Vila

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 above sea level, is the highest provincial capital in Spain. While it is not a settled issue, the primitive urban core of Obila was probably founded after the Roman subjugation of the territory through the assimilation of indigenous peoples (Vettones) in connection to the Roman policy enforcing the abandonment of surrounding hilltop oppida. Medieval Christian settlement took hold in the 11th century, with the growing status of milieus associated to the council militias and the discrimination against peasantry deepening the social inequality from a relatively egalitarian starting point. Ávila is sometimes called the "City of Stones and Saints" due to its well-preserved medieval architecture and its connection to prominent Spanish mystics. The Old Town of Ávila with its extra muros churches were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.

Vila may refer to: ==People== Vila (surname) ==Places== ===Andorra=== Vila, Andorra, a town in the parish of Encamp ===Brazil=== Vila Bela da Santíssima Trindade, a municipality in the State of Mato Grosso Vila Boa, Goiás, a municipality in the State of Goiás Vila Flores, a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul Vila Flor, a municipality in Rio Grande do Norte Vila Império, a urbanized neighborhood in Minas Gerais. Vila Lângaro, a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul Vila Maria (district of São Paulo), a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul Vila Nova do Piauí, a municipality of Piauí Vila Nova dos Martírios, a municipality of Maranhão Vila Nova do Sul, a municipality in Rio Grande do Sul Vila Pavão, a municipality in Espírito Santo Vila Propício, a municipality in the State of Goiás Vila Rica, a municipality in the State of Minas Gerais Vila Valério, a municipality in Espírito Santo Vila Velha, a municipality in Espírito Santo ===Estonia=== Vila, Estonia, village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County ===Mozambique=== Vila Pery, former name of the city of Chimoio ===Portugal=== Vila (Melgaço), a civil parish in the municipality of Melgaço Vila do Bispo, a municipality in the district of Faro Vila do Conde, a municipality in the district of Porto Vila Franca de Xira, a municipality in the district of Lisbon Vila Nova de Famalicão, a municipality in the district of Braga Vila Nova de Gaia, a municipality in the district of Porto Vila Real, a municipality of district of Vila Real Vila Real de Santo António Municipality, a municipality in the district of Faro ===Solomon Islands=== Vila, Solomon Islands, a site at the southern end of Kolombangara (Solomon Islands); notable as the site of a Japanese airstrip in World War II ===Spain=== La Vila Joiosa (known as La Vila), municipality and capital of the comarca of Marina Baixa, Spain Vila-real, municipality of the province of Castellón, Spain Vila d'Eivissa (known in English as "Ibiza Town"), capital of Ibiza Island, Spain Vila de Cruces, municipality of Pontevedra, Spain ===Vanuatu=== Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu ==Other== Vila (album), a 2009 album by Emina Jahović Vila (butterfly), a butterfly genus Vila (fairy), nymphs in Slavic mythology Vila Restal, fictional character from the television serial Blake's 7 Dalmat (yacht), which carried the name Vila between 1943 and 1945 ==See also== Vilas (disambiguation) Villa, originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house Villas (disambiguation)

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