Theme Week Asturias – Corvera de Asturias
Thursday, 28 January 2021 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General
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Corvera de Asturias (
Asturian : Corvera) is a
municipality in the principality of
Asturias in northern Spain. It shares a boundary to the north with
Avilés and
Gozón ; to the east with
Carreño and
Gijón ; to the south with
Llanera and
Illas and to the west with
Castrillón . Its capital, Nubledo, has a population of more than 300 residents.
Corvera is the most eastern of the four counties forming the Great County of Aviles. It is situated in the northern-central area of the Principality of Asturias . It is 45.48 km² (17.56 sq mi) in size and has a population of over 16,000 residents, mainly concentrated in the villages of Las Vegas and Los Campos. The main roads to get there are AS-19, AS-17 and A-8. The A-8 proceeds to Tabaza (Carreño) and the shopping centre Parque Astur.
Corvera de Asturias city council © Mikel González/cc-by-sa-2.5-es
The history of Corvera is linked to the history of Avilés, being a natural extension of it proceeding inland. Several prehistorical settlements have been found in the county. The most interesting are those belonging to the
Astures . They left their traces in two “castros” (fortified villages) that have not been excavated yet: Pico Castiello in
Molleda and Castiellu in Camina,
Solís . These “castros” were most probably used by the
Romans , and we have some traces of their presence there, some of them so important as the Estela Antropomorfa de Molleda (human-shaped figure), nowadays can be seen in the
Archaeological Museum of Asturias .In the 10th century the villages of the county of Aviles became together to form an only geographical entity known as the “Alfoz de Gauzzone”; but it is not until the year 1120 that we find the first written references to the county of Corvera in the Liber Testamentorum. In the 15th century, Corvera already appears as a county, independent of Aviles.
In the 19th century, the landscape of the area was mainly agricultural. The population centres were villages with a certain prestige in which we can still see palaces and Indiano houses. In the mid 20th century the iron and steel industry starts functioning in Avilés and the old rural centres begin to shelter the thousands of immigrants working for ENSIDESA (current
Arcelor ) modifying the aspect of the county, due to the building of new districts near the factories, such as Tresona and Les Vegues.
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