Lying in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula to the north of the Cantabrian Mountains, The Principality of Asturias covers an area of 10565 square kilometres. 
The Cantabrian Sea, to its north, has given shape to an irregular coastline full of estuaries, prominent capes and countless as well as varied beaches, some of them with important extensions of dunes. 
The highest mountains can be found near the southern border, which also corresponds with the border of the Cantabrian hydrographic basin, with peaks surpassing 2.000 metres. The easter corner is occupied by the calcareous Picos de Europa with very famous peaks as The Naranjo de Bulnes with 2.549 metres.
Rivers carry much water and there are various and important ones.
Asturias was the first nucleus of resistance against the Moorish invasion of the Peninsula and the first Christian Kingdom in year 760.
Two of the cornerstones of Asturias economy are agriculture (cereals, vegetables and fruit) and stockbreeding (mainly cows for milk production). But Asturias is, above all, an industrial region, specially after the decline of the fishing industry. It is very rich in minerals (coal, mercury, zinc, iron, manganese and copper). Nowadays these industries have been substituted by other industries such as metallurgic or chemical industries.
The Cantabrian Sea, to its north, has given shape to an irregular coastline full of estuaries, prominent capes and countless as well as varied beaches, some of them with important extensions of dunes. The highest mountains can be found near the southern border, which also corresponds with the border of the Cantabrian hydrographic basin, with peaks surpassing 2.000 metres. The easter corner is occupied by the calcareous Picos de Europa with very famous peaks as The Naranjo de Bulnes with 2.549 metres. The climate is Atlantic with mild or even cold winters and with a regular annual pluviosity that makes of Asturias a very fertile and green land with abundance of forests and pastureland that alternate with high mountains, sandy beaches, foggy areas, sunny places…
Rivers carry much water and there are various and important ones.
Asturias was the first nucleus of resistance against the Moorish invasion of the Peninsula and the first Christian Kingdom in year 760. Two of the cornerstones of Asturias economy are agriculture (cereals, vegetables and fruit) and stockbreeding (mainly cows for milk production). But Asturias is, above all, an industrial region, specially after the decline of the fishing industry. It is very rich in minerals (coal, mercury, zinc, iron, manganese and copper). Nowadays these industries have been substituted by other industries such as metallurgic or chemical industries.
This is our region and we love it a lot.
Miriam Seivane, Sergio Torres
Hello Miriam!
ReplyDeleteHello Sergio!
You have done an excellent work! What nice pictures! Asturias is really a beautiful region. I think we have to invite our friends from The Netherlands to come over!
Good work!
I totally agree! Must be very nice to come over in summertime with all those beautiful beaches!! Some of my students are already suggesting: why not go there and meeting our friends live! Who is going to call Uncle Europe for a grant?? ;-))
ReplyDeleteGreets, H. Smit
Hello Miriam!
ReplyDeleteHello Sergio!
It is often said that Asturian people like showing off when talking about their land. But the thing is that Asturias is a really beautiful place, isn't it? I think that your great work with those nice pictures is a nice way of promoting our region in Hofstad Lyceum.
I think Hans is absolutely right. They must come and see!
Nice work.
Ana Peláez