Oviedo

Santa Maria del Naranco - The Catholic temples of Santa María del Naranco and San Miguel de Lillo are located on the southern slopes of Mount Naranco in Oviedo, four kilometers from the city center.

Originally, Santa María was not designed as a church, but was the Aula Regia of the palace complex that King Ramiro I ordered to be built on the outskirts of the capital in the year 842. Its artistic style is the so-called “ramirense”, within the Asturian pre-Romanesque.

Catedral de San Salvador de Oviedo - The Holy Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of San Salvador de Oviedo is a Gothic style cathedral located in the city of Oviedo (Principality of Asturias, Spain). It is also known as Sancta Ovetensis, referring to the quality and quantity of the relics it contains.1​

Construction began at the end of the 13th century for the chapter house and the cloister, and its construction continued for three centuries until the tower was finished in the mid-16th century. An ambulatory would later be added in the 17th century as well as various chapels attached to the side naves.

Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias - It was inaugurated on May 19, 1980 from the art collection owned by the former Provincial Council of Oviedo. It now depends on the Department of Culture of the Principality of Asturias and is financed with funds from the Principality and the City Council of Oviedo.

The Museum currently has a collection made up of almost 15,000 works, including painting (about 1,500), sculpture, drawing, engraving and industrial arts (about 4,000 pieces),1​ although it actually has a permanent exhibition of 800.2​ It contains paintings by artists Spaniards, especially Asturians, and foreigners, among which Italian and Flemish painting stands out, as well as sculptures, photographs and glass and earthenware objects. In 2017 the collection has been notably enriched with 33 important works donated by Plácido Arango Arias.

San Francisco Park - Campo de San Francisco is an urban park located in the center of the city of Oviedo (Spain). It is one of the most emblematic places in the city1​2​ and one of the largest urban parks in Asturias.

Having as its origin the orchards of the disappeared Convent of San Francisco, inside you can distinguish several walks and avenues: Paseo de los Álamos, Paseo del Bombé, Paseo de José Cuesta, Italia Avenue or Germany Avenue, among others. .2​ It has a pond and numerous well-known monuments such as the statue of Mafalda or José Tartiere.

Teatro Campoamor - The Campoamor theater is the opera house of Oviedo, founded in 1892 and known for hosting, among other events, the Princess of Asturias Awards ceremony.

Plaza del Fontan - El Fontán, today is a rectangular street and square located in the old town of the city of Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Spain). Its name comes from the spring or fountain that filled the primitive lagoon that was in that area. Formerly used as a comedy corral, today it is one of the points of the so-called Fontán market and hospitality area. Next to it is the covered market of El Fontán, from 1885.

Casco Antiguo - It is the center of the old town of Oviedo. With a single tower, it rises above the basilica built by order of Alfonso II, “El Casto”. The first altar to San Salvador was consecrated on October 13, 821, 1,200 years ago. Although most of the basilica is from the 15th century, due to its numerous reconstructions, it brings together different artistic styles, with flamboyant Gothic predominating.

Monte Naranco - Having Oviedo at our feet is a real sensation that we experience from the top of Mount Naranco. A rounded hill 636 meters high and more than 30,000 square meters of open and natural space that crowns the Asturian capital and offers us its best panoramic view.

Calle Uria - Uría Street is the main commercial artery of Oviedo, capital of Asturias. It takes its name from the politician José Francisco Uría y Riego.

Onís Canjas

Puente Romano - The medieval bridge of Cangas de Onís or puentón1​ is a construction located over the Sella River as it passes through Cangas de Onís, and that separates the councils of Cangas de Onís and Parres, half of which therefore belongs to each council. His figure is associated with the town of Cangas de Onís.2​

El Puentón is one of the symbols of Asturias. It is part of the shield of Cangas de Onís, along with the cross on the inverted crescent that remembers the victory over the Muslims in the battle of Covadonga and the legend Minima urbium, maxima sedium (minimum city, maximum seat).1​

In 1931 it was declared a historic artistic monument. In its surroundings, many riverside residents of the Sella River area usually go salmon fishing.

