Cultural Heritage

Mon Palace

Mon Palace

The artistic heritage of San Martín de Oscos includes the legendary and majestic Palace of Mon

The complex is organised around two courtyards: a rectangular front courtyard with four bays and corner towers, and a trapezoid-shaped rear courtyard with the chapel and a gate to the north. Wooden staircases and corridors connect the rooms and floors. The oldest part corresponds to the 16th century, probably on a medieval tower-house, while the rest was built in the 18th century with masonry and ashlars of sandstone and slate.

The chapel, dedicated to San Fernando, consists of a presbytery with a barrel vault and sepulchre, a nave with a gabled roof, side access to the courtyard, windows and a wooden tribune to follow the services.

The palace follows the stately Baroque model, with coats of arms, gargoyles, cornices and balconies concentrated on the main façade, where the lintelled doorway between two large noble coats of arms stands out.

Inscriptions on the coats of arms of the Mon palace:

These arms and coat of arms belong to the house of Mon
I won them as a fortress and so I will defend them.

Ybias Ybias God help me
Velarde, the one the serpent killed, married the princess.

The Valledor estate is ancient and of great value,
Gentlemen of this surname do not forget it.

Legend of the palace of Mon

"In the times when time was not measured, there was a multiform monster with a deadly kiss, he was the master of the distance and destroyed by imposing his atrocious distance. It ruled night and day, but its cruelties were measured by stages of darkness. Terror did not cease in Los Oscos.

A good king who lived on high and who ruled with the length of his eyes, with the depth of his gaze, with the loftiness, with the loftiness of his sights and who watched over his people, offered the hand of his daughter, very beautiful, to whoever would destroy the elemental monster. A young man, very beautiful, finally emerges from among the people, and seizing the monster's gaze, kills him, winning the hand of the tender princess. When the time comes to receive the jewel, the young hero refuses the hand of the beloved on the grounds that he has no home. The king immediately promises to build a palace where the happy couple will live. The current palace of Mon, haunted and full of legend.

The people of Oscos, when asked about the palace will answer: the palace was built for the first person of the king".

Mazonovo Mills Museum

The largest museum of windmills in Spain

Museum of La Cuchillería

Its purpose is to preserve, revalue and transmit the importance of a legacy that is still alive.

Taramundi Hillfort

Excavations have revealed that it was inhabited for many centuries.

Ferreira Bridge

Sculpture forming part of the "Artistic path of the 12 bridges".

Work "Abrazo" - A Abraira Bridge

Sculpture forming part of the "Artistic path of the 12 bridges".

Work "Pontepeixe" - Travesías Bridge

Sculpture forming part of the "Artistic path of the 12 bridges".

Work "Arboladura" - Puente del iviatadero

Sculpture forming part of the "Artistic path of the 12 bridges".

Work "Rotura en el espacio" - Reguero Bridge

Sculpture forming part of the "Artistic path of the 12 bridges".

Work "Life" - Entreseca Bridge

Sculpture forming part of the "Artistic path of the 12 bridges".

Medal Park in Vegadeo

It is located in the heart of the town, between the Parish Church and the Town Hall Square.

Art Nouveau pavilion formerly used for performances by the local brass band.

Vicente Loriente de Castropol Park

Very few public spaces in Asturias have such a genuine and peculiar charm as this park.

The mines of San Martín de Oscos

There are currently four mines that can be visited in the council of San Martín de Oscos.

The mines of Villanueva de Oscos

In Villanueva there are several mines that can be visited, witnesses of the council's past.

Vegadeo Town Council

The town hall building is a regal construction erected in 1835.

Church of Ntra. Sñra. de la Asunción of Vegadeo

It is the youngest monument in Vegadeo, inaugurated in 1854.

Church of San Esteban de Piantón

Temple of the 16th-17th c. built in the village square

Church of Santa Maria de Paramios

Temple dating back to the 12th century, although its current construction dates from the 16th to the 18th century.

Church of Santa Marina de Meredo

Good example of 18th century rural religious architecture.

Church of St James of Abres

Church dedicated to the Apostle St. James, as Abres is the last historic stop on the Way of St. James on the Coast.

The artistic heritage of San Martín de Oscos includes the legendary and majestic Palace of Mon

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Baroque walled palace located in Viladonga

Valledor Palace

Old palace, today divided into 3 buildings, located in the centre of Vegadeo.

Christ of Paramios

Curious monumental stone crucifix

Caleiro La Sorpresa

Old industrial lime kiln using coal as fuel, built in the late 19th century.

Monastery of Santa Maria de Villanueva

Considered one of the great jewels of Asturias' religious heritage.

Castro As Croas de Eilale

A fortified settlement from pre-Roman times, linked to iron mining in the area.

Large manor house located near the Suaron River, cradle of illustrious personalities.

Capital of the council until recent times, Piantón is a secluded village on the banks of the river Suarón.

Charming village and parish with spectacular views of the countryside

Village and parish of the same name, the largest of the 6 that make up the municipality of Vegadeo.

For centuries, Abres was the last stop in Asturias on the Jacobean route from the coast to Galicia.

Town and parish of the council, it preserves historical and artistic heritage of interest.

Artistic path of the 12 bridges

An open-air museum project that aims to highlight the enormous wealth and quality of contemporary art in Asturias.

Palace of the Pardo Donlebún or Trénor families

A stately jewel with centuries of history within its walls

Cruzadero Square in Castropol

This small square houses the monument to Castropol as an Exemplary Town (1997).

Palacete Peñalba or Chalet of Doña Socorro

A modernist retreat amidst history, art and lush English gardens

Castropol: serene beauty on the banks of the Eo river

Figueras, a seaside town with character, sheltered by the Eo estuary

El Llano, San Tirso de Abres

El Llano, a village full of history, nature and tradition, where the river Eo invites you to discover its active and friendly essence.

Cradle of tradition and nature, where ancestral art and landscape merge in a unique destination.

Vilanova de Ozcos/Villanueva de Oscos

A refuge of history and tradition in the heart of the Asturian countryside

Santalla/Santa Eulalia de Oscos

A living village where craft and artistic tradition and nature go hand in hand.

San Martín de Oscos

A meeting of livestock farming tradition, rural heritage and historic landscapes

Castro de San Isidro

Castro de San Isidro, a unique Roman fortification in Asturias with driven stones, key to the control of the gold mines in the 1st-2nd centuries AD.

A Veiga / Vegadeo

The capital of the council is the main centre for services, shopping and leisure in the region.

Ecomuseum of Bread

In each room a part of the bread making process is explained.

Marquis of Sargadelos Birthplace Museum

The exhibition highlights the link of this character to his native land.

This ethnographic ensemble, unique in the council, represents the tradition of iron and water.

Mazo de Mazonovo in Santalla

About 3 km from Santa Eulalia is this 17th century mallet, active in the 21st century.

Os Teixois ethnographic group

Water mills declared an Asset of Cultural Interest

Santa Eufemia Ironworks

During the visit you will learn a little about the importance of the "mazos" and "ferreiros" in the whole region.

Mural If Walls Could Talk

Art with a social conscience

A walk through the sculptures of the Ferreiros de los Oscos

Santalla, open-air iron museum in the heart of Los Oscos