Colombres (Ribadedeva)

Colombres is one of three parishes (administrative divisions) in Ribadedeva, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 1,385 (INE 2011).

Villages

Colombres, Pueblo Ejemplar 2015

The Prize "Pueblo ejemplar" of the Premios Princesa de Asturias award those "Asturian villages or societies which have taken care of their history, customs or environment" The Prize was createad in 1990 and this year 2015 the winner has been Colombres.

Colombres is in Asturias (Ribadedeva). Bordered to the north by the Cantabrian Sea; west of Cantabria, and the Deva River; on the south by the parish of San Juan and west by the parish of Noriega. In 2011 its population was of 1.385 habitants living in 915 houses.

One of the most famous people in Colombres was Iñigo Noriega, who was born in Colombres on 21 May 1853. He emigrated to Mexico with his uncle. There, he earned a lot of money and he sent some to Colombres. The public library in Colombres is named after him. He built a palace in his village too, as he wanted to come back. This palace, named “ La Quinta de Guadalupe” is the place for the “Fundación de Archivos de Indianos”, a place for the documents about people who emigrated. There we can find a lot of documents from the people who emigrated to South and North America since the 19th century. The documents are about those people feelings when they left Asturias or other parts in Spain, how they arrived in America, what they did there and so on.

Casa natal de Íñigo Noriega Laso

Colombres/Ribadedeva

Archivo de Indianos y museo de la emigración

Premio Princesa de Asturias al pueblo ejemplar

References

Coordinates: 43°22′00″N 4°32′00″W / 43.366667°N 4.533333°W / 43.366667; -4.533333


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