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View of Salas, in the foreground little coloured flags decorating the village celebrating its medieval festival, on both sides of the photo old houses with wooden galleries overlooking its cobbled streets and squares full of stalls selling typical products. In the middle stands the church with its tower, backed by the mountains in the background.

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Gateway to the West and the Pilgrims' Route to Santiago de Compostela, its capital is one of the best preserved medieval towns in Asturias and sweetens visitors with the famous "Carajitos del Profesor". Its medieval fortresses, its palatial houses and its Indian architecture. This is Salas.
General view of Camuño, a parish of Salas located in a valley surrounded by gentle wooded mountains. A small road crosses the valley, and on both sides are dotted with clusters of houses with red roofs. In the background are low mountain ranges in shades of blue. The sun illuminates the entire landscape, brightening the green meadows.
Cobbled street of Salas with the stone building and medieval tower on both sides, connected by a bridge. The building is one of the most characteristic medieval buildings in the architecture of Salas. In the foreground on the left are other houses in the village with wooden galleries.
Landscape of nature, whose protagonist is the Narcea River, one of the salmon rivers of Asturias. On the banks, trees of different species grow and in the background the mountains with a mist in the valley, which gives an artistic component to this photo. Blue sky.
View of the 16th century Valdés-Salas Palace House, in which the Tower connects through an arched bridge with the coats of arms of the Valdés-Salas family, with the palace itself. On the right, next to the palace, houses with galleries overlooking the palace.
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Salas, a stage on the Primitive Pilgrim's Way to Santiago de Compostela, a crossroads, a land of salmon, those found in the Esva and Narcea rivers. Its capital, Salas, is one of the best preserved medieval towns in Asturias, where you can still breathe the air of that time that gave birth to characters such as Fernando de Valdés Salas, Inquisitor and Founder of the University of Oviedo. Of the capital city, the Colegiata de Sta María La Mayor ( 16th century) stands out. Inside is the Mausoleum of D. Fernando Valdés-Salas. The 14th century Medieval Tower houses the Pre-Romanesque Museum of San Martín with its valuable collection of pieces and 10th century epigraphic tombstones from the Church of San Martín. Attached to the tower is the 16th century Valdés-Salas Palace. The famous sweets known as "Carajitos del Profesor", its "afuega'l pitu" cheeses and its garden produce are highly coveted.

Salas has emblematic villages such as Cornellana, the salmon farming capital of Asturias and a strategic point on the Way of St. James, where the 11th century Cistercian Monastery of San Salvador is located, a National Historic and Artistic Monument that belonged to the Cluny order. Not forgetting another medieval fortress in the area, such as the Tower of the Palace of Coruguedo in Doriga, 14th-16th century. The church of San Esteban de Las Dorigas, with interesting Romanesque paintings. Malleza, known as "Little Havana" and Mallecina, where you can see an extraordinary group of houses of Indian architecture, very well preserved. Láneo, a beautiful village located on the banks of the Narcea River; it has a magnificent collection of granaries, bread baskets and palatial houses; today there are still two tobacco drying sheds, as tobacco plants were cultivated in the parish until the 1990s. The "brañas vaqueiras" of Salas stand out for their spectacular surroundings and the simplicity of their constructions, blending perfectly into the landscape. Cerezal, Gallinero de Arniz, Vegacebrón and Faedo in the north; Las Gallinas, Buscabrero, Brañaivente, uninhabited, Brañasivil in the west. El Pevidal and Buspol, in the south, are the most significant brañas among others in the council.

Population: 5,549 inhabitants.
Surface area: 227,11 km2
Weekly market: Tuesday

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GPS: 43.4093046,-6.2621567