Links to Asturian & Asturian-American
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Language Key:

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

The Arts

Asturian Popular Art: http://www.asturies.com/belenos/memoriacelta/ castellano/vida21.htm [C]
Pre-Romanesque Asturian Architecture: photos: http://www6.uniovi.es/~angelc/galeria.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]
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://www.todopueblos.com/carcedo-asturias/fotos/ [C]
Parish of Santo Domingo de Miranda, Asturias (community & parish resources): http://mrbit.es/miranda/ [C]
Worldwide Asturian centers: All Centros Asturianos: http://www.fica.es/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=28 [C]; New York City: http://www.centroasturiano.org [E,C]; Centro Asturiano de Tampa: http://www.centroasturianotampa.org [E]

Cooking

Asturian recipes: http://www.somiedo.galeon.com/enlaces455158.html [C]; http://lacuruxa.es/Recetas-de-Asturias/ [C]; http://www.euroresidentes.com/Recetas/cocina-asturiana/asturias.htm [C]; http://www.asturiassalada.com/recetas.htm [C]; http://www.arecetas.com/asturias/ [C]; http://www.vivirasturias.com/dondecomer/Asturias/D%C3%B3nde+comer|Gastronom%C3%ADa|Recetas/es [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 [E]
Barbour County, West Virginia Genealogy (part of the WVGen Web Project): http://www.wvgenweb.org/barbour [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.wvgenweb.org/harrison [E]
Hispanic Local History and Genealogy in the United States (The Library of Congress): http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/bib_guid/hispanic/ [E]
Registro Civil, Ministerio de Justicia (Spanish Civil Registry): birth, death, & marriage records: http://www.mju.es [C]

Government

Asturian government: http://www.asturias.es/ [C]
Spanish Embassy in Washington, DC: http://www.spainemb.org/ [E,C]

History

Asturies Memoria Celta: Asturian history & culture: http://www.asturies.com/node/529 [A,C,E,F]
Museo del Pueblo de Asturias (an ethnological musuem in Gijón): http://museos.gijon.es/page/5285-museu-del-pueblu-d-asturies [C]
Spanish history: http://libro.uca.edu/payne1/spainport1.htm [E]; http://libro.uca.edu/payne2/spainport2.htm [E]

Immigration & Emigration

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/Winter01/spaniards.html [E]

Language

L'Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (Academy of the Asturian Language): http://www.academiadelallingua.com/ [A]
Diccionario General de la Lengua Asturiana (DGLA) de Xosé Lluis García Arias (on-line): http://mas.lne.es/diccionario/ [A]
Asturianu, the language: http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Asturian/ [E]
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]
Diccionario de la Lengua Espanola: Real Academia Española (on-line Spanish dictionary): http://www.rae.es/ [C]
Sociolinguistic Report: "Asturian in Spain": http://www.uoc.edu/euromosaic/web/document/asturia/ an/i1/i1.html [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]
Pinnick Kinnick Hill, an Asturian-American immigrant memoir by Gavin Gonzalez: Our affiliate link to Pinnick Kinnick Hill at Amazon.com [E]

Music

Asturian gaita (bagpipe), Asturian tambor (drum), & Gijón's Museo de la Gaita: http://www.asturies.com/viesca/gaita/historia.htm/ [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]
Galician gaita (bagpipe) & the gaita in general: http://clip.dia.fi.upm.es/~boris/gaita/node1.html [E]
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.arrakis.es/~joserm/a_maxica/ [A,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

Asturnews (LLanera, Asturias): http://www.asturnews.com [A]
Asturies.com: Diariu Electrónicu Asturianu (Gijón & Oviedo, Asturias): http://www.asturies.com/ [A]
Clarksburg Exponent Telegram (West Virginia): http://www.cpubco.com/ [E]
El Comercio (Gijón, Asturias): http://www.elcomerciodigital.com/ [C]
La Nueva España (Oviedo, Asturias): http://www.lanuevaespana.es/ [C]
La Voz de Asturias (Oviedo, Asturias): http://www.lavozdeasturias.es/ [C]

Photos & Videos of Asturias

Videos, photos, and articles related to Asturian culture and tourism: http://www.whereisasturias.com [E]; http://vimeo.com/whereisasturias [E]
Aerial photos of Asturian towns and cities: Asturias desde el cielo por Robert B. Haas: http://mas.lne.es/fotos/galeria.php?foto=751 [C]
La Fototeca del Muséu del Pueblu d'Asturies / Photo Library of the Museum of the People of Asturias: http://museos.gijon.es/page/9864-fototeca-de-asturias [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 [C]
Yellow Pages for Spanish phone numbers: http://www.paginasamarillas.es [C]

Shopping

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Amazon (books, music, DVD, electronics, clothing, toys, games, etc.): Our affiliate link for Amazon.com [E]
La Tienda, Williamsburg, Virginia (Asturian foods, books, paella supplies, fans, botas, ceramics, glass, tiles, perfumes, gifts, etc.): Our affiliate link for La Tienda [E]
Pinnick Kinnick Hill, an American Story by Gavin Gonzalez: Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0937058629/ asturianameri-20 [E]

Tourism, Travel, & Maps

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]
Guiastur: Very comprehensive info on Asturian tourism, towns, culture, foods, festivals, press, sports, businesses, Centros Asturianos; photo album, etc.: http://www.guiastur.net/ [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://www.ayto-aviles.es/AytoAvilesPortal/portal/cn/InformacionGeneral/GaleriaAmpliada [C]; http://www.bing.com/maps [C]
Sociedad Regional de Turismo del Principado de Asturias: http://www.asturias.es/portal/site/infoAsturias [C, E]
VivirAsturias.com (links to tourist info including: towns, hotels, restaurants, maps, etc.): http://www.vivirasturias.com/ [C]

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