Gillón: Hórreos, Church and Hiking Trails

Gillón can be explored on two scales: Fuentes del Narcea, Degaña e Ibias Nature Park encompasses the headwaters of the Gillón River, while trails and buildings identify specific points within the village. Nature, hiking and culture therefore stand alongside one another as distinct ways of exploring the area. Anyone wishing to discover Gillón step by step and detail by detail will find both landscape landmarks and named examples of its architectural and artistic heritage.

Nature

The GR.AS-203 trail leads to a small picnic area with excellent views of the Gillón Valley. Braña Chauchina belongs to the village of Gillón and has two huts and a spring. For planning a day out, a viewpoint along the trail and a landscape site with huts and a spring can be understood as two different points of interest. The picnic area and the braña each represent a distinct focus within the landscape described.

Hiking

A hiking route to Pico Caniellas begins and ends in Gillón. The Pico Caniellas–Altos de Morteiro circular route from Gillón is 15.5 kilometres long and takes 6 hours and 45 minutes without breaks. The different details concerning the start and end points, distance and duration provide an objective basis for comparing hiking options and the time required. This creates a distinction for hikers between a single viewpoint destination and a fully described circular route.

For a holiday apartment in Gillón, travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions are three different details of the offer. Considered together, these points show which terms suit your own plans, without mixing the village’s landscape and cultural themes with accommodation features. This keeps the dates, room category and flexibility separately identifiable.

Further place names for orientation: Carballo, Genestoso, Jalón, La Viliella, Palacio De Naviego, Cibuyo, Castañal and Corias.

Culture

The hórreos of Casa Guerra and Pimpanín are listed in the inventory of Asturias’s architectural heritage. The hórreo of Casa Guerra has a Baguna roof made of broom and rye straw and retains an original door dating from approximately the second half of the 16th century. On the western façade of the hórreo ensemble of Casa Guerra and Pimpanín, two openwork six-lobed rosettes can be seen as ventilation openings. Among the hórreos of Casa Guerra and Pimpanín, a structure is considered characteristic of the final decades of the 18th century and the first decades of the 19th century.

The church of Santa María de Gillón also brings together various historical details. Its presbytery preserves a pointed barrel vault dating from the 14th to the 15th century; the church was recently restored. The main chapel contains a relief of the Coronation of the Virgin Mary, created by Manuel de Ron in the first quarter of the 18th century. The side altarpieces date from around 1775 and are works by the sculptor Melchor Blanco.

For the wider travel overview: Cangas Del Narcea.