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67-498: Gijón forms part of a large metropolitan area that includes twenty councils in the center of the region, structured with a dense network of roads, highways and railways and with a population of 835,053 inhabitants in 2011, making it the seventh largest in Spain. During the 20th century, Gijón developed as an industrial city in the steel and naval industries. However, due to the decline in manufacturing in these industries, in recent years Gijón

134-600: A delegation of the UNED , where different disciplines can be studied by distance. In team sports, Gijón's professional football team, Sporting de Gijón , currently plays in the Spanish second division . CP Gijón Solimar is one of the most important women's roller hockey teams in Europe as it is five times champion of the European Cup . Círculo Gijón is the main basketball team of

201-852: A football match between Sporting de Gijón and Racing de Ferrol , although the match was provided by Televisión de Galicia . The next day, another football game was broadcast, this time at Gozón between Marino de Luanco and Cultural de Durango , but this time produced by themselves. During the first months, all the weekend games of Sporting de Gijón , Marino de Luanco and Real Oviedo were broadcast. On 6 June 2006, TPA started regular broadcasts with news broadcasting. On September that year, RTPA started radio service tests and broadcasts via satellite through Hispasat . The Radio del Principado de Asturias started regular broadcastings on 21 December 2007. Le%C3%B3n, Spain León ( Spanish: [leˈon] ; Leonese : Llión [ʎiˈoŋ] )

268-479: A good freight service by El Musel Gijón currently has 18 bus lines and four more Búho (owl) lines. The owl services work on Friday and Saturday nights, and daily in the months of July and August. The city is served by the Gijón Railway Station . PSOE governed the city from 1979 to 2011, the longest continuous period since Spain's transition to democracy . Carmen Moriyón , the current mayor,

335-463: A high codification grade in the city of Llión. The first written text in Leonese was Nodicia de Kesos (959 or 974); other works in the language include Fueru de Llión , Fueru de Salamanca , Fueru Xulgu , Códice d'Alfonsu XI , ou Disputa d'Elena y María or Llibru d'Alixandre . Leonese is considered a seriously endangered language by UNESCO . It is almost extinct, being known and spoken by only

402-599: A small northern part connected to Asturias, that became part of the battlefront until the fall of the North in October 1937. Both the Convent of San Marcos , the old Santa Ana factory and the provincial prison were nonetheless rehabilitated as mass detention camps in the city by the Francoist side . During the 1960s, León experienced much growth due to in-migration from the rural zones of

469-523: A temperate oceanic climate ( Köppen climate classification Cfb ) typical of the Atlantic coast of Spain, with cool summers and wet and mostly mild winters. The onshore flow from the Atlantic Ocean creates a cool summer and mild winter climate where severe heat and very cold temperatures are rare. The narrow temperature range is demonstrated by the record August temperature being only 6.4 °C warmer than

536-486: A very few elderly people who live isolated in the mountains of the northern part of the province of León. However, people who wish to separate León from Castile and who support Leonese autonomy are trying to revive the language. León City Council and Leonese language associations like the Asociación Cultural de la Llingua Llïonesa El Fueyu are promoting its knowledge and use. Leonese Language Day started in 2006 with

603-507: Is a city and municipality of Spain , capital of the province of León , part of the autonomous community of Castile and León , in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula . It has a population of 124,303 (2019), by far the largest municipality in the province. The population of the metropolitan area, including the neighbouring San Andrés del Rabanedo and other smaller municipalities, accounts for around 200,000 inhabitants. Founded as

670-617: Is also a private sports club in Gijón with more than 33,000 members, Real Grupo de Cultura Covadonga , the biggest club in Asturias. Its handball section plays in the third division, where also plays AB Gijón Jovellanos , and its women's volleyball team plays also in the Spanish second league. Not far from Gijón, there are several ski resorts in Asturias , the main being Valgrande-Pajares . The city's marina houses an important fleet of yachts and

737-624: Is located in Campa Torres. It has its origin between the 6th and 5th centuries BC. It was populated by Astures ( Cilúrnigos ) and later Romanized. Noega was progressively abandoned when the Roman wall in the peninsula of Cimavilla , called the Gegionem , was built. The invasions of barbarian tribes in the 5th and 6th centuries left no traces. The region submitted to the power of the Visigoth king Sisebut in

