Links to Asturian & Asturian-American
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Language Key:

[A] Asturianu
[C] Castilian Spanish
[E] English

The Arts

Asturian Popular Art: http://www.asturies.com/belenos/memoriacelta/ castellano/vida21.htm [C]
Contemporary Asturian Art: Reviews, Essays, & Exhibitions of Sculpture, Painting, Ceramics, & Printmaking: http://www.arrakis.es/~ajimez/index.htm [C]; http://www.arrakis.es/~ajimez/textos.htm [C]
La Danza Prima (video, music, & info celebrating the Asturian "original dance"): http://www.danzaprima.com/ [C]
Pre-Romanesque Asturian Architecture: http://www.uniovi.es/Vicest/Congresos/2001/ RC19/monuments.htm [E]
Paleolithic cave art in the Cantabrian region (ranging from Asturias into France): http://www.muse.or.jp/spain/eng/asturias/asturias_top.html [E]; http://www.veu.unican.es/arte/Ingles/prehist/paleo/ [C,E]
Three Generations of Asturian-American Painters: Emilio Fernández Alvarez, Honnie Amor Wagner, & Art Zoller Wagner: http://www.ArteAsturias.com [E]

Asturian Communities

Carcedo, Valdés, Asturias (photos, typical foods, fiestas, & other resources): http://mrbit.es/miranda/ [C]
Castrillon, Asturias (photos, history, foods, fiestas, & other resources): http://www.castrillonweb.com/ [C]
Cienfuegos, Asturias (photos, history, foods, fiestas, & other resources): http://es.geocities.com/rubazquez/ [C]
Parish of Santo Domingo de Miranda, Asturias (community & parish resources): http://mrbit.es/miranda/ [C]
Vaqueiros, a people whose typically herd cows, in western Asturias & northern Leon: http://es.geocities.com/vaqueirinos/ [C,A]
Worldwide Asturian centers: http://www.conocerasturias.com/centrosasturianos.htm [C]; http://www.centroasturiano.org [E,C]

Cooking

Asturian recipes: http://www.conocerasturias.com/recetas.htm [C]; http://www.somiedo.galeon.com/enlaces455158.html [C]

Folkloric Groups

Asociación de Folclore Azabache: Traditional dance, music, clothing, educational activities, etc. (Gijón): http://www.netcom.es/azabache/ [C]

Genealogy

Ancestry.com: http://www.ancestry.com/main1.htm [E]
Barbour County, West Virginia Genealogy (part of the WVGen Web Project): www.rootsweb.com/~wvbarbou/ [E]
Genealogía de Asturias - Genealogy of Asturias (a Yahoo group): http://es.groups.yahoo.com/group/AsturiasGen/ [E,C]
Harrison County, West Virginia Genealogy (part of the WVGen Web Project): http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvharris/ [E]
Hispanic Local History and Genealogy in the United States (The Library of Congress): http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/hispanic/ [E]
Spanish genealogy: towns, churches, surnames, links to other resources (note web ring at page bottom): http://www.ldelpino.com/ [E,C]
Registro Civil, Ministerio de Justicia (Spanish Civil Registry): birth, death, & marriage records: http://www.mju.es/registro_civil/index.htm [C]

Government

Asturian government: http://www.princast.es/ [C]; http://www.educastur.princast.es/ [C]
Asturian towns: http://www.vivirasturias.com/index2.shtml [C]
Spanish Embassy in Washington, DC: http://www.spainemb.org/ [E,C]

History

Asturies Memoria Celta: Asturian history & culture: http://www.asturies.com/belenos/memoriacelta/ [A,C,E]
Avilés city history: coverage from prehistory to contemporary, also regional photos: http://www.avilesenlahistoria.com/ [C]
El Portal Celta de Asturies (forum and articles about the Celtic heritage of Asturias): http://www.celtas.org/ [A,C]
Museo del Pueblo de Asturias (an ethnological musuem in Gijón): http://www.ayto-gijon.es/default.asp?Valor=1820 [C]
Spanish history: http://libro.uca.edu/payne1/spainport1.htm [E]; http://libro.uca.edu/payne2/spainport2.htm [E]

