CARRIO

The Carrio parish is situated at a height of 290 metres. and at a distance of 1,50 Km. from the Capital. It has a land extension of 2,43 km² and has a population of 130 inhabitants, who are called cordoveyos,who live in the farm houses and villages of La Brañueta, Carrio, Les Llinariegues, Sarambiello, La Corcia, L´Estelleru, La Reguerina, El Cantiquín, El Colláu, Rimoria, La Sota, El Sutu and La Teyera.

The village which gives its name to the Parish stands on the banks of the Nalon river. As you walk along its streets, you can admire the old stone houses with their exterior corridors and some raised granaries which are from several centuries ago.

on the outskirts of the village, next to a texo centenary, you will find its church called los Remedios, before Santa María de Rimori, and a hermitage until the middle of the XVIII century. Its structure has been reformed, but yet conserves its original front and bell tower.

The Carrio mine is the most oriental and is the only one which still operates in the council of Laviana. You can find several interesting things in its grounds which are very interesting: the bridge which crosses the river Nalón, considered an engineering work of art in its time , built at the beginning of the century; and the other its railway, where you can see its locomotive engine, famous for its mining work in the valley: La Marqués de Bolarque, name which it was given by one of the shareholders of the mine.