Pola de Somiedo is one of fifteen
parishes (administrative divisions) in
Somiedo
Somiedo ( Asturian: Somiedu) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by Belmonte de Miranda, on the east by Teverga, on the west by Tineo and Cangas del Narcea, and on the ...
, a
municipality
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within the province and
autonomous community
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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 communities of Spain, autonomous community in nor ...
, in northern
Spain
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with category village ("villa" in Spanish),It is situated at an elevation of
above sea level
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The comb ...
. It is in size, with a population of 242 (
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2006). The postal code is 33840. It has a total population of 242 inhabitants ( INE 2006 ) in 114 homes. It is the capital city of the council. It celebrates the feast of the Rosary. His temple parish is dedicated to St. Michael .
In 1786 Somiedo Pola was visited by the English writer and researcher Joseph Townsend . In his book Journey through Spain in the time of Charles III (1786-1787), the writer narrates the following:
Surrounded by about eighty acres of wet meadow
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s, enclosed in limestone rocks of extraordinary height and settled on a small eminence is La Pola de Somiedo, a village of twenty houses. If Shakespeare had been here, his imagination would never have paid attention to the cliffs of Dover. The village, the meadows, the creek, the high and bare mountains are almost perpendicular to its forested hillsides, with goats jumping from rock to rock and cattle grazing peacefully below combine to form a magnificent whole.
Foundation of La Pola
In 1269 by royal decision. Alfonso X promoted and encouraged the creation of "pueblas" or "polas" (small villages in Spanish) and one of them was the Somiedo.
21st century
It is the capital of the municipality of Somiedo, and as such is the headquarters of the Natural Park. After leaving the village and heading to Urria, you can see the Museum of Ethnology, a very interesting museum in its particular topic.
See also
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Teito
Teito (also Palhoça in Portugal and Palloza in Galicia) is an Asturian term that designates a type of stone dwelling with a thatched straw or broom roof, found in western Asturias, especially in the Somiedo and Oscos area, and also in Galici ...
Villages
* Castro
* Pineda
* Pola de Somiedo (La Pola)
Parishes in Somiedo
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