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Piloña
Sign in to savePiloña () is a municipality (district) in the province and autonomous community of Asturias, northwestern Spain. Its capital is the town of Infiesto. Piloña is bounded to the north by Villaviciosa and Colunga, to the east by Parres, to the west by Nava and Cabranes, and to the south by Ponga, Caso, Sobrescobio and Laviana. The area is semi-mountainous with many small, but deep and narrow valleys.
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- Piloña
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- Asturias
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- Oriente
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- Piloña
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- Infiesto
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- 1420
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Piloña () is a municipality (district) in the province and autonomous community of Asturias, northwestern Spain. Its capital is the town of Infiesto. Piloña is bounded to the north by Villaviciosa and Colunga, to the east by Parres, to the west by Nava and Cabranes, and to the south by Ponga, Caso, Sobrescobio and Laviana. The area is semi-mountainous with many small, but deep and narrow valleys.
==History== In prehistoric times there were Paleolithic settlements in caves in Piloña such as Aviao (Espinaredo) Cave, Collaréu Cave, and La Peña Ferran (Ferran Rock) which were excavated by the Count de la Vega del Sella in the 1920s. There are several sites with Paleolithic rock art and Neanderthal remains, including Sidrón Cave in Borines.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Piloña” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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