Puerto de Vega
Puerto de Vega | |
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The port of Puerto de Vega | |
Puerto de Vega Puerto de Vega | |
| Coordinates: 43°34′00″N 6°38′00″W / 43.566667°N 6.633333°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous community | Asturias |
| Province | Asturias |
| Municipality | Navia |
Puerto de Vega is one of eight parishes (administrative divisions) in Navia, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.
In 1995, Puerto de Vega won the Prince of Asturias Award to the Exemplary Town of Asturias.
Villages
- Puerto de Vega
- Santa Marina
- Soirana
- Vega
- Cima y Vigo
Notable people
- Álvaro de Navia Osorio y Vigil, Marqués de Santa Cruz de Marcenado
- Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, statesman and poet (1744–1811), died here.[1]
References
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jovellanos, Gaspar Melchor de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 525–526.