Bendones
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Bendones is a hamlet
(aldea) and parish (parroquia rural) of the municipality
of Oviedo
, Asturias
, Spain
.
Bendones contains a 9th century church, Santa María de Bendones
, which was declared a national monument in 1958.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
(aldea) and parish (parroquia rural) of the municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
of Oviedo
Oviedo
Oviedo is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. It is also the name of the municipality that contains the city....
, Asturias
Asturias
The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
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Bendones contains a 9th century church, Santa María de Bendones
Church of Santa María de Bendones
St. Mary of Bendones is a Roman Catholic Asturian Pre-Romanesque church situated in Bendones, Spain, build between 792 and 842.It was appointed Spanish National Monument in 1958...
, which was declared a national monument in 1958.