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Typical summer month of August but here is another cloudy day in beautiful Asturias.
Tapia de Casariego (Eonavian: Tapia) is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias, Spain. It is bordered on the north by the Cantabrian Sea, on the east by El Franco, on the south and west by Castropol.
Tapia is also the name of one of the parishes inside the municipality. Its capital is Tapia. The capital is 127km from Oviedo, from Gijón 122 km, 97 km from Lugo. These cities can reach the council via road N-634, the freeway A-8 (E70), and Ranon the airport around 86 km from the town, another railroad access is by the railway line FEVE Ferrol - Gijón with stops in La Roda.
The council itself Tapia was born in the middle of the nineteenth century 1863, through the segregation of several parishes within membership before councils of Castropol and El Franco . The main driving force behind the creation of the new council was Fernando Fernández de Casariego, Marquis de Casariego. In recognition and appreciation, the Tapia council completed its name as 'Tapia de Casariego'.
In the 10th century the king Ramiro II, donate to the Bishop of Oviedo the territory between the Eo river and Navia and that is including the current council Tapia de Casariego. This grant is ratified by King Alfonso VII in 12th century, which confirms that the territory Oviedo is the Obispalia in strong conflict with that of Lugo Salave retaining possessions and Villamil.

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