Campo de Caso: Cultural Heritage along the Nalón and Routes to Monte Allende

Campo de Caso lies in an open basin on the right bank of the Nalón River. Between its riverside setting, historic architectural forms and routes into the mountains, the town can be explored through specific cultural and landscape points.

Culture

The Puente Medieval de Caso crosses the Nalón River and has medieval origins. It was built over the original course of an ancient Roman road. A hiking route leads uphill from the bridge to Monte Allende. The combination of bridge construction and the route’s course gives this historic site several clearly distinguishable points of reference, while the route forms a hiking theme in its own right.

The small Capilla de San Cosme represents the tradition of Asturian vernacular architecture. Campo de Caso has several Indian houses with appealing architecture. Casa de la Torre is a detached house with a square floor plan and three storeys. A medieval tower once stood on its grounds; it was demolished in 1919.

For El Campu, Caso, Casa del Pandu is listed in the official inventory of Asturias’s cultural heritage under the identifier IPCA-EI-15-04; the entry is dated 30 July 2018.

Museums are also located in different geographical areas. The Museo de Madera y la Madreña is in the immediate vicinity of Campo de Caso. The Casa del Agua museum is in the vicinity of Campo de Caso. In the wider surrounding region are the Centro de Interpretación Armando Palacio Valdés museum and the Museo de la Sidra. The terms immediate vicinity, vicinity and wider surrounding region help you sort these cultural destinations according to their geographical range.

For planning purposes, you can keep the themes separate: architecture and history form the cultural thread, the hiking route the active one, and the riverside setting and mountain names the landscape thread. These different scales make it possible to consider interests alongside one another within a single trip without combining them into a single attraction.

Nature

In the wider surrounding region of Campo de Caso are the summit of Llomba, the summit of Peña Mea, the mountain Peña Ten and the mountain Peñas del Mediodía. For planning purposes, you can consider these landscape points separately from the cultural sites; their names provide different reference points for the regional overview.

Other destinations

Other destinations in the same regional context include Tanes, Caleao and Bueres.

When staying in a holiday apartment in Campo de Caso, you can consider the travel period, room category and cancellation conditions together on the booking pages in order to compare the relevant details for your dates directly and see the differences clearly.

Geographical setting

From Campo de Caso, the AS-254 road passes through Orlé and the Collada de Arnicio towards Piloña. Campo de Caso can also be reached via the AS-17; this road crosses the natural park through the Nalón Valley towards Puerto de Tarna.

For the higher-level travel overview: Caso.