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Cangas de Onís ( Asturian: ''Cangues d'Onís'' "valleys of Onís"'' Canga'' (plural ''cangues'') is an Asturian word for "valley, canyon".) is a municipality in the eastern part of the province and autonomous community of
Asturias Asturias (; ; ) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...
in the northwest of Spain. The capital of the municipality is also Cangas de Onís. More than seventy square kilometres of the ''conceyu'' form part of the Parque nacional de los Picos de Europa.


History

Within the park is the village of Covadonga, where the battle of Covadonga (about 722), the first major victory by a Christian military force in
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after the Islamic conquest, marks the starting-point of the
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. Cangas de Onís is the site of the first church constructed in post-conquest Iberia, Santa Cruz de Cangas de Onís (737), built on an ancient
dolmen A dolmen, () or portal tomb, is a type of single-chamber Megalith#Tombs, megalithic tomb, usually consisting of two or more upright megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone or "table". Most date from the Late Neolithic period (4000 ...
. Cangas de Onís is also very known for being the first capital of the Kingdom of Asturias. A parish named Cangas de Onís is attested for the 14th century. The stone bridge across the Sella River was built in the 14th or 15th century. Cangas de Onís was represented in the Junta General of the principality of Asturias in 1504. Covadonga began to be developed as a pilgrimage site in the 16th century, attracting commerce. The settlement of Cangas de Onís grew rapidly in the mid 19th century. A meteorite fall is recorded for the year 1866. Cangas de Onís/Cangues d'Onís was bombarded several times in the
Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...
. It served as the seat of the Regional Council in the "pre-autonomous regime" of 1978–1981 prior to the entering into force of the Statute of Autonomy of the Principality of Asturias on 31 January 1982.


Vegetation

Given its varied height it has many types of plants, including many mountain shrubs, heather; oak, have and ash trees, rounded by grassland and copes.


Economy

The main economic activities of this region are agriculture and cattle rearing along with rural tourism. The nearby Covadonga Sanctuary and its surrounding lakes are one of the main tourist destinations in Asturias.


Parishes

Cangas de Onís is divided in eleven parishes: * Abamia * Cangas de Onís * Con * Covadonga * Grazanes * Labra * Margolles * La Riera * Triongo * Villanueva * Zardón The capital of the municipality is the parish of Cangas de Onís. It is in size with a population of 4,326
INE
2005). The postal code is 33550 and is divided in several villages: * Cañu * Cabielles * Cangues * Cardes * Celangu * Ḥelgueres * Llueves * Ñarciandi * Ñeda * Onao * Següencu * Torió * Tornín


Notable people

* Berta Piñán (born 1963), writer, politician * Benjamina Miyar (1888–1961) Spanish photographer, watchmaker and member of the Spanish anti-fascist resistance


Gallery

File:Cangas de Onís. Puente sobre el Sella 2.jpg, 13th century bridge over Rio Sella File:Estatua de Don Pelayo en Covadonga, Asturias.jpg, Statue of the King Pelayo File:Cangas de Onís 05.jpg, Cangas town hall File:EnolLake.jpg, Enol Lake at Covadonga File:Covadonga - Cueva santa y cascada.jpg, ''Holy Cave'' of Covadonga File:Monasterio de San Pedro de Villanueva - Iglesia02.jpg, Monastery of San Pedro de Villanueva (12th century) - Church File:Lateral iglesia santa cruz c onis.jpg, Church of Santa Cruz - Lateral side File:Capilla de Santo Medero (Isongo) - 04.jpg, Chapel of Santo Medero File:Cangas de Onís - Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción y Monumento a Don Pelayo 2.jpg, Cangas church


References


External links


Guía turística

www.cangasdeonis.com

Cangas de Onís

Casa Rural


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