Basilica de Santa Maria la Real de Covadonga - Santa Cueva or sanctuary of Covadonga because at its feet there is a waterfall or stream that forms a pool. Next to it, we will see the fountain of the Siete Caños or “fountain of Marriage”, because, according to popular belief, young women who drink – “without breathing” – from its water get married in less than a year. At least that’s what the couplet says: “The Virgin of Covadonga/ has a very clear fountain;/ the girl who drinks from it/ gets married within the year.” On both sides of the road and guarding the entrance to the sanctuary, the visitor will find two large lions sculpted in Carrara marble and which are an exact copy of others made by Pompeio Marchesi.

The altar is decorated with images alluding to the battle of Covadonga and nearby are the tombs of Don Pelayo and his wife Gauiosa, as well as those of his son-in-law Alfonso I and Hermelinda.

Lagos de Covadonga - Covadonga Lakes

Lake Enol seen from La Picota.
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Location (Asturias).
Geographic location
Cantabrian Mountains
Coordinates 43°16′31″N 4°59′07″W
Administrative location
Country Flag of Spain Spain
Cangas de Onís Division
Characteristics
Altitude 1,134 m above sea level. n. m.
Stop by Covadonga Sanctuary
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The lakes of Covadonga are two small lakes, Enol and Ercina, of glacial origin located in the Asturian part of the Picos de Europa national park, in the western massif of said mountain chain. There is a third lake, Bricial, which only has water during the thaw, but also belongs to the group.1​

Picos de Europa - At the western end of the imposing Picos de Europa National Park are the most famous lakes in Asturias and the most popular in the Iberian Peninsula: the lakes of Covadonga.

Aquifer formations of glacial origin set in a fascinating natural environment that contrast with the rugged ruggedness of the mountains that surround them. A visual scenario overflowing with beauty that confirms, once again, that Asturias is a Natural Paradise.

Gijon

Laboral Ciudad de la Cultura - The Gijón Labor University is a building located in the parish of Cabueñes in the council of Gijón. Since its construction between 1948 and 1957, and until the 1980s, it was the headquarters of a Francoist institution aimed at educating the children of workers.

Playa de San Lorenzo - San Lorenzo beach is located in the heart of the city of Gijón. With a length of 1.5 km and a shell shape, it is probably one of the best-known beaches in Asturias.

Museu del Pueblu d’Asturies - The Museo del Pueblo de Asturias, also known as simply Pueblo de Asturias, is a Spanish museum whose mission is to preserve and disseminate the memory of the Asturian people. Its funds are made up of extensive collections of ethnography, photography, documentation and musical instruments.

Barrio de Cimadevilla - Cimadevilla is a neighborhood in the central district of the Asturian city of Gijón. It is the oldest area of the city, of Roman origin, also preserving the aesthetics of a 19th century fishing district.

Lastres, Colunga, Cudillero

Lastres - Sandwiched between the sea and the mountains, you will immediately understand why Llastres, in the municipality of Colunga, is considered one of the most beautiful towns in Spain, a distinction it officially holds and which is completely deserved.

Furthermore, this fishing village, once dedicated to whaling and a fort against possible invasions along the coast, was distinguished as an Exemplary Village of Asturias, an award that the Princess of Asturias Foundation granted it in 2010. Precisely then the Foundation highlighted its peculiar adaptation to the terrain. and the spirit of improvement of its inhabitants.

Museo Jurasico de Asturias (MUJA) - The Jurassic Museum of Asturias (MUJA) is a small Spanish paleontological museum that is isolated on the coastal plain of San Telmo, between the Asturian towns of Colunga and Lastres, where vestiges of dinosaurs that would have populated the region some years ago have been found. 150 million years ago, during the last part of the Jurassic.

In the form of a large dinosaur footprint, the Museum houses one of the most complete and educational displays in the world on these fascinating reptiles.

With time as a common thread, MUJA shows life on Earth from its beginnings to the appearance of humans and offers extensive information about the different aspects of the life of dinosaurs.

Cudillero - It is one of the most beautiful towns in Asturias (and in Spain). Its viewpoints, its multicolored houses, its port and its culinary specialties such as pixuetín or curadillo make this beautiful fishing village the perfect destination for a getaway.

Cudillero

Cudillero - It is one of the most beautiful towns in Asturias (and in Spain). Its viewpoints, its multicolored houses, its port and its culinary specialties such as pixuetín or curadillo make this beautiful fishing village the perfect destination for a getaway.

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