Its main square, Plaza de la Constitución, offers a postcard view with its meticulously pruned trees and the partially whitewashed church tower, in a contrast also present in most houses. An adorable fact about this mining town is that in a nearby copper and cobalt deposit that began to be exploited in 1916, a unique mineral was found in the world that was designated as "villamaninite", since it was in this town where the minerals from the mine in the trains.

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Willem VS

December 17, 2024

Villamanín is a small town in the region of La Tercia on the N-630 national road. At the source of the Bernesga River on the valley route between León and Gijón.

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