Riotuerto is one of the municipalities of Cantabria

Cantabria

Cantabria is a Spanish historical region and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community , on the south by Castile and León , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea.Cantabria...

, lying between the North Coast of the Cantábrican Sea and the mountains of the Cantabrian Sierra. It is part of the ancient merindad

Merindad

Merindad is a Mediaeval Spanish administrative term that refers to a country subdivision smaller than a province but larger than a municipality. It was roughly approximate to the English count or bailiff...

(shire) of Trasmiera

Trasmiera

Trasmiera is a historic comarca of Cantabria , located to the east of the Miera River , reaching the western side of the Asón...

. The centre of Riotuerto is La Cavada, once the home of the famed cannon

Cannon

A cannon is any piece of artillery that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellents to launch a projectile. Cannon vary in caliber, range, mobility, rate of fire, angle of fire, and firepower; different forms of cannon combine and balance these attributes in varying degrees,...

 factory and is now the site of the Town Hall, library and cannon museum. Other barrio

Barrio

Barrio is a Spanish word meaning district or neighborhood.-Usage:In its formal usage in English, barrios are generally considered cohesive places, sharing, for example, a church and traditions such as feast days...

s include Barrio de Arriba, Lombana, Monte and Angustina.

External links

• Riotuerto - Cantabria 102 Municipios