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804-699: Is not found on any inscriptions. It appears to have received the appellation of Gemina on account of its amalgamation by Vespasian with one of the German legions, probably the Legio I Germanica . Its full name was Legio VII Gemina Felix. After serving in Pannonia, and in the civil wars, it was settled by Vespasian in Hispania Tarraconensis, to supply the place of the Legio VI Victrix and Legio X Gemina , two of

871-498: Is situated along the Asturian coast and is distinguished by the peninsula of Cimavilla (the original settlement) which separates the beach of San Lorenzo and adjacent neighborhoods to the east from the beaches of Poniente and Arbeyal, the shipyards, and the recreational port and the Port of El Musel to the west. It is close to the other main Asturian cities, Oviedo and Avilés . Gijón has

938-694: Is the base for many water sports , being Royal Astur Yacht Club the most important yacht club in town. In 2022, the city will host an ATP tennis tournament for the first time. The biggest sport centers in Gijón are Estadio El Molinón , with 30,000 seats, Plaza de Toros de El Bibio with 12,000 and Palacio de Deportes with 5,000 seats. Games were played in town during the 1982 FIFA World Cup . The city has in total 13 public sport centers (in Spanish: Centros Municipales Integrados ) with swimming pools, gyms and saunas . Swimming pools are free for children up to age 14. For much of

1005-707: Is undergoing a transformation into an important tourist, university, commercial and R&D center. Gijón is the location of the Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias , the neighbourhood of Cimavilla , the Universidad Laboral de Gijón , the Revillagigedo Palace, and the adjoining Collegiate Church of San Juan Bautista. Gijón is part of the statistical (not yet developed from an administrative standpoint) comarca of Gijón . One theory based on some early medieval texts mention it as "Gigia", derived from

1072-601: The LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial (Laboral Center of Art and Industrial Creation). The center was inaugurated on March 30, 2007 as an interdisciplinary space to promote artistic exchange and foster the relationship between society, art, science, technology and the creative industries. In recent years, Gijón has become a stop city for the Cirque du Soleil . The performances of the Cirque du Soleil have been very successful in

1139-636: The Memory of the World register by UNESCO in 2013. The city's prominence began to decline in the early Middle Ages, partly due to the loss of independence after the union of the Leonese kingdom with the Crown of Castile , consolidated in 1301. After a period of stagnation during the early modern age , it was one of the first cities to hold an uprising in the Spanish War of Independence , and some years later, in 1833 acquired

1206-668: The Reconquista against the Moors , and came to be one of the fundamental kingdoms of medieval Spain. In 1188, the city hosted the first Parliament in European history under the reign of Alfonso IX , and this is why in 2010 it was acknowledged by professor John Keane , the King of Spain and the Junta of Castile and León , as the "cradle of Parliamentarism ". The Decreta of León were consequently included in

1273-663: The Roman legion Legio VI Victrix , which served under Caesar Augustus during the Cantabrian Wars (29-19 BC), the final stage of the Roman conquest of Hispania . In the year 74 AD, the Legio VII Gemina —recruited from the Hispanics by Galba in 69 AD — settled in a permanent military camp that was the origin of the city. Its modern name, León, is derived from the city's Latin name Castra Legionis . The Romans established

1340-618: The 13th century, began to influence the municipal government. During the early Middle Ages , the livestock industry produced a period of prosperity for the city. Free from the seigneuralisation process of the Late Middle Ages, towards the end of the era León had consolidated as one of the 13 cities in the Meseta enjoying the right to vote at the Cortes of Castile. In the 16th century, economic and demographic decline set in and continued until

1407-470: The 19th century. For the extent of the Early Modern period the city remained controlled by a reduced set of noble families by means of the regimientos and regidurías . The city population increased from 9,000 to 15,000 during the 19th century. The population further increased during the 20th century: 18,000 (1910), 44,000 (1940), 73,000 (1960), and 100,000 (1971). The military coup d'état that marked

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1474-474: The 20th century the town was heavily dependent on mature heavy industries, but at the end of the Francoism , tertiary sector employment began to expand rapidly along with the city's population which by 2007 stood officially at 277,897 for Gijón proper, and approximately 380,000 for the total Gijón agglomeration. The port is at the center of many of the local businesses. Apart from directly port related activities,

