Ethnographic Museum of Eastern Asturias

Inaugurated in 2000, the Museum has its origins in the donation of the houses and estate of Llacín, made in 1994 by Teresa Sordo Sordo and Luis Haces Sordo, sons of Porrúa and residents in Mexico. The donation stimulated the creation of the Llacín Cultural Association, which decided to promote, create and manage an ethnographic museum, with the aim of giving the donated goods a cultural and recreational purpose.

The Museum's buildings are located on a one-hectare estate set aside as a public park, with a wide range of fruit trees and woodland. Among the trees is a monumental avocado tree brought from Mexico and planted in 1906. The perimeter of its trunk is currently 7.20 metres.

The Museum aims to be a dynamic cultural centre committed to the exhibition and dissemination of elements of historical and ethnographic interest, but also a place dedicated to researching and protecting Asturian cultural heritage.

The houses that make up the Museum are arranged in two parallel rows connected by an overhanging wooden corridor. Inside you can visit the rooms of a traditional peasant house: vestibule or hall, kitchen, living room, bedroom, stable and cider press, and a series of themed exhibitions dedicated to the production of cheese and butter, the manual manufacture of tiles and bricks, textile processes, traditional folk clothing, carpenter's workshop, wood cutting tools, washerwomen, tools, a collection of enamelled metal pieces.

Mañanga Cultural Landscape Route:

This is a route through the vicinity of the village of Porrúa and into an area of great landscape and heritage richness called Mañanga. During the route, the traditional ways of life based on livestock and agriculture, the transhumance system, the importance of water, pre-industrial activities such as the manufacture of lime, as well as the influence of emigration in the shaping of urban space and the architecture of the villages are explained.

Distance: 7 km - Duration: 2 h 30 min - Difficulty level: low
Prices (guided group route):
5 € (adults)
3 € (4 to 14 years old)

Water Walk:

This walk allows us to learn about the historical evolution of the town of Porrúa through a basic resource for everyday life: water. With this route we want to highlight the importance of water in the different areas of everyday life and how the possibilities of access and enjoyment accompany the advances in our society.
Different locations are visited throughout the village: washing place, fountains, water troughs, water reservoir.

Distance: 4 km - Duration: 1 h 15 min - Difficulty level: low
Prices (guided group walk):
3 € (adults)
1 € (4 to 14 years old)