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    The History of Asturias includes everything from when the Paleolithic tribes settled in the Cantabrian Coast to the modern post-industrial society of today...
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    name of Camino de Santiago. The founding of the alleged St. James tomb was a formidable political success for the Kingdom of Asturias: Now Asturias could...
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    Asturias (/æˈstʊəriəs, ə-/; Spanish: [asˈtuɾjas]; Asturian: Asturies [asˈtuɾjes; -ɾjɪs]) officially the Principality of Asturias, is an autonomous community...
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    Prince or Princess of Asturias (Spanish: Príncipe/Princesa de Asturias) is the main substantive title used by the heir apparent, or heir presumptive to...
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    Princess of Asturias Awards (Spanish: Premios Princesa de Asturias, Asturian: Premios Princesa d'Asturies), formerly the Prince of Asturias Awards from...
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    of Asturias (Spanish: Museo Arqueológico de Asturias; Asturian: Muséu Arqueolóxicu d'Asturies) is housed in the 16th century Benedictine monastery of...
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    who founded the Kingdom of Asturias in 718. Pelagius is credited with initiating the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from...
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    followed by the subsequent formation of the Kingdom of Asturias in northern Spain and the beginning of the Reconquista by Christian troops under Pelagius...
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    The Asturian miners' strike of 1934 was a major strike action undertaken by miners in Asturias against the new government which involved the CEDA, from...
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    Alfonso II of Asturias (c. 760 – 842), nicknamed the Chaste (Spanish: el Casto), was the king of Asturias during two different periods: first in the year...
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    Asturias Airport, (IATA: OVD, ICAO: LEAS) is the only international airport of Asturias, Spain, in Castrillón. Traffic consists primarily of scheduled...
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    Príncipe de Asturias Archived 24 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. casareal.es Premios Príncipe de Asturias – Fundación Príncipe de Asturias Archived 7...
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    Gallaeci (category History of Asturias)
    of Iberia, a region roughly corresponding to what is now the Norte Region in northern Portugal, and the Spanish regions of Galicia, western Asturias and...
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    town of Salamá, the departmental capital of Baja Verapaz, where Miguel Ángel Asturias lived on his grandparents' farm. It was here that Asturias first...
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    has media related to Flags of Asturias. Law 4/1990 of December 19, about the flag of the Principality of Asturias Asturias flag at Vexilologia.org v t...
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  • Martín de Argüelles (category History of Asturias)
    María Sánchez Molledo. Fairbanks, George R. (George Rainsford), History and antiquities of St. Augustine, Florida (1881), Jacksonville, Fla., H. Drew. Reynolds...
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    Astures (category History of Asturias)
    inhabitants of the northwest area of Hispania that now comprises almost the entire modern autonomous community of the Principality of Asturias, the modern...
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    fall of Gijón and the abandonment of Asturias, the last Republican province in North-West Spain. This battle was almost certainly the first use of carpet...
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    interest in purchasing the Principe de Asturias. In September 2017 it was announced that the Príncipe de Asturias was bought by a Turkish company planning...
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    community of Asturias, northwestern Spain. Its capital is San Juan de Beleño. Ponga has a natural park. “Ponga-Amieva” is also the name of a Special Protection...
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    Cantabrian Wars (category History of Asturias)
    Macedonica V Alaudae (operated in Asturias) VI Victrix (operated in Asturias) IX Hispana X Gemina (operated in Asturias) XX Valeria Victrix as well as various...
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    of Asturias from 768 to his death. Born in León, he was the son of Fruela of Cantabria (son of Peter of Cantabria); nephew of Alfonso I of Asturias;...
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    "the artillery of the revolution." The rising in Asturias was well prepared with headquarters in Oviedo. In several mining towns in Asturias, local unions...
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    The Asturias Offensive (Spanish: Ofensiva de Asturias, Asturian: Ofensiva d'Asturies) was an offensive in Asturias during the Spanish Civil War from 1...
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    Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (category History of Asturias)
    and a major figure of the Age of Enlightenment in Spain. Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (pseudonym Jovino) was born at Gijón in Asturias, Spain. Selecting...
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    La Camocha is a former coal mine which is seven kilometers south of Gijon, Asturias, Spain. It was operated by Minas la Camocha SA, which is affiliated...
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  • Alfonso I of Asturias, called the Catholic (el Católico), (c. 693 – 757) was the third king of Asturias, reigning from 739 to his death in 757. His reign...
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    Asturias, officially the Municipality of Asturias (Cebuano: Lungsod sa Asturias; Tagalog: Bayan ng Asturias), is a 3rd class municipality in the province...
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    Magno), was king of Asturias from 866 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ordoño I. After his death, the Kingdom of Asturias was split between...
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    Gijón (redirect from Gijón, Asturias)
    autonomous community of Asturias. It is located on the coast of the Cantabrian Sea in the Bay of Biscay, in the central-northern part of Asturias; it is approximately...
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