Caravia

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Caravia

Location in Spain

Coordinates: 43°26′59.9″N 5°10′59.9″W / 43.449972°N 5.183306°WCoordinates: 43°26′59.9″N 5°10′59.9″W / 43.449972°N 5.183306°W

Country

Spain

Asturias

Prado

Government

• Alcalde

Pablo García Pando (PSOE)

Area

• Total

13.36 km² (5.16 sq mi)

Highest elevation

631 m (2,070 ft)

Population

• Total

572

• Density

43/km² (110/sq mi)

Demonym(s)

caraviense

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

Postal code

33344

Website

Official website

Caravia is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by the Bay of Biscay, part of the Cantabrian Sea, on the south by Parres, on the east by Ribadesella and on the west by Colunga.

Caravia is the third smallest municipality of Asturias. The population is centered mainly in Prado (Prau in Asturian), the municipal capital, Duesos and Duyos. It is 68 km from Oviedo, the capital of the principality.

There are mountain summits in the southern parts of Caravia, with Fito (631 m) being the highest. In the north there are three main beaches: Beciella, Arenal de Morís and Espasa. The beaches are separated by great cliffs along the coast. The rest of the municipality has little variation in orography. Its main watercourse is the Romeros river.

Together with the municipalities of Colunga, Piloña, Parres and Ribadesella, Caravia is part of the geographic area known as Sierra del Sueve.

The first humans in Caravia were during the Paleolithic period, during the time when humans began to use stone tools. From this time period, there are ruins known as "Les Vaques" and "La Pongueta", located near Duyos, where Paleolithic humans lived near a small river and rocky escarpment.

There is a large dolmen-like tumulus (or burial mound) near Beciella beach, by the mouth of the Romeros river. Nearby, there is also the Necrópolis de la Tuerba, formed by three tumuluses located in the coastal plain.

The first excavations made in the Picu el Castru, were carried out August 22, 1917, by Aurelio de Llano. He found a prehistoric fortification in his first dig, located two kilometers from the sea at an altitude of 380 m. This fortification had a perimeter of 225 m.

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