Places to see in ( Cantabria - Spain ) Torrelavega
Places to see in ( Cantabria - Spain ) Torrelavega
Torrelavega is a municipality and important industrial and commercial hub in the single province Autonomous Community of Cantabria in northern Spain. It is situated roughly 8 kilometres from the Cantabrian Coast and 27.5 kilometres from the capital of the Autonomous Community, Santander, half way between the Principality of Asturias and the Basque Country. The rivers Saja and Besaya flow through the city.
It is the capital of the comarca (county, but with no administrative role) of Valle del Besaya which includes also composed of the municipalities of Cartes, Los Corrales de Buelna, Cieza, Arenas de Iguña, Bárcena de Pie de Concha, Molledo, Anievas and San Felices de Buelna.
Its highest point is 606 metres and its lowest point is 12 metres.
Torrelavega is a regional center for industry and transport, and its weekly livestock fair is famous in Spain. Its stadium is known as El Malecon. The Cave of Altamira, famed for the prehistoric paintings found inside, is about 10 kilometers northwest of the city.
Torrelavega was founded at the end of the thirteenth century by Garci Lasso de la Vega I (the elder), Adelantado Mayor of the Kingdom of Castile in the name of King Alfonso XI of Castile. Its current name is due to the contraction of the original eponym of Torre de la Vega. The Castle or Tower of the Vega's was built by Leonor Lasso de la Vega, daughter of Garci Lasso de la Vega II, the younger, and mother of the Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana in order to administer the tax and privilege due in the family's territory.
The name of the comarca, Valle del Besaya is derived from the Astur-Leonese Bisalia, which in turn derives from the Celtic, Bis-salia (the second Salia or Saja) from the two rivers that flow through the city. Torrelavega was an important agricultural hub in the Kingdom of Castile since medieval times. Continuous population growth and industrial development enabled Torrelavega to attain city status in 1895 from the Queen Regent Maria Christina of Bourbon, Princess of the Two Sicilies. The city is home to the main seat of the Spanish anarcho-syndicalist labor union the Confederación Nacional del Trabajo.
Divisions of Torrelavega :
Barreda
Campuzano
Duález
Ganzo
La Montaña
Sierrapando
Tanos
Torrelavega (Metro)
Torres
Viérnoles
Neighborhoods within the Metropolitan Area of Torrelavega :
La Inmobiliaria
El Barrio de Sorravides
El Barrio Covadonga
La Nueva Ciudad
El Zapatón
El Poblado
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Santander, Cantabria, España // Guatemalteco viajando por España
¡Nuevo Video de Santander, Cantabria en España!
Este es el nuevo video de la semana, les presento mi viaje a la bella ciudad de Santander, la cual se encuentra en el norte de España; para especificar en la región de Cantabria. Es una ciudad que cuenta con su particular característica ya que es una combinación entre una ciudad antigua, una ciudad que se encuentra frente al mar y en ciertas zonas se puede ver una ciudad lujosa por lo cual se pude notar que es una región económicamente estable en España.
Santander es una ciudad que me ha encantado por su proximidad al mar, sus playas, por la gente que vive en ella, la buena calidad de vida que se puede percibir en la ciudad y la arquitectura que tiene su centro.
Espero les guste este video resumen de mi viaje a Santander y que me puedan dejar algunos comentario.
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¡Me encanta Santander!