Carreño

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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

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.

Map of Carre%C3%B1o, Asturias, Spain

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)

Candás (Capital)
Perlora
Albandi
Carrió
Pervera (Asturian: Prevera)
Prendes (Asturian: Priendes)
Piedeloro (Asturian: Pieloro)
Logrezana (Asturian: Llorgozana)
Guimarán
El Valle
Ambás
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

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