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3 unusual facts about El Bierzo


Colomán Trabado

Colomán Trabado Pérez (born January 2, 1958 in Vega de Valcarce, El Bierzo, León Province) is a retired middle distance runner from Spain.

Montes Aquilanos

Montes Aquilanos, also known as Montes de El Bierzo and Alpes Bergidenses, is a mountain range within Montes de León, located to the south-southeast of the region of El Bierzo, pertaining to the Province of León in the autonomous region of Castile and León, Spain.

Ramiro I of Asturias

Ramiro also may have been the father of Gatón, Count of Astorga and of El Bierzo, since the 14th century Al-Bayan al-Mughrib of Ibn Idhari, states that Gatón was the 'brother' of Ordoño I de Asturias.


Castañeiras

Castañeira is a village in the municipality of Balboa in El Bierzo, province of province of León, Autonomous Community of Castilla y León, Spain.

Suarbol

Suarbol is a village belonging to the shire of Los Ancares situated in the region of El Bierzo within the province of León (Castile & León, Spain).

Suarbol also owns other monuments like the Roman Causeway of Suarbol, a path linking the gold mines of Ibias in Asturias to other gold mines in the region of El Bierzo in the Roman times.


see also

Provincia de El Bierzo

Advocates of a Province of El Bierzo wish also to annex the territories of Valdeorras (currently in the Province of Ourense), plus (from within the province of León) Laciana and the part of La Cabrera that formed a part of the extinct province but is not in the ambit of the present regional council