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Hello friends,
Yesterday, Christmas day, I enjoyed a wonderful morning in the company of my relatives from Madrid walking around the beautiful village of Puerto de Vega (Asturias).
This beautiful fishing village in the west of Asturias, located in the north of Spain, is one of those Asturian fishing villages that do not have much tourist fame, but in reality it is a place that all those who have visited it always end up recommending a visit.
Benigno Blanco Park
With less than 2000 inhabitants, this seafaring village enchants you from the first moment you enter the village and you find a very well kept park called Benigno Blanco Park.
The history of this park is curious, because Benigno Blanco was a native of Puerto Vigo who immigrated to Cuba and became mayor of Havana. His family, over the years, donated the land to build a social space and with the help of all the neighbours, the works for the construction of this marvellous park were paid for.
The Port
But if there is one charismatic place in Puerto de Vega it is its fishing port.
A port that is very well looked after, as can be seen in the building that is the headquarters of the fish market.
But all its surroundings are extremely well cared for, with some commemorative statues such as the one we find near the fish market in commemoration of the women seafaring workers who were especially responsible for the tasks of selling fish door to door in order to bring home the day's wages.
There was not much activity in the port yesterday, as it was a non-working day, which meant that I was able to see some of the fishing boats that operate from this port.
Although some of them were out to sea for repairs.
But walking through the port I was very curious to see an area structurally different from the reformed port when I found some battlements, which are structures that I had more related to castles. The fact is that Puerto de Vega, as a port in the north of Spain, suffered many centuries ago invasions from the sea by the English crown and later by Napoleonic troops and that is why we found this defensive wall of the port and later in one of the viewpoints I will show you two defensive cannons of the time.
Viewpoint of La Riva
When I was close to the battlements and contemplated the village, I was particularly struck by a house specially decorated with a whale.
So I walked up through the narrow streets to the so-called Mirador de la Riva.
Viewpoint with beautiful views of the harbour.
But with a large mural that recreates the whale hunting that centuries ago was practised on the coasts of the Cantabrian Sea.
Puerto de Vega was the first port with a whaling treaty and this is printed on two metal plates on a wall.
A wall on which we also find two whale jaws.
Nearby there is a harpoon from that period which is also a wonderful viewpoint towards the outermost part of the port.
Cupido Square and the Christmas atmosphere
The central square of Puerto de Vega is the Plaza Cupido, which this Christmas season is decorated in a very original way with a tree built with octopus fishing pots and a boat next to it.
This original tree is very different from any other tree because it represents the union of the traditional seafaring culture of the port with the Christmas traditions of having a big tree.
At the same time, on the boat, although my visit was during the day, you can see the figures of the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph and also the cradle-shaped structure with the Baby Jesus.
But the Christmas atmosphere pervades every corner and house in Puerto de Vega, because I found many of these houses decorated in a very original way.
A real work of art were the figurines in the shape of mushrooms and little elves in a house near the Cupido Square.
Trelles House
The Trelles House is an old mansion located near the Cupido Square.
At first glance, it is just one more mansion, but the significance of this house for the town is great because it was the house where one of those important historical figures in the history of Spain died.
Specifically, it is the house where the Spanish writer, jurist and politician Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos died (18th century), who was so important for the cultural and economic development of Spain, defending the agrarian law and above all the defence of public education.
Route of the Viewpoints
On the other side of the port, passing near the fish market, we can enjoy in Puerto de Vega a succession of viewpoints from which we can contemplate the beauty of this town from different perspectives.
But in this route through the different viewpoints we can also enjoy the history of the town, as we find in the first of the viewpoints two old cannons that were used in their day to defend the town from pirate invasions and also to defend it from the Napoleonic invasions.
We will also come across various devices from old ships, such as their anchors and propellers, and also the upper structure of an old ship.
If we continue along the path we will find that there is a long-distance hiking route.
Although in my case I only climbed up to the next viewpoint. The viewpoint of Ballena's tail.
A viewpoint where my family and I took some photos.
And also of the impressive sea that was breaking strongly against the cliffs.
Hermitage of La Atalaya
From the viewpoint of the whale's tail, I saw in the distance at the top of the village that there was a small hermitage and that there should also be some impressive views from there. So we decided to go to the port and climbed up to this place.
The hermitage, very well cared for, is tiny, but its setting is spectacular.
As spectacular as the views from this viewpoint, as we can see to the west all the coastline that goes almost to the neighbouring community of Galicia.
To the east, we can see the coastline towards the central area of Asturias, where the blue of the sea is combined with the green meadows of this beautiful land.
Courtesy of the Asturian people
After a couple of hours of driving around Puerto de Vega, we decided to take a break and have a snack in one of the bars in the centre of the village near the fish market.
There, as is the tradition in this part of Asturias, with every drink close to lunchtime we were treated to a small tapa.
Specifically a seafood dish such as noodles with prawns.
And so we happily went home to enjoy Christmas Day with the rest of the family.
Best regards.
Español
Hola amigos,
En el día de ayer, día de Navidad, disfrute una maravillosa mañana en compañía de mis familiares madrileños paseando por el hermoso pueblo de Puerto de Vega (Asturias).
