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Bres Water House
- Taramundi
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The Casa del Agua de Bres, Taramundi, was created with the aim of making known the relationship between cultures and the dynamics of water throughout history. In this installation water is conceived, on the one hand, as a living substance capable of developing a force that men have been using throughout history to perform tasks that require power and routine work.
On the other hand, water is understood as a raw material, either flowing or stored in aquifers from which it is extracted for direct consumption or for irrigation of farmland.
The hydraulic devices presented in the Casa del Agua are not necessarily linked to the geographical space of Asturias. The exhibition argument aims to bring visitors to the installation to the historical and geographical origins of these devices and stimulate reflection on ways of dissemination, and therefore the contact between cultures and civilizations.
The exhibition of the Casa del Agua is organized in two sections dedicated to water as a driving force and water as a raw material. Watermills with vertical or horizontal wheels, saws, light factories, wells for water extraction, waterwheels for irrigation… even the use of water to measure time with the clocks already used by the ancient Egyptians or those built in the 17th century with more complex and accurate mechanisms.
The central space of the Casa del Agua is occupied by a full-scale device that is conceived as a continuous motion machine made up of simpler motor and elevator devices. In this way it is possible to explain the two fundamental types of hydraulic devices, the motors and the elevators, in a closed circuit of constantly circulating water.
There are thus two thematic units linked by the fundamental and common element: water.
Basic information
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Schedule
Holy Week:
from 11:00-14:00 / 16:00 – 20:00 h.
June:
Saturdays from 11:00 – 14:00 h. / 16:00 – 20:00 h. Sundays from 11:00 – 14:00 h. / 16:00 – 18:00 h.
From July 1st to September 17th:
from Monday to Sunday from 11:00-14:00 / 16:00 – 20:00 h.
From September 16th to October 13th:
Saturdays from 11:00 – 14:00 h. / 16:00 – 20:00 h. Sundays from 11:00 – 14:00 h. / 16:00 – 18:00 h.
From November 1 to November 3:
from 11:00-14:00 / 16:00 – 18:00 h.
From December 5 to 9:
from 11:00 to 17:00 h.
For groups (+10 people)
By appointment, visit any time of the year.
What to see?
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Monastery of Santa Maria
- Villanueva de Oscos
- Heritage
The history of Villanueva de Oscos is closely linked to the Monastery of Santa María, at the entrance of the capital of the council. This Monastery, considered one of the great jewels of Asturian heritage and classified as a Historic-Artistic Monument, was born Romanesque and grew Baroque.
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Knife and razor artisan workshops
- Taramundi
Some artisans perform demonstrations in their workshops of the craft they develop. In this way, visitors can see the whole process of elaboration of the products, which also allows them to actively participate in the process.
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Os Teixois Ethnographic Ensemble
- Taramundi
- Ethnographic set
Os Teixois is one of the most interesting ethnographic sites in Asturias, where we can find several hydraulic devices recovered and available to anyone who wishes to visit them.
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Mazonovo Mallet
- Santa Eulalia de Oscos
- Ethnographic set
The Mazonovo Mallet is located about 3 km from Santa Eulalia. It is a 17th century mallet active in the 21st century. This set is restored and rehabilitated in its integrity for the understanding of the iron industry. The building of the mallet stands out for being in a state in which it has not suffered great modifications with the passage of time. Here you can forge your own nail and take it as a souvenir.
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Yacimientos Arqueológicos “Os Castros”
- Taramundi
- Heritage
El yacimiento, conocido como Os Castros se localiza en la capital del concejo. Buena parte de su superficie se ha mantenido ajena al desarrollo urbano del municipio si bien la carretera que desciende hacia Mazonovo significó la destrucción algunas cabañas y parte de la muralla. En el año 2000 se iniciaron las excavaciones arqueológicas bajo patrocinio del Ayuntamiento de Taramundi, la Consejería de Cultura del Principado de Asturias y la meritoria colaboración de la asociación de hosteleros locales ANTURTA.
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Las Minas
- San Martín de Oscos
- Mines
There are remains in the Oscos region that tell us that mining was an activity that was developed in the area since prehistoric times. Before the conquest of the Romans, the inhabitants of this region were already looking for gold nuggets in the river placers. But it was after the arrival of the Romans that this industry was boosted. In the Flavian period, at the beginning of the first century A.D., a first golden age was experienced. The castros (fortified settlements) resurged as a result of the exploitations and the landscape was dotted with small industries of which there are still remains such as: forges, function furnaces and samples of the technology that was used for the exploitation of the deposit.
