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Asturias (/ æ ˈ s t ʊər i ə s, ə-/, Spanish: [asˈtuɾjas]), officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous community in northwest Spain. It is coextensive with the province of Asturias and contains some of the territory that was part of the larger Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages.
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History. The banners that might represent the early medieval...
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Asturias Airport, (IATA: OVD, ICAO: LEAS) is the only...
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Lago Enol seen from La Picota Lago Ercina. Ercina Lake. The...
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Asturias es una comunidad montañosa y costera que cuenta con numerosos y conocidos enclaves naturales, algunos de ellos protegidos bajo diferentes figuras. De entre ellos destacan los reconocidos por la UNESCO como reservas de la biosfera: Lago Enol en los Picos de Europa
Apr 30, 2024 · Asturias, comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) and historic region of Spain that is coextensive with the northwestern Spanish provincia (province) of Asturias. It is bounded by the autonomous communities of Cantabria to the east, Castile-León to the south, and Galicia to the west.
It is on the Spanish north coast facing the Cantabrian Sea. The capital of the province is Oviedo. Gijón is the biggest city. There is an airport in Asturias, from where you can fly to a few places in Spain and in Europe. The region has borders with Galicia, León and Cantabria .
- 10,604 km² (4,094 sq mi)
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Asturias, officially the Principality of Asturias (Spanish: Principado de Asturias, Asturian: Principáu d'Asturies), is a region in the north of Spain. It sits in the narrow strip between the Cantabrian Sea and the Cantabrian Mountains, forming part of "Green Spain".
The Kingdom of Asturias was a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula founded by the Visigothic nobleman Pelagius. It was the first Christian political entity established after the Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711.
