Linares (Allande)
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Linares is a parish in Allande
, a municipality
within the province and autonomous community
of Asturias
, in northern Spain
. The parish capital, Pola de Allande
, is 7 km (4.3 mi) away.
The parish elevation is 520 m (1,706 ft) above sea level
. It is 3.84 km² (1.5 sq mi) in size. The population is 71 (INE
2004).
lived in Linares from July to October 1935, during this period he painted one of his most celebrated landscapes: "The valley of La Hermida, Picos de Europa
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Allande
Allande is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. Its capital is Pola de Allande.The municipality is bordered on the north by Villayón, on the south by Cangas del Narcea and Ibias, to the east by Tineo and to the west by Pesoz, Grandas de Salime and...
, a 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...
within the province and autonomous community
Autonomous communities of Spain
An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:*Catalan/Valencian .*Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is...
of 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...
, in northern Spain
Spain
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. The parish capital, Pola de Allande
Pola de Allande
Pola de Allande is a town and a parish in Allande, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. It is the capital of the parish. The town was founded between 1262 and 1268...
, is 7 km (4.3 mi) away.
The parish elevation is 520 m (1,706 ft) above sea level
Above mean sea level
The term above mean sea level refers to the elevation or altitude of any object, relative to the average sea level datum. AMSL is used extensively in radio by engineers to determine the coverage area a station will be able to reach...
. It is 3.84 km² (1.5 sq mi) in size. The population is 71 (INE
Instituto Nacional de Estadística (Spain)
The National Institute of Statistics is the official organisation in Spain that collects statistics about demography, economy, and Spanish society. Every 10 years, this organisation conducts a national census. The last census took place in 2001....
2004).
David Bomberg
The famous artist David BombergDavid Bomberg
David Garshen Bomberg was an English painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys.Bomberg was one of the most audacious of the exceptional generation of artists who studied at the Slade School of Art under Henry Tonks, and which included Mark Gertler, Stanley Spencer, C.R.W. Nevinson and Dora Carrington...
lived in Linares from July to October 1935, during this period he painted one of his most celebrated landscapes: "The valley of La Hermida, Picos de Europa
Picos de Europa
The Picos de Europa is a range of mountains 20 km inland from the northern coast of Spain, located in the Autonomous Communities of Asturias, Cantabria and Castile and León, forming part of the Cantabrian Mountains...
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