining Church depicts her life in stained several other convents and churches have museums devoted to especially the convents of la Encarnacion where she lived for 20 years and that of san her first the confectioners have even named a candied egg Yolk Sweet yeas de Santa Teresa for the the period of Knighthood preceded it is said to have begun in when Sancho Sanchez Zurra Quin led his knights against the arabs with the Battle after the people began referring to Knightly the period reached to the end of the Middle and All sorts of stories one tells of the time in 1109 when an army of women defended Avila from an Arab siege because the knights were far away fighting the another Story says that Alfonso i the warlike took 60 Avila knights As killed them and cooked their Heads in the knights of Avila were granted the right to always ride into Battle in the but the earliest traces of civilization in Avila were left by the these ancient people left burial groups of sculptured boars most a the bulls of the Stone bulls Toros Are actually some distance from the City of near the Edge of the they Are about 10 Kilometres from Al Tiem Blo turn off Highway n403 onto av904 toward Sotillo de la they stand fenced in a Field by the Side of the the bulls Are but and two of the four Are still in relatively Good Avila is about 113 Kilometres Northwest of and most of the drive can be done on the an attractive place to spend the night is the Paradox Nacional Raimundo de located just inside the town rooms Are to pesetas about to per Telephone 918211340 or the restaurant serves local including garlic White veal and roast suckling the three course menu of the Day costs pesetas about a la the main dishes Cost 600 to 825 pesetas about to and starters and vegetables Cost 325 to 490 pesetas about to for information about Contact the Spanish tourist Steinweg d6000 Frankfurt Ministerio de transpose y Calle de Maria de Molina Madrid