Immigration & Emigration

Asturian emigration, emigrant motives, Indianos: http://club.telepolis.com/indianos/indice.htm [C]
Ellis Island On-Line (New York): http://www.ellisisland.org [E]
Fundación Archivo de Indianos: Museo de la Emigración (Colombres, Asturias): http://www.archivodeindianos.es/ [C]
Hispanic Local History and Genealogy in the United States (part of larger bibliography by US Library of Congress) [E]: http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/hispanic/fromspain.html
Spaniards in Southern West Virginia (partial Goldenseal article by Tom Hidalgo): http://www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/spaniards.html [E]

Language

L'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (Academy of the Asturian Language): http://www.academiadelallingua.com/ [A]
Asturianu, the language: http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Asturian/ [E]; http://www.asturies.org/asturianu/ [A, some C & E]
Asturianu: learning the language: http://www.si.uniovi.es/mirror/asturiano/ [A]; http://www.si.uniovi.es/mirror/asturiano/asturia/ [A]; http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4443/llingua.html [A]
Asturianu-Castellano dictionary (downloadable), Asturianu fonts, & similar resources: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Port/4932/programas.htm [A,C]
Bron: an argot (vocabulary & idioms) used by Asturian itinerant tinkers (includes language samples, vocabulary, & history of these copper workers): http://mrbit.es/miranda/dbron.htm#Vocabulario [C, Bron]
Castellano-Asturianu dictionary (on-line): http://www.si.uniovi.es/mirror/asturiano/diciona/diciona.html [A,C]
Diccionario de la Lengua Espanola: Real Academia Española (on-line Spanish dictionary): http://www.rae.es/ [C]
Lengua e identidad en Asturias (Language & Identity in Asturias: Bable's history, future, & statistics): http://www.ucm.es/info/dptoants/ateneo/Carlos.htm [C]
Sociolinguistic Report: "Asturian in Spain": http://www.uoc.edu/euromosaic/web/document/asturia/ an/i1/i1.html [E]
Spoken Asturianu: sound recordings of various regional differences: http://www.asturies.org/asturianu/archoral/ [A]
Wall of Words (on living in a culture that doesn't speak your childhood language): http://www.1000dreams.com/Wall_of_Words [E]

Literature

Asturian folk tales: http://www.arrakis.es/~joserm/a_maxica/cuento.htm [A]
Corsino, Corsino's autobiography about laaving Asturias as a child and returning as an adult: Our affiliate link to Corsino on Amazon.com [E]
Madú Ediciones, an Asturian publisher of books on Asturian themes: http://www.edicionesmadu.com [C]
Pinnick Kinnick Hill, an Asturian-American immigrant memoir by Gavin Gonzalez: Our affiliate link to Pinnick Kinnick Hill at Amazon.com [E]
Sampler of Asturianu literature by a variety of authors: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4443/lliterat.html [A]

Music

Asturian gaita (bagpipe), Asturian tambor (drum), & Gijón's Museo de la Gaita: http://www.asturies.com/viesca/gaita/ [A,C, some E]
Construction of traditional musical instruments (mostly Iberian instruments: photos, sound samples, instructions, etc.): http://www.es-aqui.com/payno/pral.htm [C]
Gaita bands & folk music bands in Asturias: http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/7127/llistaubandes.html [C]; http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/7127/llistaufolk.html [C]
Galician gaita (bagpipe) & the gaita in general: http://clip.dia.fi.upm.es/~boris/gaita/node1.html [E]
History of the Asturian gaita (bagpipe): http://www1.las.es/~jfcastro/ [A]
Musical instruments used in Asturian music (text & images): http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/7127/llistauinstru.html [A]
Terminology of Iberian musical instruments: http://www.tamborileros.com/tradiberia/nombres.htm [C]
US Gaita Asturiana: email list for North Americans who play or are learning to play the Asturian bagpipes (discussion, photos, midi files, guides, sheet music): http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/us_gaita_asturiana/ [E]

