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View of Grandas de Salime with a mountainous landscape behind. The village has stone houses with slate roofs and a church with a bell tower. The landscape is dominated by tree-covered hills and green meadows. The sky is clear and blue, and there are some white clouds. The picture conveys a sense of peace and tranquillity.

Grandas de Salime

The Way of St. James and the castreña culture are its main substratum, and its Ethnographic Museum is the reference point for traditional Asturian culture in the west. Mountains and mountains, a historic reservoir, archaeology, nature and pilgrims' dreams, Grandas de Salime is the last stage of the Pilgrim's Way in Asturias.
View of the Grandas de Salime reservoir, an artificial lake surrounded by forested mountains. The water in the reservoir is dark green and reflects the sky and the mountains. The dam, a concrete structure, stretches across the valley. The image conveys a sense of serenity and grandeur.
View of the interior of the Ethnographic Museum of Grandas de Salime, with a collection of old wooden objects, including a mill and other utensils. The ceiling is made of wood and so is the floor. The light is dim, creating a warm and evocative atmosphere. The image transports us to the past, showing what life was like in this region.
View of a lone pilgrim ascending a steep slope in the Alto del Acebo. The figure, dressed in mountain clothing and carrying a backpack, stands out against the mountainous landscape. The path winds through grass and rocks as the pilgrim makes his way to the summit in a cloudy atmosphere.
View of a man crouching at the entrance to one of the Roman tunnels at Penafurada. The tunnel is dug into the rock and covered with moss, giving it an ancient and natural appearance. The viewer is dressed casually and seems to be enjoying the scenery. The image conveys a sense of peace and tranquillity.

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Grandas de Salime carries in its 'genetic map' the Camino de Santiago, not in vain one of its most notable signs of identity is the fact of being the last Asturian stage of the Primitive Way, before the pilgrim enters Galician lands. Perhaps because of this simultaneous 'nomadic' and sedentary imprint, Grandas treasures like few other territories its most ancestral origins, which restless travellers can investigate in the Chao Samartín or in its famous Ethnographic Museum - an ordered compendium of all the culture and traditional uses of the western region and of the whole of Asturias. The Ethnographic Museum, due to its impressive inventory of pieces - in constant growth -, is a very rich sample of the past, staged in a lively and very realistic way, where we find a blacksmith's shop, a rural school, the dentist, the infirmary, the tailor's house, the classic shop-bar, etc., in short, a set of well-cohesioned and valued elements that make this facility a reference in Spain.

Grandas de Salime has, in addition to its Jacobean and military culture, a panoramic and grandiose reservoir containing the river Navia, which is another of its most emblematic features, including a village. Churches and mansions, the Collegiate Church of San Salvador which marks the Pilgrim's Way, natural and archaeological routes, hunting and fishing, the Sierras de Carondio and Valledor, the ancient gold mines that the Romans plundered... and so many illusions of thousands of pilgrims. Grandas de Salime is a catalyst of dreams and paths.

Population: 830 inhabitants
Surface area: 29,45 km2
Weekly market: Second Sunday of every month.

Grandas de Salime
GPS: 43.2184249,-6.8757969