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What to see and do in Santo Adriano

What to see and do in Santo Adriano (Oviedo, Asturias): 3 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 1 Monuments · 1 Nature

How far each place is from the centre of Santo Adriano

Church of Santo Adriano de Tuñón 400 m
Gorge of the Xanas 2.2 km

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What to see and do in Santo Adriano

Santo Adriano
Village
With 281 inhabitants it is one of the smallest municipalities in Asturias; its jewel is the pre-Romanesque church of Santo Adriano de Tuñón, a Monumento Nacional (Spain's heritage designation in force until 1931) since 1931, and through the Trubia valley run the Senda del Oso and the Las Xanas gorge.
Church of Santo Adriano de Tuñón
Monument
The church of Santo Adriano de Tuñón, in the Asturian parish of Tuñón, concejo of Santo Adriano, is a pre-Romanesque temple founded by Alfonso III the Great and his wife Jimena on 24 January 891, dedicated to the martyrs Adriano and Natalia and to the apostles Pedro, Pablo and Santiago. With a basilical plan of three naves separated by round arches on pillars without capitals, it has a triple flat-ended head with barrel vaults and retains original mural paintings, rediscovered between 1949 and 1954 under the direction of Luis Menéndez Pidal, among them the allegories of the Sun and the Moon in the central chapel. It underwent a documented renovation in 1108 and another between the 17th and 18th centuries, which added the present bell-gable and west front. It was declared a Monumento Nacional (a Spanish heritage-protection designation) in 1931.
Gorge of the Xanas
Nature
The Desfiladero de las Xanas, also called that of Caballada or de las Brujas in honour of the nymphs of Astur-Leonese mythology, extends between the concejos of Santo Adriano, Quirós and Proaza, carved by the Viescas stream on the western face of the sierra del Aramo until it flows into the river Trubia. It reaches 80-90 metres in depth over about two kilometres, which is why it is called the little Cares; it is crossed by a path of about nine kilometres cut into the rock halfway up the slope, with bridges and tunnels carved into the limestone. The surrounding woodland brings together hazels, ash, oak, beech and elm, and among its fauna the otter and the Pyrenean desman stand out. It was declared a natural monument of the Principality in April 2002, together with two hundred hectares around the stream.