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View of a glacial lake surrounded by mountains. The water of the lake reflects the mountains, some of them snow-capped, looking like a mirror. The blue colours of the water and the sky combine perfectly with the browns, greys and darks of the mountains, some of which are in shadow. It is dawn and the sunlight illuminates the snow-capped peaks in the background.

Cangas de Onís

Regal and historic, mountainous and mountainous, commercial, riverside, land of shepherds and livestock, market, good cheeses and the best cuisine, witness to history, gateway to the Picos de Europa. This is Cangas de Onís

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Original photograph of the Puentón de Cangas, seen from the river upwards. Hanging the Victoria Cross. Creepers grow under the arch giving a touch of green to the beige stone. Through the arch in the background another bridge and to the right some houses. In the background a mountain. In the foreground on the right trees over the river.
Image of Lake Ercina, surrounded by green meadows and limestone mountains, some forest, and the highest peaks with snow. The colours give a cold feeling, the greyish blue with clouds in the sky is reflected in the lake, giving a wintry colour to the whole picture. A cow is lying in the meadow by the lake.
Combination of nature and architecture are shown in this photograph, in which the Basilica of Covadonga emerges from the deep green forest. Its two towers, with their steeples, point to the blue sky. In the foreground, framing the photo as if it were a frame, tree branches with darker green leaves fall.
View of the river Sella, more specifically, the so-called Rabión el Golondrosu, the unruly water crashing between the stones with capricious movements, give life to the photo. On the banks of the river the trees grow different greens depending on the sunlight, lighter and darker. In the background a mountain rises into the blue sky.
General view of the valley where the village of Cangas appears, surrounded by meadows and mountains. In the background the majestic mountains of the central massif of the Picos de Europa with some snow on their peaks. The light greens of the low meadows contrast with the darker, bluish colours as the mountains rise.

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The royal bearing of its capital, as befits what was the cradle of the Reconquest and the first city and court of the Asturian Monarchy, the first in the Iberian Peninsula. The mythical Roman Bridge with its hanging Victoria Cross and one of the most photographed monuments in Asturias is the symbol of the lively capital of Cangas de Onís, where there is no shortage of gastronomy, interesting gastronomic shops and a Sunday market where you can buy the tastiest produce from the market gardens and the best cheeses from Picos de Europa.

Cangas de Onís, one of the gateways to the Picos de Europa, saw the birth of the Montaña de Covadonga National Park, today the Picos de Europa National Park, and is home to the Royal Site of Covadonga and the Enol and Ercina lakes, with their landscape of peaks and pastures, and with the almost lunar appearance of the old iron mines of Buferrera or the spectacular view of the Vega de Comella, witness to the geological richness of this area. A land of passage to the plateau, of shepherding and livestock, of cheese, of mountaineers and climbers, of salmon fishermen, of riverside dwellers, of the worship of rivers such as the Sella, the Güeña or the Dobra. ..

Population: 6,787 inhabitants
Surface area: 212,8 km2
Weekly market: Sundays

Cangas de Onís
GPS: 43.350495, -5.131904