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Casa De La Apicultura
The Casa de la Apicultura (translation: ''Beekeeping House'') is a museum in Boal, Asturias, Spain. It is the home of a collection relating to beekeeping, apiculture, which is a traditional activity in this part of Asturias. The museum is housed in a former rural school, built by the ''Sociedad de Instrucción Naturales del Concejo de Boal'', a society founded in Havana, Cuba, in 1911. The school was built in the mid-1930s and restored for this new role. It has two purposes: a cultural focus, as well as training and information for the region's beekeepers. The collection and exhibits, cataloged and inventoried, are primarily concerned with traditional beekeeping. They are accompanied by a series of informational panels whose content includes text and photos taken from the book, ''Las abejas, la miel y la cera en la sociedad tradicional asturiana'' ("Bees, honey and wax in Asturian traditional society"), by Xuaco López Álvarez. References Further reading * López Alvare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boal
Boal (Galician-Asturian: ''Bual'') is a municipality, a civil parish and a town in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias (Spain). It borders north with El Franco and Coaña, south with Illano, west with Castropol and east with Villayón. The main way of access to the municipality is the regional road AS-12, which connects Navia with Grandas de Salime. The whole municipality has a population of 1,632 inhabitants, whereas there are about 496 inhabitants in the capital town. Etymology Etymologically, it is usually considered that "Boal" comes either from the Indo-european languages, ''*bod-'' ( stream, ditch), or from the Latin, ''bove'' or ''*bovale'' (ox). Although some authors believe that "Boal" could be understood as the expression of an old anthroponym or person name, Bovali (iler) or Baudiliu (adducing the form Baudali), it is common to consider its original meaning either as ''"terreno frecuentado y apropiado para el pasto del ganado vacuno"'' ("land freq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
