Oviedo

Oviedo (Asturian, Uvi?u; Latin, Ovetus) is the capital city of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain.

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Oviedo is the capital of the Principality of Asturias and is the administrative and commercial centre of the region. The city also hosts the annual Prince of Asturias Awards, held in the Campoamor Theatre. The Oviedo University's International Campus also attracts many foreign scholars.

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Little could the monks M?ximo and Fromestano, founders of the city in 761, have suspected that their choice of a hill in the centre of Asturias would give rise to an urban, commercial, ecclesiastic and military life that has lasted for more than one thousand two hundred years. That first settlement was to be soon completed with the construction of a small church dedicated to Saint Vicente.

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Royal Chapel of Summer Palace of Ramiro I at San Miguel De Lillo Oviedo Asturias Spain