Piloña Asturias: tourism and basic information

Piloña: basic information on the map

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Latitude: 43.3483238 Length: -5.3640318
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The municipality has two listed and protected areas: the Sierra del Sueve mountain range and the Sidrón Cave Partial Nature Reserve , the latter also declared a Site of Cultural Interest. Piloña borders Villaviciosa and Colunga to the north, Caso, Sobrescobio, and Laviana to the south, Parres and Ponga to the east, and Nava and Cabranes to the west.

How to get to

The council's transport network is centered around the N-634 highway , which crosses the council from east to west. To the north begin the regional roads AS-255, which leads to Villaviciosa, AS-258 and AS-259, which go to Colunga, and AS-332, which connects AS-258 with Villaviciosa; and to the south, the AS-254 to Campo de Caso and AS-339 to Ponga are noteworthy.

History

The existence of inhabitants since prehistoric times is confirmed; diverse archaeological remains have appeared in some caves, and in the one of Sidrón, next to Borines, there are samples of rock art.
He is known as «Man of Sidrón» seems to identify with the characteristic features of the Man of Neanderthal and the possibility arises that we are facing one of the most primitive types of Neanderthals, although in this respect, the scientific community has not yet been conclusively defined.

In the medieval centuries it was delimited and defining a territory that receives the name of Piloña, differentiated from that of its neighbors. It has always been a council involved in historical events, during the War of Independence, in 1810, the Spanish troops commanded by General Nicolás Llano Ponte are concentrated in Infiesto to stop the advance of the invading troops; During the October Revolution of 1934, the council had some participation in what has been called the fourth insurrectional axis, which stretched from Oviedo to Oriente, to Infiesto; and in the military uprising of 1936, the council of Piloña, was framed in the Asturian zone loyal to the Republic.

We can say, that already in the s. XX, the economic activity recovered a certain pulse with the establishment of several industrial factories among which we can highlight mineral waters (Borines and Ques), dairy products (Nestlé), cider wineries, sweets (The Chupa-Chup world-recognized firm, was conceived by a businessman from Villamayor), furniture factories, etc.

Sample of the best Asturian Romanesque art it is the Church of Santa María de Villamayor, of which the apse and a lateral façade constitute the only preserved building of the monastery of the same name.
Of its civil architecture there are also scattered by almost all the parishes of the council numerous mansions and palaces, which are dated between the 16th and 18th centuries, and their visit is highly recommended.