Bodé: Picu Moru, Panoramic Views and Architectural Heritage

In Bodé, trails towards Picu Moru meet buildings with a clear stylistic and historical classification. The route to Pico Moro begins and ends in Bodé (Parres). From Picu Moru, there are views of Arriondas and neighbouring municipalities. For travel planning, landscape, activity and local history can be considered as separate themes alongside one another.

Culture

Casa de los Miyares is one of the rural buildings in the Indianos style in Bode. The Iglesia de San Pedro de Bode is a parish church in a vernacular architectural style and was built in the 18th century. It stands on a hill and offers beautiful panoramic views. Style, ecclesiastical function, construction period and views can be considered as separate cultural and landscape perspectives alongside one another. This keeps the focus on the building itself as well as on its elevated location and the panorama.

This allows two perspectives to be distinguished for classification: on the one hand, architecture, ecclesiastical function and construction period, and on the other, the hill and panorama. Casa de los Miyares adds a rural building in the Indianos style to this view. The cultural information thus brings together different architectural features without reducing them to a single statement.

History

Bode and Bodes are regarded as the original settlement centres of the later municipal association of Parres; their first documented mention dates from 926. In the Inventory of the Cultural Heritage of Asturias, “Material lítico del Abrigo de La Vega” is listed as an archaeological find assemblage. For your own interpretation, municipal history and archaeology can be read as two separate levels: the development of a later municipal association stands alongside a specifically named and recorded find assemblage.

The historical perspective therefore encompasses both the development of the settlement centres and an explicitly named archaeological assemblage. The year 926 belongs to the documentary mention of Bode and Bodes, while “Material lítico del Abrigo de La Vega” constitutes a separate entry in the Cultural Heritage of Asturias. Both details offer different approaches to the history of the place.

Nature

The Arriondas–Bode–Trespando–Picu Moru route follows the road from Fuentes to Bode and then continues along a track towards Trespando. In Trespando, the vehicle is parked; the rest of the route can be covered on foot or by mountain bike. Various tree species can be observed in the summit area of Picu Moru. When planning, you can divide the route according to path type and mode of transport; road, track, walking and mountain biking refer to different sections and options in the description. Observing the trees in the summit area adds a distinct natural aspect to this route description.

The information about nature can therefore be organised according to route, mode of transport and observation. Bodé, Fuentes and Trespando mark different points along the route described; road and track refer to different types of path. After the vehicle has been parked, walking and mountain biking are listed as alternative options, while the tree species in the summit area provide an additional perspective on the landscape.

Other Places

Other place pages for your travel planning include Celada, El Vallín, Buelna, Tene, Verdera, Endriga, Villademoros and Cabo Peñas.

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