NATURE: MERÓN BEACH
Apr 13, 2010 Activities, Asturias, Cider Region, History, Sea, Monument, Monuments, Nature, Leisure, Landscapes, Beach, Tourism, Tourism, Asturias Tourism, Natural Tourism, Rural Tourism, Villaviciosa Tourism, Villaviciosa
Hi there,
Today we want to take you to a small beach within the parish of Argüero (or Argüeru, in Asturian ‘Bable’), which forms part of the municipality of Villaviciosa: Merón Beach.
The municipality of Villaviciosa is rich in nature, but today we want to talk about the beach of Merón, one of the many beaches you can find along the coast of this municipality; Rodiles beach is the most well-known of the area. Leer más »
Tags: Argüero, Argüeru, Asturias, Dinosaur Coastline, History, Asturian History, Fossilised Footprints, Ichnites, Monument, Natural Monument, Villaviciosa Monument, Monuments, Asturias Monuments, Villaviciosa Monuments, Nature, Landscape, Beach, Meron Beach, Rodiles Beach, Tourism, Active Tourism, Asturias Tourism, History Tourism, Natural Tourism, Rural Tourism, Villaviciosa Rural Tourism, Villaviciosa Tourism, Villaviciosa
VILLAGES: “VILLAVICIOSA”
Jan 12, 2010 Activities, Asturias, Capitals, Culture, History, Church, Nature, Leisure, Landscapes, Villages, Tourism, Asturias Tourism, Natural Tourism, Villaviciosa Tourism, Villaviciosa
Villaviciosa is the Apple capital and capital of the municipality in Asturias that shares its name and it is twinned with a town from the province of Madrid called Villaviciosa de Odón.
This Asturian village used to be known as Maliayo until 1277 when it was renamed Villaviciosa, which it is still called today. Many of you will wonder about the origin of such a name: Villa – viciosa (Village – ‘vice’). These lands were very fertile and produced abundant harvests; it was this fertility which gave the village (Villa) the fame of abundance – (viciosa). [Viciosa translated today means addicted to vice, but this was not the meaning originally here. ‘Viciosa’ meant that the village was fertile and produced abundant crops.tn].
Tags: Asturias, Ayuntamiento Villaviciosa, Dinosaur Coastline, Culture, Asturias Culture, Villaviciosa Culture, History, Asturian History, Villaviciosa History, Jurassic, Maliayo, Partial Natural Reserve, Tourism, Asturias Tourism, Cultured Tourism, History Tourism, Villaviciosa Tourism, Villaviciosa, Villaviciosa de Odón
HISTORY: “DINOSAURS COAST”
Nov 26, 2009 Activities, History, Sea, Nature, Leisure, Landscapes, Beach, Routes, Hiking, Tourism
Thousands of years ago, the Earth was not the same as it is today and it was dominated by powerful reptiles, the dinosaurs.
Throughout history, nature has done a great job of conserving fossils of many species that once lived on Earth, enabling us to discover that there was life before we existed. We know that dinosaurs existed from such fossils and we will continue to learn many more things from Nature as she shares her wisdom with us.
Tags: Asturias, Dinosaur Coastline, History, Asturian History, Jurassic, Nature, Landscape, Route, Routes, Hiking, Tourism, Active Tourism, History Tourism, Natural Tourism, Villaviciosa Tourism