The bronze copy o the statue "Augustus oPrima Porta" atSan Lorenzo beach.
The first evidences o human presence in wha is kent nouadays as municipality o Gijón are locatit in Monte Deva, whaur exist a series otumulus, an in Monte Areo, whaur thare are some neolithic dolmens. Thir dolmens wur discovered in 1990 an is supposed it wis biggit aboot the year 5000 BC.
The first noticit dounset (Noega) is locatit in Campa Torres. It haes its oreegin atween centuries VI an V BC. It wis populatit biasturs (cilúrnigos) an later romanized. Noega wis progressively abandoned when the Roman waw in the peninsula oCimavilla, criedGegionem, wis biggit.
This waw wis the maist important ane o the Roman Asturias an it shoud be a important port o the Cantabric sea route an an aw, it crossed the centre o Asturias bi Lucus Asturum (nouadaysLlanera) an linkit inAsturica Augusta wi theRuta de la Plata (Siller route).
Some remains o this stage are the Roman baths oCampo Valdés (centuries I tae II AD), the Roman waw (centuries III tae IV) an the Roman veelage oVeranes.
Despite the Barbarian invasions left nae trace, it seems the territory wis submittit tae the pouer o theVisigoth keengSisebut in the 7t hunderyear.
Gijón wis caipital o the Muslim territories in the Cantabric Sea, unner the pouer oMunuza, who dominatit the ceety atween 713 an 718. In this last year, Asturians wan theBattle o Covadonga, stairtit in 718 an led biPelagius, who wad became in the first Keeng o theKinrick o Asturias.
Till 1270 thare wur nae reliable news o Gijón, wi anerly short mentions in some documents. In this year,Alfonso X o Castile concedit the category opuebla.
In the 14t hunderyear, the war atween Alfonso Enríquez o Castile anHenry III o Castile feenished wi the veelage o Gijón fenced, burned an totally destroyed, practically disappearin.
In the 15t an 16t hunderyear, Gijón developit again, specially when a new dock is biggit in the port, bringin tae the veelage fishin an commerce.
In the 17t an 18t hunderyears is when Gijón stairts tae hae a great development, producin a growthe oot o the auld ceety centre. This happened when the port o Gijón wis enable for the commerce wi the American colonies. In the 18t hunderyears, due tae the French invasions, the wars an the financial trouble in the era, stoppit the development till the last years, when the road Oviedo-Gijón wis creatit an the port wis recognisit as the best ane in Asturias, favorin the installation o the first industrial activities in the veelage.
The 19t century brocht wi it a great development, wi the commerce o coal, the road Gijón-León an later the railweyLangreo-Gijón. Aw this supposed the quick expansion o the port, due tae the hivy traffec intensity in it. A new port,El Musel, wis biggit in 1893 an it wis the first coal port o the peninsula.
Gijón wis goin throu a conversion tae an industrial veelage wi a new bourgeoise an a urban development, openin new streets an squares, wi new municipal equipments lik watter, garbage collection, lichtin. Aw this industrial development brocht new manpouer tae the ceety an the creation o new neebourheids lik Natahoyo, La Calzada,Tremañes or El Humedal.
Ferrous metallurgy wis the main industry o Gijón frae the last years o the 19t century till the last decades o the 20t century. Uninsa wis creatit in 1971, an it mergit wi Ensidesa. In the last years o the century wis convertit inAceralia, an integratit inArcelor.
The last decades o the century brings the industrial creesis affectin mainly tae the ferrous metallurgy an the local shipbiggin. This facts brocht new terrain for the creation o new beaches, pairks an new neebourheids.
From 1998 to present, population as of each January 1st Source:INE
The ceety is situatit on the coast o central Asturias, frae sea level tae a altitude o 513 metres atPicu Samartín an 672 metres atPeña de los Cuatro Jueces, bordered on the Wast biCarreño, the East biVillaviciosa, an tae the Sooth biSiero anLlanera
The ceety is situatit alang the Asturian coast an is distinguished bi the peninsula oCimavilla (the oreeginal dounset) which separates the beach o San Lorenzo an adjacent neebourheids tae the east frae the beaches o Poniente an Arbeyal, the shipyards, an the recreational port an the Port oEl Musel tae the wast. It is close tae the ither main Asturian ceeties,Oviedo anAvilés.
Gijón is dividit in sax destricts:[3] Centre, East, South, West, El Llano and Rural. In this last ane, aw theperi-urban zone an therural parishes are integrated.
Upper front view o the San Lorenzo KirkRevillagigedo PalaceUniversidad Laboral de Gijón, as seen frae the touer o the same varsity.
Durin the early years o the 19t century the, then vera smaw, toun o Gijón wis best kent for its college or heich-schuil kent as the"Real Instituto Asturiano" foondit biJovellanos.[4]
The Ceety Haw's sports an cultur programs for ceetizens is wide, includin the innovativeAbierto Hasta el Amanecer (literallyOpen Till Dawn) nocturnal program, which trees tae involve teens in cultural an sportin activities as a alternative tae weekendnichtlife.
Gijón haes 13 librars in its Cultural Ceety Centres, which featur a wide netwirk o soummin puils an gyms.
Ane o the maist important cultural events in the ceety is theInternational Film Festival, recognisit as ane o the bests in Spain.
The ceety haes in tot 13 public sport centres (in Spainyie:Centros Municipales Integrados) wi soummin puils, gyms ansaunas. Swimmin puils are free for childer up tae age 14.
For hintle the twintiet century the toun wis hivily dependent on matur hivy industries, but at the end o theFranco era,tertiar sector employment began tae expand rapidly alang wi the ceety's population which bi 2007 stuid offeecially at 277,897 for Gijón proper, an approximately 380,000 for the tot Gijón agglomeration.
The port is at the centre o mony o the local businesses. Apairt frae directly port relatit activities, the economy is based on tourism, steel (Arcelor), ither metallurgy, livestock rearin an fisheries.
Gijón haes a humidoceanic climate, wi mild temperaturs an heichlie humidity throuoot the year. The simmers are wairm, wi baith owercast an sunny days common, whilst winters are rainy but hintle milder than maist places sae far north; frosts are vera rare an niver severe.
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