Laviana ( Asturian: ''Llaviana'') 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 coextensiv ...

, located in

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. It is bordered on the north by

Bimenes Bimenes is a municipality of Asturias, Spain. It borders with Siero, Nava, Laviana and San Martín del Rey Aurelio. It is situated in the center zone of Asturias. Its capital is Martimporra. It is 32 km away from Oviedo and its main roa ...

and Nava, on the south by Aller, on the east by

Piloña Piloña () is a municipality in the province and autonomous community of Asturias, northwestern Spain. Its capital is the town of Infiesto. Piloña is bounded to the north by Villaviciosa and Colunga, to the east by Parres, to the west by Na ...

and

Sobrescobio Sobrescobio (; ast, Sobrescubiu) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Piloña, on the east by Caso, on the south by Aller, and on the west by Laviana. It is situate ...

, and on the west by

San Martín del Rey Aurelio San Martín del Rey Aurelio ( Asturian: Samartín del Rei Aurelio) is a municipality of the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. There are three main towns in the municipality: Sotrondio, El Entrego, and Blimea ...

and

Mieres Mieres is a municipality of Asturias, northern Spain, with approximately 38,000 inhabitants. The municipality of Mieres is made up of the capital, Mieres del Camino and the villages of Baiña, Figaredo, Cenera, Loredo, La Peña, La Rebollada, ...

. Situated in the basin of the Rio Nalon, it is a terminal for the FC de Langreo railway, now subsumed by

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, which connects it to the port of Gijón.

Economy

Mining, agriculture and stock-rearing have been the principal industries since the early 20th century.

History

Almost everywhere in Asturia you find Prehistorian Signs, also in the region Laviana. Some

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and

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 some ...

made in the

Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...

and in the

Iron Age The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age division of the prehistory and protohistory of humanity. It was preceded by the Stone Age ( Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic) and the Bronze Age ( Chalcolithic). The concept has been mostly ...

are still visitable (Castro de El Cercu, El Prau in Castiello and La Corona in Boroñes).
Also the Romans built some Bridges along the Rio Nalon Street which are used today. The name ''Flaviana'' was written down first time, in 1115 when the area was bordered to the

Monastery A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone (hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whic ...

"San Vicente de

Oviedo Oviedo (; ast, Uviéu ) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain and the administrative and commercial centre of the region. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city. Oviedo is located a ...

".
During the

Peninsular War The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was the military conflict fought in the Iberian Peninsula by Spain, Portugal, and the United Kingdom against the invading and occupying forces of the First French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars. In Spai ...

and the

Carlism Carlism ( eu, Karlismo; ca, Carlisme; ; ) is a Traditionalist and Legitimist political movement in Spain aimed at establishing an alternative branch of the Bourbon dynasty The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a European dynasty of French ...

revolution, Laviana was the area for some famous battles.

Coat of arms

* Top left: Coat of Arms from family León > León * Middle left: Coat of Arms from family León >

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* Bottom left: Coat of Arms from family Quirós * Top right: Coat of Arms from family León > Holy Roman Empire (Austria) * Middle right: Coat of Arms from family León > Castile * Bottom right: Coat of Arms from family Alvarez de las Asturias * The middle: the Victorycross

Demography

Politics

The current mayor of Llaviana is Julio García Rodríguez ( FSA-PSOE), in office since 20/10/2017.

Points of interest

* Iglesia (Church) de San Nicolás (from the 12th century) * Iglesia de Nuestra Señor de Otero * La Casona de los Menéndez (cheese production) * also take a look into the websit
''Monumentos''

Fiesta and feria

Almost every month, there are some special events in the region, the important dates you find on the websit
´´Fiestas´´

''Parroquias'' (parishes)

Famous people

Armando Palacio Valdés Armando Palacio Valdés (4 October 185329 January 1938) was a Spanish novelist and critic. Biography Armando Francisco Bonifacio Palacio y Rodríguez-Valdés was born at Entralgo in the province of Asturias on 4 October 1853, eldest son of Silve ...

, writer * Los Berrones, agro-rock group * Roberto Canella, football player * Viti Rozada, football player

References

External links

Citypage

Foros de Laviana
(web-forum about Laviana) {{authority control Municipalities in Asturias *