Santo Adriano ( Asturian: Santu Adrianu) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias. It is bordered on the north by Oviedo, on the east by Ribera de Arriba and Morcín, on the south by

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and Proaza and on the west by Proaza and

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Geography

It is one of the smaller municipalities in Asturias in both area and population. Like the majority of the rural areas in Asturias, the population is receding. The highest point in the municipality is Grandamiana, at 813 m. Afterwards are Los Navalones at 756 and El Piantón at 750. Fifty-eight percent of the municipal area is between 400 and 800 meters high. Nearly a quarter of the area has a slope of more than 50%. The lowest point is along the

Trubia River Trubia is a parish of the municipality of Oviedo, Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is a ...

, at 140 meters. In addition to the Trubia, which crosses the territory from south to north, there are many small arroyos which flow into it, such as the Picarós, the Rebregáu, the Tresarcu and the Xanas. The latter flows along the Xanas Pass, which is one of the more beautiful sights in the area.

Parishes

* Castañedo del Monte ( Asturian: ''Castañeu'l Monte'') * Lavares (Asturian: ''Llavares'') * Tuñón * Villanueva (Asturian: ''Villanuova'')

Demographics

The municipality reached its highest population in the year 1900, with 1,747 inhabitants. Since then, the loss of population has been notable, as is the case in most Asturian mountain municipalities. The large part of the movement is due to the migration of many inhabitants to Oviedo, especially for working in the arms factory in

Trubia Trubia is a parish of the municipality of Oviedo, Asturias Asturias (, ; ast, Asturies ), officially the Principality of Asturias ( es, Principado de Asturias; ast, Principáu d'Asturies; Galician-Asturian: ''Principao d'Asturias''), is a ...

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Economy

The principal economic activity of the municipality is ranching, especially with cattle. The most common breed of cattle is the Asturiana de los Valles, which is bred for meat. Agriculture is generally practiced for subsistence. The industrial sector is practically zero, as the proximity of the arms factory in Trubia takes nearly all the workers. In contrast, the service sector employs 56% of the employed population, and has experienced growth in recent years due to activities related to the natural surroundings and its associated business.

Politics

In the last municipal elections (2003), the municipality voted in an

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for the

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, and elected Carlos de Llanos González as mayor.

Famous people

* Laureano Fernández Vázquez (1933 - June 13, 2004) was a businessman born in Tuñón. Among his best-known achievements are that of completing Las Salesas complex in Oviedo, a combination of apartments and local businesses inaugurated on October 20, 1982. He later received the first international prize of commercial centers, given in Monaco. * Daniel Albuerne (November 7, 1879 - March 7, 1912) was a writer born in Santo Adriano de Villanueva. Although he began a religious career, he quickly abandoned it and received degrees at Minas. He worked in

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newspapers such as ''El Correo Español'' and ''Patria y Letras'', and those of Oviedo such as ''El Correo de Asturias'' and ''La Opinión''. He also collaborated in

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publications, both in Spanish and Asturian. * Gutierre de Tuñón, or García de Tuñón, was a 16th-century seaman, who was one of the four Asturians who joined Magellan on the expedition which discovered the Magellan Strait. The expedition crossed over half of the world, visiting the coast of

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, and crossed much of the Pacific Ocean and discovering the Bismarck Islands, the

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, and other archipelagoes, and was one of the first to explore

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, which was discovered in 1525 by the Portuguese Jorge de Meneses.

Art

The most notable building in the municipality is the temple of Santo Adriano de Tuñón, which was ordered built by

Alfonso III of Asturias Alfonso III (20 December 910), called the Great ( es, el Magno), was the king of León, Galicia and Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. In later sources he is the earliest to be called " Emperor of Spa ...

and his wife the queen Jimena in 891. The church is dedicated to the martyrs Adriano and his wife Natalia. It was restored in 1108 and 1949, and was declared a National Historical Monument in 1931. It is in a basilica plan, divided into three naves which are connected by arches, with a large portico in one large room. On the opposite side is a cemetery. The construction techniques include

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and ashlar. The other notable structure is the "Roman" bridge across the Trubia River, which dates from the

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. It consists of a 1.5-m-high arch and is 4 meters wide between railings.

References

External links

Federación Asturiana de Concejos
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