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Riaño is a town and municipality located along the Esla River in the mountains of the province of León, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, northern Spain. Located 1,100 metres above sea level, it is in the Cantabrian Mountains near the foothills of the Picos de Europa. The village is across the reservoir from Pico Gilbo.
Due to planned construction of a dam and reservoir in the 1980s, for flood control and generation of hydroelectric power, the village and its lowlying farmland were submerged, as were six other villages in the associated dam project. The residents were relocated to New Riaño, built as a replacement higher above the reservoir waters. In 2010 the village had 532 residents.
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La iglesia de Nuestra Señora del Rosario es un templo católico situado desde 1987 en la localidad de Riaño, provincia de León, Castilla y León, España. Originalmente, la iglesia se encontraba en el pueblo de La Puerta, anegado por la construcción del embalse de Riaño.
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5 plans to experience Riaño on the move, not just passing through.
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What there really is in the village and around it, with distances. If an activity isn't on this list, we haven't found it nearby.
