Carreño is a municipality in the

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of the

Principality of Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive ...

, Spain. It is bordered by

Corvera de Asturias Corvera de Asturias ( Asturian: ''Corvera'') is a municipality in the principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It shares a boundary to the north with Avilés and Gozón; to the east with Carreño and Gijón; to the south with Llanera and Illas ...

on the west,

Gozón Gozón is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Its capital is the town of Luanco (also called Lluanco). The Cantabrian Sea lies on its northern edge, and it is bordered to the south by Corvera de Ast ...

on the north, the

Cantabrian Sea The Cantabrian Sea; french: Mer Cantabrique, gl, Mar Cantábrico, ast, Mar Cantábricu, eu, Kantauri. is the term used mostly in Spain to describe the coastal sea of the Atlantic Ocean that borders the northern coast of Spain and the southwest ...

on the north and east, and

Gijón Gijón () or () is a city and municipality in north-western Spain. It is the largest city and municipality by population in the autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the cent ...

on the east and south. Its capital is

Candás Candás is a small fishing village in Asturias, the north of Spain. It is one of 12 parishes (administrative divisions) in Carreño, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. Situated at ...

History

As characteristic of other sites in Asturias, artifacts from the

Neolithic The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...

era were also found in Carreño.

Tumuli A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or ''kurgans'', and may be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, which is a mound of stones buil ...

dolmen A dolmen () or portal tomb is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the early Neolithic (40003000 BCE) and were somet ...

s and

hill fort A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...

s in the region provide evidence for the 100,000-year-old history of the area.

Parishes

(The number preceding the

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

name refers to its location on the parroquias map) #

(capital) # Perlora #

Albandi Albandi is one of 12 parishes (administrative divisions) in Carreño, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The '' parroquia'' is in size, with a population of 587 (INE 2007). The posta ...

# Carrió #

Pervera Prevera is one of 12 parishes (administrative divisions) in Carreño, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The ''parroquia ''Parroquia'' (, , pl. ''parroquias''; , pl. ''parroquies'') ...

(Asturian: Prevera) # Prendes (Asturian: Priendes) # Piedeloro (Asturian: Pieloro) # Logrezana (Asturian: Llorgozana) # Guimarán # El Valle # Ambás #

Tamón Tamón is one of 12 parishes (administrative divisions) in Carreño, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. The '' parroquia'' is in size, with a population of 352 (INE INE, Ine or ine m ...

Politics

Culture

* La iglesia de San Félix church built under

Fruela II Fruela II (Froila II) (c. 875–July 925) was the King of Asturias from the death of his father, Alfonso III of Asturias, in 910 to his own death. When his father died, the kingdom was divided, with the third son, Fruela, taking the original porti ...

in the 9th century * La iglesia de Santa María de Logrezana church finished in the 19th century. * La iglesia de Santa María de Piedeloro church built in the 13th century * La iglesia parroquial de Ambás

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

from the 18th century * La ermita de San Antonio hermitage from the 16th century * El palacio de Estrada Mora

palace A palace is a grand residence, especially a royal residence, or the home of a head of state or some other high-ranking dignitary, such as a bishop or archbishop. The word is derived from the Latin name palātium, for Palatine Hill in Rome which ...

from the 16th century

Notable people

Antón de Marirreguera Antón González Reguera, better known as Antón de Marirreguera was the author of the first preserved literary works written in the Asturian language, the «''Pleitu ente Uviéu y Mérida pola posesión de les cenices de Santa Olaya''» (Dispute ...

, 17th-century writer, and one of the first to write in Asturian. *

Juan Carreño de Miranda Juan Carreño de Miranda (25 March 1614 — 3 October 1685) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period. Biography Born in Avilés in Asturias, son of a painter with the same name, Juan Carreño de Miranda. His family moved to Madrid in 1623, ...

(March 1614 - September 1685) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period.

References

External links

Ayuntamiento de Carreño

Diario de noticias e información sobre Candás y Carreño

Página web sobre Candás
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