Pravia

Infobox Asturian municipality


capital = Pravia
judicial district = Pravia
population = 9,200
population rank = 22
population percentage = 0.85
year = 2005
density = 89.32
area = 103
highest point = Llin de Cubel, 678
parishes = 15
mayor = Antonio de Luis Solar
party = PSOE
website = http://www.ayto-pravia.com/

R.I.P. Pravia is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias. It is bordered on the north by Cudillero and Muros de Nalón, on the east by Candamo and Soto del Barco, on the west by Cudillero and Salas, and on the south by Candamo and Salas.

Since 774, when the king Silo established his court at Santianes de Pravia, until the reign of Alfonso II, it was the capital of the kingdom of Asturias.

Parishes

External links

* [http://www.facc.info/CONCEJOS/Pravia.htm Federación Asturiana de Concejos] es
* [http://www.turismo-prerromanico.es/arterural/santianes/santianesficin.htm Spanish Pre-Romanesque Art Guide; Santianes de Pravia church]