Luanco is a village located in Asturias, Spain between the towns of Candás and Avilés. During its history, Luanco suffered damage during the Spanish War of Independence when occupied by French forces. In the 19th century, Luanco became a tourist destination. During the Spanish Civil War, the town was blockaded by sea by Franco's forces. Today, Luanco has beach attractions and is known for its local cuisine like marañuela cookies and seafood. Important sites include the Church of Santa Maria, the Clock Tower, and the Maritime Museum.

2. Index
• History of the town.
• Gastronomy
• Festivals
• Interesting places

3. Situation
• Luanco is village and the capital of council of Gozón, in
Asturias. It is located between Candás and Avilés and is
very near to Cabo Peña.

4. Shield and Flag

5. History
• During the Spanish
War of
Independence, the
French occupied
Luanco in 1809 and
in 1811 causing
severe damage to
the town.

6. • In the 19th century
Luanco became a
tourism place.

7. • During the Spanish Civil
War suffered Franco's
army blockade by sea,
since the summer of 1936,
and lived the evacuation
in October 1937 the
Government of Asturias
and most of the
Republican Army of the
North, along with other
ports between Gijon and
Aviles, decreed by
Belarmino Tomás.

8. • With the construction of
factories Ensidesa in
Avilés and Gijón Veriña,
Gozon acquires bedroom
town features. From the
60's and 70’s starts mass
tourism, especially from
the inside of Asturias,
growing considerably and
building urban second
home developments.

9. Gastronomy
• The most famous food is the marañuela. It’s a type of
cookie very hard and with a shell or loop form.

10. Gastronomy II
• But anyone knows the true place of origin the marañuela,
because people from Candás say that the marañuela is
originally from Candás and people from Luanco say the
opposite.

11. Gastronomy III
• Luanco’s kitchen works mainly witch asturian
products like local seafood or splendid fishes.

12. Festivals
On February 5, Holy Christ of
Socorro
On July 16th
, day of Carmen

13. Festivals
On July 25th
and July 26th
, Santiago and St.
Ana.
On August 14th
summer Carnival.

14. THE BEACH
• Luanco is a sailor town.
• The main beach is very small.
• It is in the town.
• It is protected with a port and it`s a very quiet
beach.
• In 1995 was done a bigger beach and fill it
with sand extracted from the sea.
• In 2012 it got the blue flat.

16. INTERESTING PLACES
THE CHURCH
ITS NAME IS SANTA MARIA
IT´S A CATHOLIC CHURCH,
HISTORIC ARTISTIC
MONUMENT
Its structure is a single nave divided
into four sections
There is a great contrast between the
sober Baroque exterior and interior
with rich altarpieces

17. CLOCK TOWER
• IT WAS BUILT IN 1705.
• THE CURRENT WATCH WAS
INSTALLED IN 1920

18. MARITIME MUSEUM
IT WAS OPENED IN 1948 AND IS DEDICATED TO
THE SEA, SO THE MARINE SPECIES AS THE FISH

19. The end
María Cuadrado Aníbarro nº5
Marta Guerra Fernández nº18
Bárbara Lada Colunga nº21
Cristina Sánchez Rodríguez nº31