- Indoors
The birthplace of Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, Gijón's most famous Enlightenment figure, this Cimavilla mansion is today an art museum and a tribute to him.
It holds Asturian painting and sculpture, alongside the memory of the 18th-century statesman and thinker. A short visit right in the old town.
What to see & do here
- Learn about Jovellanos
- See Asturian painting and sculpture
- In the heart of Cimavilla
- A short, central visit
Did you know?
- Here, in 1744, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos was born, Gijón's most famous Enlightenment figure: writer, politician and reformer.
- The mansion is now a museum with a notable collection of Asturian painting and sculpture.
- His mark is all over Gijón: streets, a school and the Jovellanos Theatre bear his name.
