Asturias

About this gallery

This gallery is devoted to Gijón, a coastal city in Asturias, centered on the Universidad Laboral, also named in the images as Laboral Ciudad de la Cultura. Its tower and dome rise above trees and modern rooftops, its outline stands out under cloudy skies, and its campus can be seen from the sports field. Inside, a grand atrium of Corinthian columns beneath a glass roof, and a colonnade seen from below, give a sense of the building's scale; a modern library with glass shelving hints at its current purpose, turned toward education.

Most of these images are in black and white, which brings out the stone and the heavy skies above the complex. The gallery also takes in other corners of Gijón: the bell tower and domed apse of a historic church, and a red-and-white villa on a wooded hillside, framed with a telephoto lens.

Between monumental architecture and religious heritage, these royalty-free photos suit stories about Spanish architecture, a feature on Asturias or a travel journal, and can be downloaded for free on Pexels.