Santibáñez de La Fuente
| Municipality of Aller: Parroquia Santibáñez de La Fuente | |||
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 Church of San Juan de Riomera
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| Autonomous Community : |
 Asturias
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| Comarca : | Caudal | ||
| Coordinates | 43 ° 7 ′ N , 5 ° 34 ′ W | ||
| Height : | 537 msnm | ||
| Area : | 10.3 km² | ||
| Residents : | 447 (January 1, 2011) INE | ||
| Population density : | 43.4 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Postal code : | 33680 | ||
| Area code: | 33002150000 | ||
Santibáñez de La Fuente ( Asturian Santibanes de la Fonte ) is one of 18 parroquias with around 450 inhabitants in the municipality of Aller in the autonomous community of Asturias in northern Spain .
Location and climate
The place Santibáñez de La Fuente lies at an altitude of about 575 m in the wooded southern slopes of the Cantabrian Mountains . The next larger town is Cabañaquinta , the main town of the municipality of Aller, 8 km away. Oviedo , the capital of Asturias, is a good 40 km (driving distance) to the north-west; the Biscay coast city of Gijón is located approx. 60 km to the north. The place has a rainy climate with comparatively mild winters.
Villages and hamlets
The Parroquia includes the villages and hamlets (pedanías)
- Collanzo
- La Fuente
- Llanos
- Santibáñez de la Fuente
Festivals and Celebrations
- February 3rd Fiesta de San Blas
- 2nd weekend of September Fiesta de Cristo del Amparo
Attractions
- The late Romanesque church of San Juan Bautista is dedicated to John the Baptist ; it was rebuilt and supplemented several times, but the nave spanned by an open roof and the barrel-vaulted vestibule yoke largely correspond to the original condition from around 1300. However, the actual apse was renewed in Gothic style in the 15th century and stabilized with buttresses ; the altarpiece (retablo) located there is baroque . The church still has several Romanesque capitals ; the triumphal arch in the transition to the choir shows lateral serrated arch ornaments.
View into the apse
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- Immediately next to the church is a yew tree (tejo) that is at least 500 years old with a trunk circumference of over 3 m.
Individual evidence
- Population figures see INE
- Postcodes see [1]
- For coordinates and distance and height information, see Google Earth
