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Enchanting Cities & Towns, Majestic Mountains, Natural Parks & Biosphere Reserves, Protected coastal landscapes, amazing Blue flag beaches. Dinosaurs, Palaeolithic Cave paintings, Celtic Settlements, Pre-Romanesque Art, Old Roman routes, the Era of Reconquest, the industrial revolution and much more. Basically everything you need to know about the Principality of Asturias, a region known in Spain as The Natural Paradise.

The Principality of Asturias is located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, its coastline is bathed by the Cantabrian Sea and is occupied by the highest sector of the Cantabrian Mountains.

Museums: Jovellanos Birthplace-Museum (Gijón).

Monuments: San Julian de los Prados (Oviedo), Santa Maria del Naranco (Oviedo), San Miguel de Lillo (Oviedo), Church of Santa Cristina de Lena (Pola de Lena) and Tito Bustillo Cave (Ribadesella).

Natural spaces: Picos de Europa National Park and Fuentes del Narcea and Ibias Natural Park.

Beaches: San Antolin (Naves), Mud (Mud) and San Lorenzo (Gijon).

A beautiful country on Europe’s Iberian Peninsula

Since the end of the transition, and especially since joining the European Community, Spain has made a great effort to position itself among the most developed nations in the world. Spain, with an area of 504,782 km2, occupies most of the Iberian Peninsula, as well as the Canary Islands in the Atlantic, the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean and the North African cities of Ceuta and Melilla.

The average altitude is about 660 meters, double the European average. They emphasize the Teide (3,718 meters), in the island of Tenerife; the Mulhacén (3,478 m), in Granada; and Aneto (3,404 m), in the Pyrenees. The relief is completed by the outer mountain ranges, the Pyrenees, Betica and Catalan. The Canary Islands are of volcanic origin. In the Balearic Islands the relief is varied, highlighting the Sierra de Tramuntana in Mallorca.

The first historical inhabitants of Spain were the Iberians, followed by Celts, Phoenicians (who gave it the name Hispania), Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans and Visigoths. In the year 711 the Arabs invaded the Peninsula. From Asturias and Vizcaya a reconquest began that lasted for more than seven centuries, until the Catholic Monarchs expelled the Muslims from Granada in 1492.After the discovery of America and under the reign of Carlos I, grandson of the Catholic Monarchs, Spain reached its maximum splendor. The decline was accentuated in the successive reigns of the Habsburgs. Carlos II, who died without an heir, was succeeded by Felipe V of the House of Bourbon.

From 1808 to 1814 he fought against Napoleon in the war of independence. Meanwhile, in Cádiz (1812), the first Spanish constitution was proclaimed, later annulled by Fernando VII, who reinstated the absolute regime. In this reign the independence of the American colonies occurs. Fernando VII was succeeded by his daughter Isabel II, until the Republic was proclaimed in 1873. In December 1874, Alfonso XII, son of Isabel II, returned to the throne. During the reign of his son Alfonso XIII, the last colonies were lost.

Internal instability led to the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. He returned to the Republic, which lasted until the civil war (1936-1939), with the victory of the forces led by General Franco. A new period of dictatorship plunged Spain, again neutral in World War II, into international isolation. Starting in 1955, the opening towards the outside began, with the entry into the UN. In November 1975, the head of state Francisco Franco died and Juan Carlos I was proclaimed King of Spain. With him democratization began, which culminated in June 1977 with the holding of general elections.

The climate in inland areas is more extreme, with temperatures of up to 40ºC in summer and occasional frosts in winter, although temperatures do not usually drop below -7ºC in the cities. On the Mediterranean coast, high temperatures can be reached in summer, which together with the humidity can cause a feeling of muggy weather. However, this area offers winters with cool but mild temperatures.