1541-424: The 23.2 °C (73.8 °F) August normal high. Another clear underlining of the marine influence is that the coolest ever August has been as near the average as 17.9 °C (64.2 °F). Gijón is divided in six districts: Center, East, South, West, El Llano and Rural. In this last one, all the peri-urban zone and the rural parishes are integrated. According to the 2021 Municipal Population Register (INE),

1608-669: The 7th century. This period marks the beginnings of Christianization, one of the first Christian worshipping places being the Roman villa of Veranes. Gijón was capital of the Muslim territories on the Cantabric Sea , under the power of Munuza , for a short period between 713 and 718 or 722. In 722 the Asturians won the Battle of Covadonga which is regarded as the beginning of the Reconquista . The Asturian forces were led by Pelagius , who would become

1675-601: The Arabs and gave up their positions to join the revolt around 740. Towards the year 846, a group of Mozarabs ( Christians who did not flee from the Muslims and lived under the Muslim regime) tried to repopulate the city, but a Muslim attack prevented that initiative. In the year 856, under the Christian king Ordoño I , another attempt at repopulation was made and was successful. Alfonso III of León and García I of León made León city

1742-655: The Easter processions) and its location on the French Way of the Camino de Santiago , which is ranked as a UNESCO World Heritage Site , make it a destination of both domestic and international tourism . Some of the city's most prominent historical buildings are the Cathedral , one of the finest examples of French-style classic Gothic architecture in Spain, the Basilica of San Isidoro , one of

1809-645: The French invasions, the wars and the financial trouble in the era, the development stopped until late in the century, when the Oviedo-Gijón road was created and the port was recognized as the best one in Asturias, favoring the start of industrial activities in the town. The 19th century brought with it great development, with the commerce of coal, the Gijón– León road and later the Langreo –Gijón railway. All this contributed to

1876-586: The Middle age as "Jijón" or even "Jixón", would be a Castilianization of the Asturian name. This theory is nowadays known as the most acceptable. The first evidence of human presence in what is known nowadays as the municipality of Gijón is located on Monte Deva, where there exists a series of tumuli , and on Monte Areo, where there are some neolithic dolmens. These dolmens were discovered in 1990 and were supposedly built around 5000 BC. The first noticed settlement (Noega)

1943-513: The Romans had built to protect the plain from the incursions of the mountaineers, became the advanced post which covered the mountain, as the last refuge of Cisastur Tribes. However, there is no notice of resistance whatsoever. An attempt was made by the invaders to settle the strongholds with Berbers came in a military capacity, but the scheme was abandoned when the Berbers of northern Iberia rebelled against

2010-770: The University of Oxford for Fernando González Molina's film, Brain Drain . Amalia Ulman’s 2021 film “El Planeta” was shot in and discusses Gijon. There are two campuses located in Gijón, one of the University of Oviedo and other of the National University of Distance Education . Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computers and Systems Engineering, Chemical Engineering and Telecommunication Engineering. Public Administration and Management, Trade and Marketing, Tourism and Social work. Gijón also has

2077-687: The West), Asturias (to the North) and Valladolid (to the South-East, in the same route as Madrid). León has 13 city bus lines, belonging to the company Alesa, a subsidiary of ALSA. Besides the buses, there are plans to introduce tram lines in the city. The Leonese language derives directly from Latin and developed in the Middle Ages. At this time, Leonese was the official language of the Leonese Kingdom and achieved

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2144-469: The all-time record January temperature. The climate is wet and cloudy by Spanish standards, but is indeed drier than other locations on the Atlantic in the country. Humidity is high year-round. Summer temperatures are very consistent as proven by the fact that the all-time warmest month of August 1997 had an average temperature of 20.9 °C (69.6 °F) and no month has ever been recorded at an average high above 24.7 °C (76.5 °F) in comparison to

2211-622: The beginning of the Spanish Civil War took place (and succeeded) in León on 20 July 1936, with the putschist military officers meeting little resistance. The Catholic Church adhered to the rebels and instrumentalised the Catholic sentiment and traditions against the Republic . The rebels expanded from the city to the rest of the traditionally conservative province, which remained under rebel control except

2278-620: The capital of the Kingdom of León and the most important of the Christian cities in Iberia. The seat of the kingdom of Asturias moved to León in 910. Sacked by Almanzor in about 987, the city was reconstructed and repopulated by Alfonso V , whose Decree of 1017 regulated its economic life, including the functioning of its markets. León was a way-station for pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago leading to Santiago de Compostela . With Alfonso V of León

