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What to see and do, where to sleep, beaches ... Ribadedeva

Small coastal council located at the easternmost end of Asturias. The south of the council is surrounded by the impressive Sierra del Cuera, also a protected landscape. The capital of the municipality is Colombres, where the Archivo de Indianos Foundation is located, the largest documentary center of transoceanic Asturian emigration. In the town of Pimiango are the Cuevas del Pindal that preserves paintings and engravings from the Magdalenian period.

It limits to the north with the Cantabrian sea. To the south, with Peñamellera Baja. To the east, the river Deva, border of Asturias with the province of Cantabria. To the west, with Llanes.

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Ribadedeva: basic information on the map

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Latitude: 43.3713875 Length: -4.5644445
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How to get to Ribadedeva

The road N-634 it crosses the municipality from west to east. It enters Cantabria through the Bustio-Unquera bridge over the Deva, where it connects with the N-621 that leads to Panes.

Distances Ribadedeva

Oviedo, 120 km. // Llanes, 21 km.

History Ribadedeva

In the council are abundant Paleolithic vestiges and rock paintings, as well as remains of Asturian and Neolithic settlements. In the Neolithic the area was occupied by the orgenomescos, a Cantabrian people. During the Roman period these lands became administratively dependent on Clunia (Burgos).

In the high Middle Ages, Ribadedeva and Llanes were part of the call Premorian province. It is a clear example of the remains of the monastery of Santa María de Tina. The existing necropolis in this place indicates that it was used as a cemetery before the construction of the building that today is in ruins, from the 13th century.

Mid-nineteenth century begins in Ribadedeva the phenomenon of emigration massive to America. The Archivo de Indianos located in Colombres is the best reference to know this time and the causes and consequences of emigration. Abundant in the council the large houses of Indians who built the Asturians who returned to the council, standing out for its architectural uniqueness, unique in the entire Cantabrian cornice. A clear reference to know this social phenomenon is the Archivo de Indianos de Colombres.

What to see in Ribadedeva

Archives of Indians

The Asturian emigration to America at the end of the XNUMXth century and the beginning of the XNUMXth century was quite a ...

Beach of La Franca

La Franca beach is located near the town of the same name, at the mouth of the…

Cueva del Pindal, a rock sanctuary

Since prehistory was seen in the lands of today's Ribadedeva, a lot of time has passed, so much...

Excursions Ribadedeva

Route of the indianos' houses

Monumental facades, ornate fences, galleries, patios, balconies, dreamy doorways, chapels...

Coastline and pedestrian path of Bustio-La Franca.

Ribadedeva festivities

· San Emeterio in Pimiango, on March 3.
· Las Angustias in Villanueva, on April 22.
· Virgen del Carmen in Bustio, on July 16.
· Day of the Angels in La Franca, on August 2.
· Las Nieves in El Peral, on August 5.
· San Lorenzo in Noriega, on August 10.
· The Sacramental in Colombres, Saturday after August 15.
· San Roque in Pimiango, on August 16.