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.
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
Politics
Culture
- church La iglesia de San Félix built under Fruela II in the 9th century
- church La iglesia de Santa MarÃa de Logrezana finished in the 19th century.
- church La iglesia de Santa MarÃa 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.
External links
- Ayuntamiento de Carreño
- Diario de noticias e información sobre Candás y Carreño (in Spanish)
- Federación Asturiana de Concejos (in Spanish)
- Página web sobre Candás (in Spanish)