Este precioso pueblo marinero del occidente de Asturias, situado en el norte de España, es uno de esos pueblos marineros asturianos que no tienen mucha fama turística, pero en la realidad es un lugar que todos aquellos que lo han visitado siempre acaban recomendado visitarlo.
Parque Benigno Blanco
Con menos de 2000 habitantes, este pueblo marinero enamora desde el primer momento cuando uno entra en el pueblo y se encuentra con un muy cuidado parque llamado parque Benigno Blanco.
La historia de este parque es curiosa, porque Benigno Blanco fue un puertoveguense que inmigro a Cuba y llego a ser alcalde de La Habana. Su familia, pasados los años, donó las tierras para construir un espacio social y con la ayuda de todos los vecinos se sufragaron las obras para la construcción de este maravilloso parque.
El Puerto
Pero si hay un lugar carismático en Puerto de Vega es su puerto pesquero.
Puerto que se encuentra muy cuidado como se puede ver en el edificio que es la sede de la lonja.
Pero todo su entorno está extremadamente cuidado, con algunas estatuas conmemorativas como la que encontramos cerca de la lonja en conmemoración de las mujeres trabajadoras de la mar que en especial se encargaban de las tareas de la venta del pescado puerta por puerta con la finalidad de traer el jornal a casa.
La actividad del puerto, en el día de ayer, no era mucho debido a que era un día no laborable y eso me permitió poder ver algunos de los barcos pesqueros que faenan desde este puerto.
Aunque alguno de ellos estaba fuera del mar para su reparación.
Pero caminando por el puerto me resultó muy curioso divisar una zona estructuralmente diferente al reformando puerto al encontrarme unas almenas, que son estructuras que tenía más relacionada con los castillos. Y es que Puerto de Vega, como puerto del norte de España sufrió hace ya muchos siglos invasiones por el mar por parte de la corona inglesa y posteriormente por tropas napoleónicas y es por ello que nos encontramos con este muro defensión del puerto y posteriormente en uno de los miradores os mostraré dos cañones defensivos de la época.
Mirador de la Riva
Cuando me encontraba próximo a las almenas y contemple el pueblo me llamo la atención sobre manera, una casa especialmente decorada con una ballena.
Por ello, subí por sus estrechas callejuelas hasta el denominado Mirador de la Riva.
Mirador con bonitas vistas hacia el puerto.
Pero con un gran mural que recrea la caza de ballenas que hace siglos se practicaba en las costas del mar cantábrico.
Y es que Puerto de Vega fue el primer puerto con tratado de caza de ballenas y este figura impreso sobre dos placas metálicas en una pared.
Una pared en la que nos encontramos también dos quijadas de ballena.
Y en las proximidades un arpón de la época que a su vez es un mirador estupendo hacia la parte más exterior del puerto.
Plaza Cupido y el ambiente navideño
La plaza central de Puerto de Vega es la Plaza Cupido, que en esta época navideña está decorada de forma muy original con un árbol construido con nasas para la pesca de pulpos y con una embarcación próxima a él.
Este árbol tan original es muy diferente a cualquier árbol porque representa la unión de la tradicional cultura marinera del puerto con las tradiciones navideñas de tener un gran árbol.
A su vez, en la embarcación, aunque mi visita fue diurna, se puede ver las figuras de la virgen María y de San Jose y también la estructura en forma de cuna con el Niño Jesús.
Pero el ambiente navideño invade cada rincón y casa de Puerto de Vega, porque me encontré muchas de estas casas adornadas de forma muy original.
Siendo una auténtica obra de arte las figuritas en forma de setas y pequeños elfos que tenía una casa cercana a la Plaza Cupido.
Casa Trelles
La Casa Trelles, es un antiguo caserón localizado en las proximidades de la Plaza Cupido.
A simple vista, es un caserón más, pero la trascendencia de esta casa para el pueblo es mayúscula porque fue la casa donde falleció uno de esos personajes históricos importantes de la historia de España.
En concreto es la casa donde falleció el escritor, jurista y político español Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos (siglo XVIII) que tan importante fue para el desarrollo cultural y económico de España, defendiendo la ley agraria y sobre todo la defensa de la educación pública.
Ruta de los Miradores
Al otro lado del puerto, pasando cerca de la lonja comienza, podemos disfrutar en puerto de Vega de una sucesión de miradores desde los que podemos contemplar desde distintas perspectivas la hermosura de este pueblo.
Pero en este recorrido por distintos miradores podremos disfrutar también de la historia al encontrarnos en el primero de los miradores dos antiguos cañones que sirvieron en su día para la defensa del pueblo de invasiones piratas y también para defenderse de las invasiones napoleónicas.
También nos iremos encontrando con distintos aparatos de antiguos barcos como son sus anclas y sus hélices.
Si continuamos el camino nos encontraremos que hay una ruta senderista de larga distancia.
Aunque en mi caso solo ascendí hasta el siguiente mirador. El mirador de la cola de Ballena.
Mirador donde tomamos algunas fotos, mi familia y yo.
Y también del impresionante mar que rompía con fuerza contra los acantilados.
Ermita de la Atalaya
Desde el mirador de la cola de ballena, vi a lo lejos al alto del pueblo que había una pequeña ermita y que desde allí debería haber también unas impresionantes vistas. Por lo que decidimos al puerto y ascendimos hasta ese lugar.
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