La Felguera is the largest parish

Civil parish

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 in the municipality of Langreo

Langreo

Langreo, , officially Llangréu / Langreo is a municipality of northern Spain, province of The Principality of Asturias....

, Asturias

Asturias

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, in the north of Spain

Spain

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, with 21.000 inhabitants. It is the fifth largest town in Asturias, after Gijón

Gijón

Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history...

, Oviedo

Oviedo

Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city....

, Avilés

Avilés

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 and Mieres. It is an 18 minute drive by car to Oviedo, the capital of Asturias. La Felguera is close to the Nalón River

Nalón River

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.

In the past, it was one of the most important metallurgical centers in Spain (19th and the first half the 20th century), located inside the mining basin of Asturias.
Important buildings: the church of San Pedro

Iglesia de San Pedro (La Felguera)

Iglesia de San Pedro is a church in La Felguera, Asturias, Spain. Formally opened in 1954, a small chapel was located on the site from 1604. In the 1880s work began on the new church but was rebuilt in the 1940s after the Spanish Civil War...

, the chapel El Llungéru, the former facilities of the Ancient Factory, houses in the street Count Sizzo, former College La Salle

La Salle

- People :* Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle , French cavalry general during the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars* Denise LaSalle , singer* Eriq La Salle , actor...

, Engineers' Chalet, Pedro Duro's statue, the Market and three parks (Dolores Duro, Sutu and García Lago).

It has numerous annual celebrations (like Saint Peter's Fiestas or the "Days of the Cider") and the art gallery, Pinacoteca Eduardo Úrculo

Pinacoteca Eduardo Úrculo

The Pinacoteca Eduardo Úrculo is an arts center and municipal art gallery located on Calle La Union in La Felguera, Langreo, Asturias, Spain specializing in the period of the Spanish Civil War . It opened in 27 April 2007 and was formed by the Langreo City Council with donations from the Cultural...

. Today, it shelters the center of new companies and technologies, Valnalón

Valnalón

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. and the Museum of the Siderurgy.

Links

Villa de La Felguera