Avilés is the 3rd most important city of Asturias. Situated in the estuary of Avilés west of Peñas Cape , it has an important national seaport and an important industry.
History
In the last of XIX century, Avilés began to received the impact of industrialization, but only in middle XX century it began to transformed. The Spanish Glassworks Company (Cristalería Española ) established in Avilés in 1940 and in 1946 was established the first plant of aluminium in San Juan de Nieva and later other plant in Avilés. The great steel plant of Aboño, ENSIDESA (now Aceralia ), was the culmination of this process of industrialization.
In the last of XX century other chemical plant established in the region: Du Pont. In the last ten years of this century, the population of Avilés was decreased because of the crisis and the restructuring in the steel sector.
Architecture
Culture
Sports
Feast and Traditions
- Antroxu (Carnival)
- Feast of the Bollu (the bollu is a local traditional kind of cake)
Other cities in the municipality
- La Carriona
- Llaranes
- Miranda
- San Cristóbal
- Villalegre
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Last updated: 05-15-2005 04:50:04