Mythology of Asturias

Retelling the Legends of Asturias: http://www.geocities.com/mouguias/ [A,C,E]; http://www.sidreria.com/portal/asturias/mitologia/ [C]; http://www.arrakis.es/~joserm/a_maxica/ [A,C,E?]; http://www.epatineo.com/mitolog.htm [C,E]

Nature

Picos de Europa: tourist info, photos, etc. for this rugged mountain region of Asturias: http://www.picoseuropa.net/ [C]
Protecting Spanish fauna: http://www.fauna-iberica.mncn.csic.es/ [C,E]

Periodicals & Media

Asturian-language publishers & print & broadcast media: http://www.aber.ac.uk/~merwww/astover.htm [E]
Asturnews (LLanera, Asturias): http://www.asturnet.es/asturnews/ [A]
Asturies.org: Diariu Electrónicu Asturianu (Gijón & Oviedo, Asturias): http://www.asturies.org/ [A]
Clarksburg Exponent Telegram (West Virginia): http://www.cpubco.com/ [E]
El Comercio (Gijón, Asturias): http://www.elcomercio-sa.es/edicion/portada.html [C]
La Nueva España (Oviedo, Asturias): http://www.lanuevaespana.es/ [C]
La Voz de Asturias (Oviedo, Asturias): http://www.lavozdeasturias.com/ [C]

Religion

The Archdiocese of Asturias (information leading to parishes, sociological data by region, etc.): http://www.iglesiadeasturias.org/ [C]

Services

Asturian Internet Directory: http://asturi.as [C,A]
Weather in Asturias: http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/08011.html [E]
White Pages for Spanish phone numbers: http://blancas.paginasamarillas.es/home_ie.html [C]
Yellow Pages for Spanish phone numbers: http://www.paginas-amarillas.es/home_ie.html [C]

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Tourism, Travel, Photos, & Maps

Aerial photos of Asturian towns and cities: Asturias desde el Aire by Nardo Villaboy: http://www.uniovi.es/Asturias/Aire/ [C]
Ale Go!: a list of links to Asturian tourist info, organized by town names: http://www.alego.com/infoturist/asturias/index.asp [C]
AsturiasDigital.com (links to tourist info, maps, train & bus schedules, photos, etc.): http://www.asturiasdigital.com/ [C]
Asturias en Imágenes: La Nueva España's Photo Album: http://80.81.101.125:8089/ [C]
Asturias: events, foods, culture, history, geography, etc., organized by town: http://es.travel.yahoo.com/viajes/europa/espana/ principado_de_asturias/asturias/ [C]
Daily photo of Asturias & extensive photo albums: http://www.asturiasdigital.com/fotodigital.htm [C]; http://www.asturiasdigital.com/album/Album.htm [C]
El Caminoreal: Detailed info on Asturian tourism, including: parks, beaches, hiking suggestions, museums and monuments, nature, foods, mythology, history, etc.: http://www.el-caminoreal.com/ [C]
La Fototeca del Muséu del Pueblu d'Asturies / Photo Library of the Museum of the People of Asturias: http://docs.ayto-gijon.es/museos/ index.asp?Id_museo=1&Id_menu=12 [C]
Guiastur: Very comprehensive info on Asturian tourism, towns, culture, foods, festivals, press, sports, businesses, Centros Asturianos; photo album, etc.: http://www.guiastur.com/ [C]
Guide to Western Asturias (tourist info, map, towns, hotels, restaurants, photos, language, foods, weather, archeology, & much more): http://www.asturoccidente.com/indexenglish.htm [C, some E & A]
Maps of Asturias: http://interhotel.com/spain/es/zonas/asturias-mapa.html [C]; http://www.ayto-aviles.es/turismo/mapaas.htm [C]; http://www.supertravelnet.com/smap/ [C]; http://www.multimap.com/ [C]
Oviedo & Asturias: Anne Paige Austin's travel guide: http://www.bootsnall.com/europetravelguides/oveast/index.shtml [E]
Sociedad Regional de Turismo del Principado de Asturias: http://www.infoasturias.com/ [C, E]
VivirAsturias.com (links to tourist info including: towns, hotels, restaurants, maps, etc.): http://www.vivirasturias.com/ [C]

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