Abia De La Obispalía
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Abia de la Obispalía is a
municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...
in Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha,
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
. It has a population of 61 as of 2020. A prestigious late
Bronze Age The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
hoard of gold jewellery was found in a cave near the village in the early twentieth century. Known as the Abia de la Obispalia Hoard, it is now in the
British Museum The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human cu ...
's collection.


Tourism

* Abia de la Obispalía Castle, of Roman origin


References

Municipalities in the Province of Cuenca {{Cuenca-geo-stub