2345-647: The city and the creation of new neighborhoods like Natahoyo, La Calzada, Tremañes or El Humedal. In the 20th century, with the Spanish Civil War , the city supported the Republican faction . The army was located in El Coto. The resistance was eliminated in August 1936. Later, the village was the capital of the Sovereign Council of Asturias and León until 20 October 1937, when the troops of General Francisco Franco occupied

2412-451: The city enjoys a considerable amount of sunshine throughout the year. León Airport ( IATA : LEN) is located approximately 6 kilometres away from the city centre, in the neighbouring town of La Virgen del Camino / Valverde de la Virgen . It offers mostly domestic flights within the country. Currently two Spanish airlines operate in it: Iberia / Air Nostrum and Air Europa . Air Nostrum offers flights from and to Barcelona, Spain . During

2479-514: The city had the " Fueru de Llión ", an important letter of privileges. In 1188, Alfonso IX of León gathered the three estates in the city of León (including representatives of the urban class) in the Cortes of León of 1188 . Due to the written documentary corpus, the 1188 Cortes were recognised by the UNESCO in 2013 as "cradle" of parliamentarism. Suburbs for traders and artisans sprang up, who, after

2546-540: The city, and plays in Spanish basketball third tier . Gijón Baloncesto , folded in 2009, was the most important team of this sport in Gijón, and played four seasons in the Liga ACB , the most important national league in Europe. A women's basketball club, CD Basket Mar , existed in Gijón between 1997 and 2018. CSI Gijón is Spain's official show jumping horse show which is held annually in Gijón's equestrian facility . There

2613-668: The city. Iron manufacture was the main industry of Gijón from the last years of the 19th century until the last decades of the 20th. Uninsa was created in 1971, and it merged with Ensidesa. In the last years of the century was converted in Aceralia , and integrated in Arcelor , along with the Luxembourg-based Arbed and the French company Usinor . The last decades of the century brought an industrial crisis affecting mainly iron manufacture and local shipbuilding. This brought new terrain for

2680-452: The city. In July 2004, Saltimbanco arrived and in the summer of 2007, they presented Alegría in Gijón, the first time that this tour stopped in northern Spain. During the summer of 2009, Cirque du Soleil returned to Gijón with the Varekai show. Gijón is the birth place of several notable people, like Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos , statesman, author, philosopher and a major figure of the Age of Enlightenment . José Luis Garci filmed most of

2747-411: The council had 268,896 inhabitants, of which 142,411 are women and 126,485 are men. The municipal population grew remarkably throughout the 20th century, especially between the 1960s and 1980s, a period in which it doubled. Starting in the 1990s, growth stagnated, reflecting the similar slowdown at the national level of Spain. However, due to immigration, both from other Asturias councils and from abroad,

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2814-429: The creation of new beaches, parks and neighborhoods. It was also created a campus of the University of Oviedo . The city is situated on the coast of central Asturias, from sea level to an altitude of 513 m (1,683 ft) at Picu Samartín and 672 m (2,205 ft) at Peña de los Cuatro Jueces , bordered on the West by Carreño , the East by Villaviciosa , and to the South by Siero and Llanera . The city

2881-524: The criteria used. In winter, temperatures normally oscillate between −1 °C (30 °F) and 13 °C (55 °F). Frost is common in the early hours of the morning before the dawn during the coldest months of the winter, but normally melts after sunrise. Snowfalls are not rare in the city (9 days a year), however heavy snowfalls are not common. Summers are warm and relatively dry, with temperatures usually oscillating between 16 °C (61 °F) and 35 °C (95 °F). With about 2,673 sunshine hours,

2948-523: The economy is based on tourism, steel ( Arcelor ), other metallurgy, livestock rearing and fisheries. Gijón is served by Asturias Airport , about 38 km (24 mi) from the center of the city; it is located in the municipality of Castrillón. The airport is connected to the city by the A-8 motorway, the N-632 national highway and scheduled bus service ( Alsa ). The service offered by LD Lines has been canceled in Gijón. The closest Ferry services are now in Santander and Bilbao . However, Gijón still has

