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Country
  
Spain

Comarca
  
Gijón

Elevation
  
0 m (0 ft)

Area
  
66.7 km²

Population
  
10,700 (2014)

Autonomous community
  
Asturias

Capital
  
Candás

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Saturday 10:21 PM

Province
  
Asturias

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 8 km/h, 75% Humidity

Points of interest
  
Playa de Candás, Museo Escultor Antón, Playa de La Palmera

Carreño is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered by Corvera de Asturias on the west, Gozón on the north, the Cantabrian Sea on the north and east, and Gijón on the east and south. Its capital is Candás.

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History

Almost everywhere in Asturias, of course also in Carreño, artifacts from Neolithicum were found. Also the Tumulus, Dolmen and Hill forts in the region shows the 100,000-year-old avaluation.

Parishes

(The number preceding the name refers to its location on the parroquias map)

  1. Candás (Capital)
  2. Perlora
  3. Albandi
  4. Carrió
  5. Pervera (Asturian: Prevera)
  6. Prendes (Asturian: Priendes)
  7. Piedeloro (Asturian: Pieloro)
  8. Logrezana (Asturian: Llorgozana)
  9. Guimarán
  10. El Valle
  11. Ambás
  12. Tamón

Culture

  • church La iglesia de San Félix built under Fruela II in the 9th century
  • church La iglesia de Santa María de Logrezana finished in the 19th century.
  • church La iglesia de Santa María de Piedeloro built in the 13th century
  • Parish church La iglesia parroquial de Ambás from the 18th century
  • Hermitage La ermita de San Antonio from the 16th century
  • Palace El palacio de Estrada Mora from the 16th century

    • Notable people

  • Antón de Marirreguera, 17th-century writer, and one of the first to write in Asturian.
  • Juan Carreño de Miranda (March, 1614-September, 1685) was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period.

    • References

    Carreño Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA