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  CurrencyEuro
  
  
  
  Culinary specialities Seafood and Fabada Asturiana (a stew made with white beans and chorizo)
  
  Nearest P&O port Calais
  
  Principle cities Oviedo and Gijon
  
  Famous AsturianosFernando Alonso – Formula One driver
  
  Historical factThe word guerrilla means little war, and it was coined in Asturias following the 1808 uprising against Napoleon Bonaparte.
  
  
  
  Average temperaturesWinter 12C / Summer 22C