3015-425: The first king of the Kingdom of Asturias . Until 1270 there were no reliable references to Gijón as a settlement, with only short mentions in some documents. In this year, Alfonso X of Castile gave it the status of puebla . This documentation appears in the Monastery of San Vicente de Oviedo . In the 14th century, the war between Alfonso Enríquez, Count of Gijón and Noreña and Henry III of Castile ended when

3082-436: The following dishes are the most representative: cecina (cured, smoked beef meat), morcilla (a blood sausage), botillo (a dish of meat-stuffed pork intestine), garlic soup, el cocido leonés (a mix of meat with vegetables and chickpeas, served after a vegetable-vermicelli soup) and mantecadas (pastry). Another very important part of the gastronomy of León are the tapas , which are usually given free with drinks, unlike in

3149-431: The footage from the film Volver a empezar in the city during the early 1980s. The film would later win an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. In the early 1990s there was a boom in indie music bands in the town, which became known as the "Xixón Sound". The comedy Mortadelo & Filemon: The Big Adventure was also filmed in part in the City of Culture of Gijón. In 2009, the Laboral and its surroundings were converted to

3216-510: The identical Greek and Latin term "gigias", meaning "giant", both of which refer to the Greek mythological giant Gigas . The medieval "Gigia" name, in turn, more specifically would refer to the ancient Roman wall built on the peninsula of the Cimavilla neighbourhood of Gijón. This wall was called the "Gegionem" by the Romans, and is itself a compound Latin term being either "geg-ionem", meaning "giant-ness/gigantic", "gegi-onem", meaning "concrete giant", or "gegio-nem" meaning "giant end". Presumably

3283-404: The legion in the territory of the Astures grew into an important city, which resisted the attacks of the Visigoths until AD 586, when it was taken by Leovigild ; and it was one of the few cities which the Visigoths allowed to retain their fortifications. During the Umayyad conquest of Hispania , in 715 Tariq advanced from the area of La Rioja towards Astorga and León. The same fortress, which

3350-421: The military encampment of the Legio VI Victrix around 29 BC, its standing as an encampment city was consolidated with the definitive settlement of the Legio VII Gemina from 74 AD. Following its partial depopulation due to the Umayyad conquest of the peninsula, 910 saw the beginning of one of its most prominent historical periods, when it became the capital of the Kingdom of León , which took active part in

3417-400: The most important Romanesque churches in Spain and resting place of León's medieval monarchs, the Monastery of San Marcos , an example of plateresque and Renaissance Spanish architecture, and the Casa Botines , a Modernist creation of the architect Antoni Gaudí . An example of modern architecture is the city's Museum of Contemporary Art or MUSAC . León was founded in the 1st century BC by

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3484-426: The official courses developed by the Department for Leonese Culture of the Leonese City Council. The Leonese City Council was founded in 1345. It has 27 city councillors. In the last municipal elections (26 May 2019) the results were: The mayor is José Antonio Diez, from the PSOE. León is in the county ( comarca ) of Tierras de León . León is twinned with: Within the wide range of Leonese cuisine

3551-503: The population started to increase again at the turn of the 21st century. Cultural activities are carried out throughout the year, which increase considerably in the summer months, especially in August due to the Feast of the Assumption, with parties, music and theater. This complements the continuous programming of the Teatro Municipal Jovellanos (Jovellanos Municipal Theater). The various festivities carried out in Gijón include: The Universidad Laboral de Gijón , completed in 1955, contains

3618-436: The province. Leonese customs include the Semana Santa (" Holy Week "), featuring numerous processions through the centre of the city. One of them is the so-called "Procession of the Meeting", which acts out the meeting of three groups representing Saint John , the Virgin Mary and Christ , in the esplanade in front of the old council. Associated with Semana Santa is the procession called "The Burial of Genarín". Genarín

3685-424: The province. Some elements of the original Roman encampment still survive in the modern city layout. Long sections of the Roman walls (built between the first century BC and the fourth century AD) are still standing. There are also archaeological exhibitions showing remains of the walls, gates, baths and an amphitheatre. The post-Roman history of the city is largely the history of the Kingdom of León. The station of

3752-459: The quick expansion of the port, since the intensity of the traffic overflowed the port. A new port, El Musel , was built in 1893 and it was the first coal port of the peninsula. Gijón was going through a conversion to an industrial town with a new bourgeois and an urban development, opening new streets and squares, with new municipal equipments like water, garbage collection, lighting, and so on. All this industrial development brought new manpower to

3819-437: The site of the city to protect the recently conquered territories of northwestern Hispania from the Astures and Cantabri , and to secure the transport of gold extracted in the province —especially in the huge nearby mines of Las Médulas — that was taken to Rome through Asturica Augusta (modern-day Astorga ). Tacitus calls the legion Galbiana , to distinguish it from the old Legio VII Claudia , but this appellation

3886-422: The status of provincial capital. The end of the 19th and the 20th century saw a significant acceleration in the rate of urban expansion, when the city became an important communications hub of the northwest due to the rise of the coal mining industry and the arrival of the railroad. León's historical and architectural heritage, as well as the numerous festivals hosted throughout the year (particularly noteworthy are

3953-505: The summer months the number of available destinations increases, and flights are also offered from and to Palma de Mallorca, Spain , Tenerife, Spain , Ibiza, Spain , Menorca, Spain , Málaga, Spain and Gran Canaria, Spain . León has two railway stations, León railway station on the Renfe line, and León-Matallana on the Renfe Feve lines. There are high-speed services that connect León to Madrid in approximately two hours. Other destinations directly reachable from León are Galicia (to

4020-499: The support of Leonese Provincial Government, and from 2008 the celebration is organised by the León City Council. At the end of the 1990s, several associations unofficially promoted Leonese language courses. In 2001, the Universidad de León (University of León) created a course for Teachers of Leonese language, and local government developed Leonese language courses for adults. The Leonese Language Teachers and Monitors Association ( Asociación de Profesores y Monitores de Llingua Llïonesa )

4087-413: The three legions ordinarily stationed in the province, but which had been withdrawn to Germany. That its regular winter quarters, under later emperors, were at León, we learn from the Itinerary, Ptolemy, and the Notitiae Imperii , as well as from a few inscriptions; but there are numerous inscriptions to prove that a strong detachment of it was stationed at Tarraco (modern Tarragona ), the chief city of

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4154-424: The use of the term meaning "giant" referred to either the pre-Germanic Astur peoples who inhabited the area being of large physical stature, or simply the largeness of the wall itself. The name of the city might also come from the hypothetical Roman actual name of the place "Sessio" which may have turned into the word "Xixón" as the centuries went by. Then the Spanish word "Gijón", which has been also written during

4221-417: The village of Gijón was burned and totally destroyed, practically disappearing. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Gijón reemerged. A new dock was built in the port adding fishing and commerce to the area. In the 17th and 18th centuries Gijón began to develop rapidly, growing out of the old city center, supported by the commercial links between the port of Gijón and the American colonies. In the 18th century, due to

4288-405: The whole city is occupied by terraces and street markets where Leonese people celebrate the beginning of the summer, especially on San Juan's night (June 23) when fireworks and bonfires take place. The city of León can be divided into more than 36 districts ( barrios ): León features an oceanic climate ( Köppen : Cfb) or a warm-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen : Csb), depending on

4355-445: Was an alcoholic beggar who was hit and killed by the first garbage truck in the city of León in the year 1929. This is a celebration of alcohol, and the main purpose of the people who attend it is getting drunk in honor to the alcoholic beggar. The San Juan and San Pedro festivities are also remarkable, celebrated during the last week of June (between June 23 and June 29). During these days several concerts and festivals take place and

4422-517: Was created in 2008 and promotes Leonese language activities. Leonese lessons in schools started in 2008, and it is currently taught in sixteen schools in León city in 2008–2009, promoted by the Leonese Local Government Department for Education. This course is for pupils in their 5th and 6th year of primary school (11- and 12-year-olds), where Leonese language is taught with Leonese culture. More than one hundred people are studying Leonese in adult classes in 2008–2009. There are five levels for adults in

4489-533: Was elected mayor on 17 June 2023 and she is a member of Asturian Forum . Radiotelevisi%C3%B3n del Principado de Asturias Radiotelevisión del Principado de Asturias (RTPA; Asturian : Radiotelevisión del Principáu d'Asturies ) is a public broadcasting company within the Asturias created in 2005. Since 2011, its general director is Antonio Virgili. Televisión del Principado de Asturias made its first test broadcast on 20 December 2005 at 21:00. On 7 January 2006, TPA broadcast its first sports coverage with

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