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Lucus Asturum

Llanera, Oviedo, Asturias

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Lucus Asturum

Curiosity · Llanera, Oviedo, Asturias

Beneath the present-day Lugo de Llanera, in the Asturian concejo of Llanera, stood Lucus Asturum, a Roman city cited as a mansio in the Ravenna Cosmography and as a polis of the Astures by Ptolemy. It was the junction of the Roman roads of Asturias, with one branch towards Cantabria and another to Astorga via the Vía de la Carisa, and had been inhabited before Rome by the tribe of the luggones; in the 8th century it was taken by the Muslim leader Muza during his advance towards Gijón. Excavations on the site of the old church of Santa María, directed by Carmen Fernández Ochoa, confirmed a Roman presence in the 2nd and 3rd centuries; from there come carved stones, coins, medals and a small bronze figurine, now preserved in the Archaeological Museum of Asturias.

Photo: Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España (CC BY-SA 2.0)

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