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BUFFALOVE!! Nov 29, 2009 10:20 PM

Oviedo, Spain-- 6 months in european urban paradise
 
I lived in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain for the first 6 months of 2008. Oviedo is a small city of (220.000) in the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. Oviedo is the political, economical and cultural capital of Asturias although it is slightly smaller than neighboring Gijon. You may recognize the city from Woody Allen's film Vicky Cristina Barcelona. There is a life size statue of Woody Allen in downtown Oviedo. Please excuse the poor quality of the photos, I think my camera costs about $50

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oviedo

The cathedral is in the middle of the historic city center.
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A traditional Asturian festival in the square that the cathedral overlooks
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In front of the museum of fine arts
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It deserves four photos
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The rest of the square with the cathedral
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La Calle Mon, one of the oldest streets in the city. Also the center of the nightlife
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La Calle Mon
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La plaza del sol. Adjacent to la calle mon. One of the hot spots during the evening
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A weekday night
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Near la calle mon
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Near the cathedral
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Headed towards the commercial downtown
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One of my favorite buildings
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Another favorite
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Por la noche
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Across the street
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Random buildings in the center
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One of the first pictures I took in Oviedo, you can see the tallest building in the background. A 22 story condo tower
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On to the downtown park, campo de san francisco
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Peacocks run free in the park. They are very loud and annoying. When they run into the streets you will see good samaritan run after them to shoo them back into the park... priceless.

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My favorite cafe, cafe titanic. It was across the street from school
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School, la universidad de oviedo. It celebrated its 400th birthday while I was there
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A sunny day
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outside the mall. "Leave the sadness (the city center shopping district), enter the happiness (the mall)
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My house! C/ de San Melchor García Sampedro 54-2˚ C. It took me a while to learn
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kitchen
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living room
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There is a sizable movement to get the regional language, Asturianu, recognized my the national government. Its official within the Principality. Most city dwellers think its a barbarian farmer language.
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The city is littered with statues. This one, La gorda (the fat lady) is a popular meeting spot downtown
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across the street is "el culo" (the ass)
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Espero que hayáis disfrutado

geoff189d Nov 29, 2009 10:32 PM

Another beautiful looking Spanish city I must check out. Thanks.

xzmattzx Nov 30, 2009 1:23 AM

Looks nice. It's also nice to see pictures taken by an American, and so it doesn't feel quite as foreign.

Does anyone happen to know anything about the ruins in the park?

10023 Nov 30, 2009 1:44 AM

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Originally Posted by xzmattzx (Post 4583296)
Looks nice. It's also nice to see pictures taken by an American, and so it doesn't feel quite as foreign.

What on earth does this mean?


Nice pics, beautiful city.

OhioGuy Nov 30, 2009 1:53 AM

Definitely some gorgeous architecture! Looks like a great place to spend 6 months. :tup:

Kingofthehill Nov 30, 2009 3:16 AM

Great shots, man. It's amazing how these relatively unknown, smaller cities can put to shame American cities many times their size in terms of architecture, urbanity, human-scaled build environs, etc.

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Originally Posted by xzmattzx (Post 4583296)
It's also nice to see pictures taken by an American, and so it doesn't feel quite as foreign.

'Da hell?

BUFFALOVE!! Nov 30, 2009 3:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xzmattzx (Post 4583296)
Does anyone happen to know anything about the ruins in the park?

From what I remember, the city moved them there in the 1920's. They're from the Iglesia de San Isidoro of the 1200's.

This is the present Iglesia de San Isidoro built in 1681
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ColDayMan Nov 30, 2009 4:55 AM

What a stunner.

ShadowMaster Dec 1, 2009 7:00 AM

Well done, thanks for introducing us to this gem.

SHiRO Dec 1, 2009 5:45 PM

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Originally Posted by BUFFALOVE!! (Post 4583119)
Espero que hayáis disfrutado

Me gusto mucho!
Muchas gracias!

rousseau Dec 1, 2009 7:56 PM

¿Porqué? ¿Porqué no nací como Español?

Evergrey Dec 1, 2009 8:19 PM

amazing!

IMBY Dec 10, 2012 7:42 AM

What a treat! I did a driving tour of Spain back in the 80's with a rental car and I missed this.

Special treat! Outdoor sculptures! That's enough for me to jump in a plane and go over there!

downtownpdx Dec 12, 2012 5:01 AM

So beautiful! What a gem, thanks for sharing.

STLgasm Dec 12, 2012 2:38 PM

Absolutely stunning.

Nightsky Dec 22, 2017 3:39 PM

Nice pictures of a very nice city, that I have to visit some day! :)

EastSideHBG Dec 23, 2017 4:14 PM

Bonita, gracias!

Tucumanisfuture Dec 24, 2017 4:20 AM

Bonita ciudad, espero conocerla pronto.

gatt Dec 25, 2017 11:43 PM

nice!


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