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Parres

Country:
Spain
State:
Oviedo
City:
Parres
Type of Location:
Multiple
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Places to Visit
How to Reach

By road

Pravia AS-16, which gives access to the Cantabrian motorway and crosses the municipality from north to south, from Soto del Barco to Salas. The secondary network is composed of road AS-236, which communicates with Pravia Candamo through San Roman, the AS-224 that communicates with Pravia Nalon walls, through Los Cabos and Somado, the AS-225, which connects Pravia with rooms through the valley of Arango and Malleza, the AS-352, which connects Somado with the AS-225 in Vegafriosa, the AS-347, former AS-16, which communicates with Pravia Cornellana through Forcinas and Corias, and the AS-39, which communicates with Forcinas Candamo through Quinzanas .

By railway

Pravia is in a crossroads of iron. Match lines Basque - Asturias, which connects San Esteban de Pravia with Oviedo and Collanzo, and the Railway Ferrol Gijon. The unborn Villablino Pravia railway, the constitution would have been the largest railway junction Pravia northern Spain .

Key places to visit
Church of San Juan, Santianes, Quinzanas, Agones, Santianes Museum

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Places to Visit

Church of San Juan

The church of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist of Santianes Pravia is a Christian church of the eighth century, situated in the parish of Santianes council Asturian of Pravia, in northern Spain .The church was built in the eighth century, by the will of King Silo of Asturias, according to the foundation stone of the temple, and had to be built in the period between 774 and 783. King Silo of Asturias moved the Court from Cangas de Onis to Pravia, meeting point of several Roman roads, including going to Asturica Augusta.

Santianes

Santianes is a parish and place of the council of Pravia in the Principality of Asturias .It is situated in the northeastern limits of the council and the north by the parishes of Somado and that of Nalon walls, the latter in the municipality of the same name, to the east of Soto del Barco, in the council of the same name; to the southeast of Riverbank, also in the council of Soto del Barco, on the south Fenolheda and Prong ; the southwest of Pravia, and west by the Escoredo and Villafria .

Quinzanas

Quinzanas is a parish of the council of Pravia in the Principality of Asturias, and a farmhouse in the parish. The hunting of Quinzanas is the only singular entity population of the parish. Had a population of 77 inhabitants in 75 homes. The parish covers an area of 2.61 km ², being the less extensive Pravia. The farmhouse is located 5.1 km from the capital of the council. Its parish church is dedicated to Santa Maria, although religious ceremony is celebrated with the feast of Santa Ana .

Agones

Agon is a singular population entity with the historical category of place, belonging to the council of Pravia in the Principality of Asturias. It is part of the parish of Pravia. Has a population of 575 inhabitants with an approximate area of 8 km 2.It is located 700 meters from Pravia, between the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains and the Pico de la Forca, bathed in the left bank of the river Aranguin, a tributary of river Nalon.

Santianes Museum

The Museum is located Santianes Romanesque in the locality of the same name, in the council of Pravia. Displays the objects pre-Romanesque found during the restoration of the church San Juan, and illustrates the history of the Asturian monarchy .The museum is open during the months of July, August, September, weekends and during Holy Week.

Right Time to Visit

April - September

Temperature

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