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What to see and do in Vegaquemada

What to see and do in Vegaquemada (La Montaña de Riaño, León): 2 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments

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What to see and do in Vegaquemada

Vegaquemada
Village
Vegaquemada is a municipality of 418 inhabitants in La Montaña de Riaño, province of León, situated on the right bank of the río Porma, at 936 metres above sea level, and made up of eight population entities. In the mid-19th century, when it already had its own town council, the place had 927 inhabitants recorded, more than double the current number, as noted by Pascual Madoz in his geographical dictionary. The municipality is the birthplace of Pablo Díez, founder of the Corona brewing group, born here and now remembered with a statue beside the church.
Church of la Asunción de Vegaquemada
Monument
The parish church dedicated to Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, patroness of the municipality and celebrated every 15 August; it presides over a municipal district of eight villages stretched along the bank of the river Porma at 936 metres of altitude.